Vehicle Theft Security System (Export Only)

The VTSS is available in either a base or premium configuration. Both systems will monitor the ignition switch status, ajar switches for the vehicle doors, liftgate and hood. In addition to this the premium system will monitor the interior of the vehicle for movement via an intrusion sensor. When tripped to the alarming state, the exterior lights and VTSS indicator will flash along with cycling of the vehicle horn for the base system while the premium version uses a battery backed siren for the audible alert.

Arming the system is accomplished by locking the doors with the door lock switch following a normal exit sequence of opening the door, pressing the power lock button and closing the door, or by using any cylinder lock switch, or by pressing the RKE lock button. After all the doors are closed, the VTSS indicator will flash quickly for sixteen seconds indicating the pre-arm process, after which it will flash at a slower rate indicating the system is armed. If during the pre-arm process a door is opened, the ignition is turned to the Run/Start position, or if the RKE module receives an unlock request, the system will automatically be disarmed. If the VTSS indicator stays on steady during pre-arm, it is an indication of the hood ajar circuit being shorted (hood opened). Defeating the intrusion sensor feature for vehicles so equipped can be done by three additional lock requests within five seconds of each other during the pre-arming process to the RKE module from either the RKE fob or a cylinder lock switch.

Disarming is done by either a RKE unlock or turning the ignition on with a valid Sentry key or from any cylinder lock switch for certain markets. All of the switches for the VTSS system can be monitored using the DRBIII(R). The DRBIII(R) is also useful to determine the cause of a customer complaint of the alarm going off with no apparent reason.