What I would like to do is: never carry the key fob, using the key only to lock/unlock doors, yet still have alarm functionality enabled.
What I have noticed is:
1. if I use the fob to lock the vehicle, and then return and open it with a key, it sets the alarm off.
2. if I lock the vehicle using the "lock all doors" button on the inside driver's left armrest, and then return and open it with a key, it sets the alarm off.
3. if I lock the vehicle using the "lock all doors" button on the inside driver's left armrest, and then manually unlock the driver's door from the inside, and then get out, and then use the key to lock that door with a clockwise turn..... it seems to work as I want it to, because when I return and open with key, it doesn't go off.
BUT, sometimes, when I try to use method #3, I swear the alarm has gone off when I have returned! I don't know if there is another variable I haven't appreciated (such as, does the key have to be in or out of the ignition when I lock it originally? is there some time factor? etc....)
And furthermore, I don't know if by doing this method #3, have I bypassed part of the alarm? as in, if someone comes and somehow breaches that driver's door.... will the alarm go off?
Sorry this may be confusing... (But I'm betting for most people on this forum they know exactly what I'm talking about!
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