Controls and features -> Alarm system for your BMW X5 2000-2006

38nAlarm system  
The concept  
Arming and disarming alarm  
system  
The vehicle alarm system responds:  
When you lock or unlock the vehicle,  
either with the remote control or at the  
door lock, the alarm system is armed or  
disarmed at the same time.  
> When a door, the hood, or the liftgate  
is opened  
> To movement in the vehicle interior:  
interior protection, refer to Tilt alarm  
sensor and interior motion sensor  
> To variations in the vehicle tilt angle  
such as occur during attempts to  
steal the wheels or tow the vehicle  
> To interruption of battery voltage.  
You can have different acknowl-  
edgment signals set to confirm  
arming and disarming.<  
The system responds to unauthorized  
vehicle entry and attempted theft by  
simultaneously activating the following:  
Indicator lamp displays  
The liftgate can also be opened with the  
system armed using the button on the  
remote control, refer to page 31. The  
liftgate is locked again when closed.  
Pressing the button longer triggers the  
alarm: panic mode, refer to page 32.  
> The indicator lamp below the interior  
rearview mirror flashes continuously:  
the system is armed  
> Sounding an acoustical alarm for  
30 seconds  
> The hazard warning flashers are acti-  
vated for approx. five minutes  
> The high beams flash on and off in  
the same rhythm.  
> The indicator lamp flashes when the  
vehicle is locked: door(s) or liftgate  
are not completely closed. Even if  
you do not close the alerted area, the  
system begins to monitor the remain-  
ing areas, and the indicator lamp  
flashes continuously after 10 sec-  
onds. However, the interior motion  
sensor is not activated  
> The indicator lamp goes out when the  
vehicle is unlocked: no manipulation  
or attempted intrusions have been  
detected in the period since the sys-  
tem was armed