Mercury 1997 Cougar Manual page 98

Anti-Theft Alarm System
(If equipped)
When armed, this system helps protect your
vehicle against break-ins or theft.
When an unauthorized entry occurs, the system
triggers and will:
flash the parking lamps, and alarm indicator
lamp
honk the horn
disable the starting circuit to prevent the
vehicle from being started
To tell the difference between a PANIC alarm
and a triggered Anti-theft alarm:
only the Anti-Theft alarm will cause the
alarm indicator lamp (located in the
instrument cluster) to flash on and off.
only the Anti-Theft alarm will disable the
start circuit so that the vehicle can not be
started.
the Anti-Theft alarm will not stop by pushing
the PANIC control on the Remote Entry
transmitter.
For more information on the PANIC alarm, see
Remote Entry System in the Index.
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