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Normal Operation

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Remote locking and unlocking of the doors, opening the power liftgate (if equipped), and activating the panic alarm is accomplished by the Smart Junction Box (SJB) receiving a command message from the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) (Integrated Keyhead Transmitter (IKT)). The IKTs  and SJB  also utilize a rolling code to prevent the code from being "captured" by a code grabber. The system advances the counter in the RKE  transmitter and SJB  every time an IKT  button is pressed.

This pinpoint test is intended to diagnose the following: