2006 Mercury Mariner Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 80

Locks and Security When you lock the vehicle using any of the methods above: • the park/turn lamps will flash once to indicate the hood, each door and the liftgate are closed. • the park/turn lamps will not flash if the hood, any door, liftgate or the liftgate window are open. Once all doors, hood, liftgate and liftgate window are closed, the park/turn lamps will flash to confirm the alarm will be set. When the vehicle is locked, the alarm is set after a 20-second arming period. When you press the control on the remote entry transmitter twice within three seconds, the horn will chirp once to confirm the doors, liftgate and hood are closed and locked, and the alarm is set. Disarming the system You can disarm the system by any of the following actions: control on your remote entry • Unlock the doors by pressing the transmitter. • Unlock the doors with a key. Turn the key full travel (toward the front of the vehicle) to ensure the alarm disarms. • Unlock the doors using the keypad. • Turning the key in the ignition to the 3 (RUN) or 4 (START) position. Triggering the anti-theft system The armed system will be triggered if any door, liftgate or the hood is opened without using the key, the keypad or the remote entry transmitter. To deactivate the triggered alarm state: control on your remote entry • Unlock the doors by pressing the transmitter. • Unlock the doors with a key. Turn the key full travel (toward the front of the vehicle) to ensure the alarm disarms. • Unlock the doors using the keypad. on the remote entry transmitter to disable the alarm; the • Press alarm will be disabled, but the vehicle will remain in an armed state. • Turning the key in the ignition to the 3 (RUN) or 4 (START) position. Note: The key must be a valid, programmed, coded key. 80 2006 Mariner (mrn) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)