Chevrolet Spark 2016 User Manual page 36

Fast Flash : Vehicle is unsecured.
A door, the hood, or the liftgate
is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is
armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle with one of
the following:
Use the RKE transmitter.
With a door open, press
on the interior.
3. After 30 seconds the alarm
system will arm, and the
indicator light will begin to
slowly flash indicating the
alarm system is operating.
Pressing on the RKE
transmitter a second time will
bypass the 30-second delay
and immediately arm the alarm
system.
The vehicle alarm system will not
arm if the doors are locked with
the key.
If the driver door or liftgate is
opened without first unlocking with
the RKE transmitter, the horn will
chirp and the lights will flash to
indicate a pre-alarm. If the vehicle is
not started, or the door is not
unlocked by pressing
transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be
activated.
The alarm will also be activated if
the passenger door, the liftgate,
or the hood is opened without first
disarming the system. When the
alarm is activated, the turn signals
flash and the horn sounds for about
30 seconds. The alarm system will
then re-arm to monitor for the next
unauthorized event.
Disarming the System
To disarm the system or turn off the
alarm if it has been activated, do
one of the following:
Press on the RKE transmitter.
Start the vehicle.
Keys, Doors, and Windows
To avoid setting off the alarm by
accident:
Lock the vehicle with the RKE
transmitter after all occupants
have left the vehicle and all
doors are closed.
on the RKE
Always unlock the vehicle with
the RKE transmitter. Unlocking
the driver door with the key will
not disarm the alarm.
Unlocking the driver door with
the key will not disarm the
system or turn off the alarm.
How to Detect a Tamper
Condition
If is pressed on the RKE
transmitter and the horn chirps or
the lights flash three times, a
previous alarm occurred while the
system was armed.
If the alarm has been activated, a
message will appear on the DIC.
See Vehicle Messages (Base Level)
0 112 or Vehicle Messages
(Uplevel) 0 113 for more
information.
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