Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Mercury Sable, 2009 Ford Taurus X, and 2009 Ford Taurus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The SJB receives input from programmed Integrated Keyhead Transmitters (IKTs) . Based on input from the IKT, the SJB:
- Locks all doors
- Unlocks the driver door (with stepped unlock enabled)
- Unlocks all doors
- Activates/deactivates the panic alarm
- Arms/disarms the perimeter alarm (if equipped)
- Releases the luggage compartment lid latch (Taurus, Sable)
- Releases the liftgate latch (Taurus X with power liftgate)
- Activates the memory positions (if equipped).
- Turns the interior lamps on (when unlocking) and off (when locking), provided the defeat switch on the dimmer switch is not active
- Sounds the horn once when LOCK is pressed twice within 3 seconds, and the doors and luggage compartment lid or liftgate are closed
- Sounds the horn twice when LOCK is pressed twice within 3 seconds, and any door, luggage compartment lid or liftgate is open
- Flashes the turn signals once each time LOCK is pressed, and the doors and luggage compartment lid or liftgate are closed.
- If any door is ajar, the turn signals will not flash when LOCK is pressed, until all doors and luggage compartment lid or liftgate are closed.