Anti-Theft System; Arming The System - Lincoln 1997 Town Car Owner's Manual

Anti-theft System

When armed, this system helps protect your vehicle
against break-ins or theft by monitoring all doors,
the hood, and the trunk lock cylinder.
When an unauthorized entry occurs, the system
triggers and will:
flash the headlamps, parking lamps, interior
lamps, and alarm indicator light
honk the horn
prevent the engine from starting
NOTE: The factory installed Remote Entry System
has a PANIC feature that also chirps the vehicle
horn and flashes the interior/exterior lamps when
the PANIC button on the remote entry transmitter
is pushed. The PANIC alarm and the Anti-Theft
alarm are two separate features. Both the
anti-theft alarm and the PANIC feature can be
active at the same time.
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To tell the difference between a PANIC alarm and
a triggered Anti-Theft alarm:
only the Anti-Theft alarm will cause the alarm
indicator light (located in the center of the
instrument cluster) to flash on and off.
only the Anti-Theft alarm will prevent the
engine from starting.
For more information on the PANIC alarm, see
Remote Entry System in the Index.

Arming the System

To arm the system, do the following four steps in
sequence.
1. Remove the key from the ignition.
2. Open any door. The alarm indicator light will
start flashing to remind you to arm the system.