Saab 2003 9-3 Owner's Manual page 40

40 Security
Locking/unlocking the car
WARNING
Leaving children or pets unattended in a
locked car is dangerous. It is also danger-
ous to leave children in a vehicle with the
ignition key. A child or others could be
badly injured or even killed.
Never lock anyone in the car.
Remote locking and unlocking also control
the car alarm.
Remote locking
Press the button once: all doors and
the trunk lid locked.
The hazard warning lights will flash once to
confirm.
The car will be locked automatically
3 minutes after it is unlocked unless a door
or the trunk lid is opened.
Remote unlocking
Pressing the button once: the driver´s
door and the fuel filler door is unlocked.
Press a second time to unlock the rest of the
doors and enable the trunk lid switch.
The hazard warning lights will flash twice to
confirm.
If a fault arises in the locking system, the
Saab Information Display (SID) will display:
Lock system failure.
Contact Saab dealer.
Saab Information Display (SID), see page
64.
Intermittent malfunctioning
Equipment in the vicinity of the car that uses
the same frequency as the remote control
may cause interference to the remote con-
trol signal. In this case, retry from another
angle and aim at the receiver located by the
steering wheel.
Locking/unlocking the front left-hand door
with the traditional key
1 Lock
2 Unlock
If remote unlocking should fail to work
1 Remove the traditional key from the
remote control by pressing the emblem
on the reverse of the remote control.
(This key only fits the front left-hand
door.)
2 Carefully remove the cover plate from
the keyhole in the door.
3 Unlock the door with the key.
The car alarm will be tripped. To silence the
alarm, insert the remote control into the igni-
tion switch.