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Normal Operation

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The passive anti-theft system (PATS) transceiver receives voltage from the smart junction box (SJB) on circuit CBP36 (BU/BN) and is grounded on circuit GD115 (BK/GY). The PATS transceiver and the instrument cluster (IC) communicate on the TX and RX circuits VRT23 (VT/GY) and VRT24 (YE/OG). The IC compares the key code stored in memory and sends a message to the PCM to enable the starter and fuel injectors if the key code is correct.

DTC B1681 sets when the PATS transceiver signal is not received by the IC. This DTC can be caused by circuits between the PATS transceiver and the IC, or circuits to the PATS transceiver. This can also be caused by using the incorrect PATS transceiver part number.

This pinpoint test is intended to diagnose the following:

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