Cadillac escalade 2002 User Manual

Your vehicle is equipped with a content theft

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deterrent

alarm system.

With this system, the
SECURITY message will
flash as you open the door
(if your ignition is off).

This message reminds you to activate the theft

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deterrent

system. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open the door.

2. Lock the door with the power door lock switch or the

remote keyless entry transmitter. The SECURITY
message should come on and stay on. If using the
remote keyless entry transmitter, the door does not
need to be open.

3. Close all doors. The SECURITY message should go

off after approximately 15 seconds. The alarm is not
armed until the SECURITY message goes off.

If a door is opened without the key or the remote keyless
entry transmitter, the alarm will go off. 

Depending on how you have programmed the alarm in
the SIC, your vehicle’s horn may sound, the headlamps
may flash or both the headlamps and the horn will
activate. See “Secondary Information Center (SIC)” 
in the Index for more information.

Remember, the theft

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deterrent system won’t activate if

you lock the doors with a key or use the manual door
lock. It activates only if you use a power door lock
switch with the door open, or with the remote keyless
entry transmitter. You should also remember that you
can start your vehicle with the correct ignition key if the
alarm has been set off.

Here’s how to avoid setting off the alarm by accident:
D If you don’t want to activate the theft

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deterrent

system, the vehicle should be locked with the door
key after the doors are closed.

D Always unlock a door with a key, or use the remote

keyless entry transmitter. Unlocking a door any 
other way will set off the alarm if the system has
been armed.

If you set off the alarm by accident, unlock any door
with the key. You can also turn off the alarm by pressing
UNLOCK on the remote keyless entry transmitter or by
placing the key in the ignition and turning it to START.