Alarm Behaviour - Locking with key
 

Both of my keys electronic internal components have gone bust (I have the 3 button key. One, it is literally eating batteries in a matter of a few hours while the other blinks slowly as if it lost pairing with the car, so I can't use them anymore and instead lock the car with the key in the door lock.

This evening the car was locked and I needed to remove the front tire as i stepped on some glass and wanted to have a look to see if there's any damage, and after I jacked the car, the alarm still did not sound. I remember that in the past when i jacked the car with the car locked (using the central lock button) the alarm had sounded.

I also noticed that the little RED led on the dash blinks the same it used to when it was locked with the button. Can anyone confirm whether locking/unlocking the car from the door lock activates the alarm? Mine is a UK model, just in case it is different from US. CHeers.

Can anyone please provide some insight to this?

alarm arms automatically after you lock the car...to test leave your center console open and the alarm horn should beep once

I can confirm that the alarm works with key only on a '99. My transmitter has never worked but the alarm has gone of several times in the ten months since I bought it.

However, trying the door handle does not set it off and I thought I read somewhere that it should.