To Arm The System; To Disarm The System; Rearming Of The System; Tamper Alert - Dodge CHALLENGER 2020 Owner's Manual

24 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR VEHICLE
T A T S
O RM HE YSTEM
Follow these steps to arm the vehicle security
alarm:
1. Make sure the vehicle's ignition is placed
in the OFF position. Refer to "Ignition
Switch" in this chapter for further
information.
2. Perform one of the following methods to
lock the vehicle:
Push lock on the interior power door lock

switch with the driver and/or passenger
door open.
Push the lock button on the exterior

Passive Entry Door Handle with a valid
key fob available in the same exterior
zone (refer to "Keyless Enter-N-Go —
Passive Entry" in "Doors" in this chapter
for further information).
Push the lock button on the key fob.

3. If any doors are open, close them.
Security System Manual Override
The vehicle security alarm will not arm if you
lock the doors using the manual door lock.
T D T S
O ISARM HE YSTEM
The vehicle security alarm can be disarmed
using any of the following methods:
Push the unlock button on the key fob.

Grasp the Passive Entry Door Handle, if

equipped. Refer to "Keyless Enter-N-Go —
Passive Entry," in "Doors" in this chapter for
further information.
Push the Keyless Enter-N-Go ignition button

(requires at least one valid key fob in the
vehicle).
NOTE:
The driver's door key cylinder and the trunk

button on the key fob cannot arm or disarm
the vehicle security alarm.
When the vehicle security alarm is armed,

the interior power door lock switches will not
unlock the doors.
The vehicle security alarm is designed to protect
your vehicle. However, you can create
conditions where the system will give you a false
alarm. If one of the previously described arming
sequences has occurred, the vehicle security
alarm will arm regardless of whether you are in
the vehicle or not. If you remain in the vehicle
and open a door, the alarm will sound. If this
occurs, disarm the vehicle security alarm.
If the vehicle security alarm is armed and the
battery becomes disconnected, the vehicle
security alarm will remain armed when the
battery is reconnected; the exterior lights will
flash, the horn will sound. If this occurs, disarm
the vehicle security alarm.
R O T S
EARMING F HE YSTEM
If something triggers the alarm, and no action is
taken to disarm it, the vehicle security alarm will
turn the horn off after 29 seconds, five seconds
between cycles, up to eight cycles if the trigger
remains active and the vehicle security alarm
will rearm itself.
T A
AMPER LERT
If something has triggered the vehicle security
alarm in your absence, the horn will sound three
times and the exterior lights will blink three
times when you disarm the vehicle security
alarm. Check the vehicle for tampering.