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Delayed Arming Due to Delayed Interior Lighting






Fault symptom
The alarm is not armed.







Diagnostic procedure
1 Check Interior lighting operation
Close the door.

The interior lighting should go out after about 15 seconds.
Does the interior lighting go out?
[YES] Continue as described in "Before Changing the Electronic Control Module". Before Changing the Electronic Control Module
[NO] Continue fault diagnosis as described in "Interior lighting". Testing and Inspection


Important: If there is no fault in the interior lighting electrical circuit, check for a short circuit to ground in the lead between pin 4 of the control module and pin 1 of the time-delay relay.