BMW M5 2003, Owner'S Manual

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Overview
Controls
Maintenance
Repairs
Data
Index
Alarm system
The concept
The vehicle alarm system responds:
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When a door, the hood or the lug-
gage compartment lid are opened
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To movement inside the vehicle (inte-
rior motion sensor)
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Variations in the vehicle's tilt angle of
the kind that occur during attempts to
steal the wheels or tow the vehicle
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To interruption of battery voltage.
The system responds to unauthorized
vehicle entry and attempted theft by
simultaneously activating the following:
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Sounding an acoustical alarm for
30 seconds
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The hazard warning flashers are acti-
vated for approx. five minutes
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The high beams flash on and off in
the same rhythm as the hazard
warning flashers.
To arm and disarm the
alarm system
When the vehicle is locked or unlocked
with the key or the remote control, the
alarm system is also simultaneously
armed or disarmed.
You can have different acknowl-
edgment messages set to confirm
arming and disarming.
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You can also open the luggage com-
partment lid when the system is armed
by pressing the button on the remote
control (refer to page
29 ). When you
close the luggage compartment lid, the
luggage compartment is secured again.
Indicator lamp displays
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The indicator lamp below the interior
rearview mirror flashes continuously:
the system is armed
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The indicator lamp flashes during
arming: a door (or doors), the hood,
luggage compartment lid or rear
window are not completely closed.
Even if you do not respond by
securing the indicated area, the
system will start monitoring all other
areas, and the indicator lamp flashes
continuously after 10 seconds. How-
ever, the interior motion sensor is not
activated
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If the indicator lamp goes out when
the system is disarmed: no manipula-
tion or attempted intrusions have
been detected in the period since the
system was armed
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