Saab 2007 Activating the car alarm, Button, If a fault is detected e.g. in the transmitter

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Check to ensure that all the doors, plus trunk lid/tailgate and hood, are closed prop- erly.

If the fault persists (LED flashing when another attempt is made to activate the car alarm by remote control), lock the car using the key instead. The car alarm will not have been activated and you should contact an authorized Saab dealer.

To avoid inconvenience caused by the alarm being triggered inadvertently, make sure that anyone else using the car is famil- iar with how both the car alarm and the lock- ing system work.

If the alarm is tripped (the direction indica- tors are flashing and the horn is on) it can be turned off by unlocking the car using the

button.

Activating the car alarm

The car alarm cannot be activated if the driver’s door is open or if the ignition switch is in ON position.

If one of the other doors or the trunk or hood is open or opened and not closed again during the 10-second delay period, it will be excluded from the alarm function.

If it is then closed, a new delay period of ten seconds will start, and the door (or trunk or hood) will once again be secured by the alarm system.

As usual, the LED will be on continuously during the new delay period and will start to flash once every other second after the 10-second period has elapsed.

Electronic starting interlock (immobilizer)

When the key is inserted in the ignition, a signal is sent to the receiver. If the signal is verified, the engine can be started.

Each time the key is removed from the igni- tion, the electronic immobilizer is activated. This means that the car cannot be started without the correct key inserted in the igni- tion and the immobilizer thus deactivated.

If a fault is detected (e.g. in the transmitter)

”Key not accepted. Contact service.”

will appear on the Saab Information Display (SID).

In this case, you can still start the car if you turn the ignition key to ON and press one of the buttons on the key (providing that the receiver gets the right signal from the key).

Take the car to an authorized Saab dealer to have the system checked.

The LED double-flashes when the car is immobilized.