A method of operating a security system using a vehicle and preventing
access to a vehicle system and to a vehicle garage may entail monitoring
a security condition of the vehicle with a vehicle electronic control
unit ("ECU"). Upon detecting an unsecure condition, such as a vibration,
an alarm may sound and then the ECU may deactivate a vehicle system, such
as a navigation system, to prevent access to personal or business
addresses. Further, devices such as garage door openers in the vehicle
and an in-garage, garage door opener may be disabled by satellite, cell
tower, wire or direct wireless communication between the ECU and the
device to be disabled. Silencing the vehicle alarm and reactivating all
garage door openers and the navigation system may be accomplished by
turning a key within an exterior vehicle lock or entering a code into the
navigation system.