1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual

If a door or the trunk is opened without the key orremote keyless entry system, the alarm will go off.It will also go off if the trunk lock or door locks aredamaged. Your vehicle’s lamps will flash and the hornwill sound for one minute, then will go off to savebattery power.Remember, the theft-deterrent system won’t be activated power door lock switch while the door is open, orif you lock the doors with a key or use the manual door with the remote keyless entry transmitter.lock. It only activates if you use a power door lock3. Get out of the car, close the door and wait for theswitch or remote keyless entry system. You should alsoSECURITY light to go out.remember that you can start your vehicle with thecorrect ignition key if the alarm has been set off, but this 4. Then reach in through the window, unlock the doordoes not shut off the alarm.with the manual door lock and open the door. ThisHere’s how to avoid setting off the alarm by accident:If you don’t want to activate the theft-detei-rentsystem, lock the door either using a key or themanual door lock switch.Always unlock a door with a key, or use the remotekeyless entry system. Unlocking a door any otherway will set off the alarm.If you set ofSthe alarm by accident, unlock either doorwith your key.You can also turn off the alarm by pressing UNLOCKon the remote keyless entry transmitter. The alarm won’tstop if you try to unlock a door any other way.2-16Testing the AlarmThe alarm can be tested by following these steps:1. From inside the vehicle, roll down the driver’swindow and open the driver’s door.2. Activate the system by locking the doors with theshould set off the alarm.If the alarm does not sound when it should, but thevehicle’s lamps flash, check to see if the horn works.The horn fuse may be blown. To replace the fuse, see“Fuses and Circuit Breakers” in the Index.If the alarm does not sound, or the vehicle’s lamps donot flash, the vehicle should be serviced an byauthorized service center.