Mazda 3 Owners Manual: How to Arm the System
- Close the windows and the moonroof * securely.
- Switch the ignition OFF.
- Make sure the hood, the doors, and the liftgate/trunk lid are closed.
- Press the lock button on the transmitter
or lock the driver's door from the
outside with the auxiliary key.
The hazard warning lights will flash once.
The following method will also arm the theft-deterrent system: Press the door-lock switch “ ” while any door is open and then close all of the doors.
(With the advanced keyless function) Press a request switch.
The security indicator light in the instrument panel flashes twice per second for 20 seconds.
- After 20 seconds, the system is fully armed.
NOTE
- The theft deterrent system can also be
armed by activating the auto relock
function with all the doors, the liftgate/
trunk lid and the hood closed.
Refer to Transmitter on .
- The system will disarm if one of the following operations takes place within 20 seconds after pressing the lock button:
- Unlocking any door.
- Opening any door or the liftgate/ trunk lid.
- Opening the hood.
- Switching the ignition ON.
- (With the advanced keyless function)
- Pressing the electric liftgate/trunk lid opener while the key is being carried.
- To rearm the system, do the arming procedure again.
- When the doors are locked by pressing the lock button on the transmitter or using the auxiliary key while the theft-deterrent system is armed, the hazard warning lights will flash once to indicate that the system is armed.
Operation
System triggering conditions
The horn sounds intermittently and the
hazard warning lights flash for about 30
seconds when the system is triggered by
any one of the following:
Unlocking a door ...
To Turn Off an Armed System
An armed system can be turned off using
any one of the following methods:
Pressing the unlock button on the
transmitter.
Switching the ignition ON.
(With the advanced keyless function)
Pr ...
Other materials:
Audio Control Switch Operation
Without Bluetooth ® Hands-Free
With Bluetooth ® Hands-Free
Adjusting the Volume
To increase the volume, press up the
volume switch ( +).
To decrease the volume, press down the
volume switch ( -).
Seek Switch
AM/FM radio
Press the seek switch ( ,
). The radio
switches to the ...
Precaution [ABS]
1. Any one or a combination of the ABS warning and brake system warning lights
illuminates even when the system is normal.
Warning lights that may illuminate and/or flash
Cases in which the light may illuminate
Conditions in which the light will go ou ...
Key Removed from Vehicle
Warning Beep
Vehicles with advanced keyless function
If the key is taken out of the vehicle while
the ignition is not switched OFF and
all the doors are closed, the beep which
sounds outside of the vehicle will be heard
6 times, the beep which sounds inside
the vehicle will be heard 6 times, and the
KEY w ...
