Vehicle remote control system

A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:

• a hatch opening control disposed at a vehicle and operable to open and close a hatch of the vehicle responsive to a triggering signal, wherein the hatch comprises one of a liftgate of the equipped vehicle, a deck lid of the equipped vehicle, a rear window of the equipped vehicle and a rear door of the equipped vehicle;
• a remote transmitter operable to transmit the triggering signal responsive to a user input, wherein the remote transmitter has at least three buttons;
• wherein the user input comprises actuation of at least two of the buttons in a predetermined actuation pattern;
• wherein the predetermined actuation pattern is programmable by an owner of the vehicle;
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• wherein the remote transmitter is operable to actuate an alarm of the vehicle from a location remote from the vehicle.

A vehicle control system, said vehicle control system comprising:

• a hatch opening control disposed at a vehicle and operable to open and close a hatch of the vehicle responsive to a triggering signal, wherein the hatch comprises one of a liftgate of the equipped vehicle, a deck lid of the equipped vehicle, a rear window of the equipped vehicle and a rear door of the equipped vehicle;
• a remote transmitter operable to transmit the triggering signal responsive to a user input, wherein the remote transmitter has at least two buttons;
• wherein the remote transmitter is operable to actuate an alarm of the vehicle from a location remote from the vehicle;
• wherein the vehicle communicates a first signal to the remote transmitter when the remote transmitter actuates the alarm of the vehicle, and wherein, responsive to receipt of the first signal, the remote transmitter generates an indication to the user that the vehicle alarm was actuated by the remote transmitter;
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• wherein the vehicle communicates a second signal to the remote transmitter when the alarm of the vehicle is actuated by a security system of the vehicle, and wherein, responsive to receipt of the second signal, the remote transmitter generates an alert to the user that the vehicle alarm was actuated by the security system of the vehicle.