troubles with homelink garage opener
 

as stated in the title, i'm having trouble syncing up the garage opener with the car..... I followed the procedures in the manual but can't get it to work.... I have a 3 year old liftmaster garage opener. Can anyone give me any tips or advice?

Thanks

I followed the instructions in the manual to a tee with one exception - keep pressing your hand held garage door opener button until your motor unit signals that it has memorized the code. There is a section in the manual that explains this for Canadian garage door openers. My Sears unit flashes it's lights when it has complted its coding. I had no problem linking my two garage doors. Hope this works out for you.

I had the same problem when I got my car. My issue was I have been through a lot of vehicles in a short amount of time and the garage door opener only hold a certain amount of codes. I had to clear the memory and reprogram all of the devices. Check your manual to see how many it holds, if you have had a lot of different remotes or homelinks programmed this could be the problem.

Or your just not running fast enough to hit the learn button and get back into the car, they only give you 30 seconds!

Please post a link to your model, and its receiver/transmitter (remote). Thanks.

I tried to program mine as well and found that it didn't take when I got home and tried it. I did notice though that the manual mentions that Canadian garage openers are require to have a rolling anti-intrusion system built in and must be programed at the door opener itself in Learn mode. I have yet to dig up my door opener manual and program it properly. I suspect your garage door has a rolling code if its only three years old....

Here's the deal and why I requested a link to his model or manual thereof...you first have to take a handheld remote and get your Z to recognize it—then Z now acts like the handheld remote, but it has to be recognized by the garage door opener to make the final sync. It's a two-step syncing process to get to a result.

dang.. i'm 5 days away from home right now can't get the model number.... But the brand is Liftmaster... So in otherwards the way you explain it, i have to first do the remote and homelink syncing, then after that, i have to press the learn button on the garage opener and then hit the homelink button 3 times?

Yes. However, on our units (which are made by Liftmaster) we had to simply press the correct button on the rear of the garage door opener and within a certain amount time also press the Homelink button in our Z. The garage door opener then includes your Z as another handheld remote it now recognizes.

Thanks for the pointer SoCal. I was gonna hold out and actually read the manual for the garage door opener. After reading this thread last night when I pulled out of the garage this morning I grabed a stool and looked at the garage door opener - haha its a Liftmaster and it says on the back press the learn button then press the new remote transmit button within 30 seconds. I had already programmed the controller into the Homelink but hadn't done the learn yet. Pressed the learn button and ran back to the car pushed the transmit then the light flashed in the garage and I was good to go. Took less time than it did to type this post ;)

im having the same issue, tried many times with no success, frustrating as he!!:eek:

What garage door opener do you have Scadet?

The radio frequency regulations in Canada are different than the U.S. Therefore, according to the owner's manual, I had to cycle my hand held door opener by pressing/releasing the button every one or two seconds until the door opener unit began flashing it's light confirming acceptance of the code. It only took a few seconds for it to work. This was the only difference in programming than the U.S. method. My door opener is a 2001 or 2002 Sears unit.

... and once you have the flashing light confirming that it's been programmed some garage door openers have a rolling code so you need to press the learn button on the garage door opener then hit the door opened in the car until the light flashes confirming it has been linked with the rolling code. SHould work after that....

ill have to try that, weird thing is a also have a Murano, no problem at all programming it, worked first time....

Its possible you've used up all the remote memory slots available for your garage door opener and might need to dump the memory and reprogram just the ones you use now.

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I had succeeded in programming one garage door when I first got my z in 2012. I recently moved and now cannot reprogram.

I have followed the steps in clearing the Z's memory, but it will not recognize a new signal. I hold the button and it flashes slowly for about 90 seconds then goes out. I never get a rapid flash.

I have a 2013 liftmaster 8355

Followed these instructions

Liftmaster/Chamberlain garage door openers now use Security + 2.0 as their rolling code protocol and both Lear Car2U (General Motors) and HomeLink (Nissan and just about everyone else) built in garage door buttons aren't compatible. I bought a new Chamberlain. It has the new security protocol and I couldn't program any of my cars, Nissan and GMC, I finally found out I had to buy a repeater for each protocol. Now the door works normally with all three cars.

Look to see if your Liftmaster says Security+ 2.0. If so, it won't work with current Homelink without a repeater.

Thanks MacCool. I was hoping I wouldn't need one since they are only a year apart in manufacture. That seems to be what the problem is, will pick a repeater up.

Homelink repeater you can buy off Amazon. For GM, you have to buy the repeater from Lear.

I am having the same problem . I can't get the homelink button to go from slow blink to fast blink. The instructions tell me to do the learn function after the fast blink but I never get there.

Car is a 2011 370z, garage door opener is a liftmaster 8550 brand new. and has security+ 2.0. Are they just not compatable? Will I need the repeater.

This process is increadibly frustrating. It worked on the Lexus and I didn't even need to do the learning function, the Toyota wont pair and the Z wont pair. Probably wasted over an hour on this by now between pushing buttons and trying to google this problem.

I am still researching jdsto.

What really irks me is that on the homelink site it clearly states that our homelink is compatible, just have to follow their instructions.

I suppose one option is to call homelink, though with customer service the way it is these days, better off to keep looking online for a solution

I'm glad its not just me, the instructions are not that complicated. I figured I was capable of reading and following simple instructions in english.

I am planning to get the installer to come back to the house and help me. I paid a small fortune for the garage doors and openers. They can help me for what I paid. If I need the repeater they can throw it in. If the installer can sort it out without adding the repeater I will post up the procedure. It will probably be a week or so.

Yes...they are just not compatible. It's that simple. You need the Liftmaster repeater. That will fix the problem.

Frustrating for Liftmaster too. The car mfgrs have had the Security +2.0 software for 3 years. Some mfgrs have just chosen not to implement it yet. My wife's 2012 Murano doesn't work with our new garage door opener, nor did my 2014 370Z. I plugged in the repeater, initialized with the remote that they supply with the repeater, and both vehicles programmed normally, first try.

I tried to program mine also. The light on the homelink never changes or blinks. I gave up and clipped the provided opener to the sunvisor.

Roddy, if the light on your Homelink mirror does not blink or turn red when the button is held down, then check the fuse. The fuse box by your left foot.

The dealers often partially back out the fuse for the rear view mirror to prevent the draw on the battery when the car is sitting in the lot. Simply push the fuse back in and your Homelink should work.

And BTW, the best way to program your Homelink is to simply press the "learn" button on your garage door opener, and then hold down the Homelink button you want programmed. It's easier than fiddling with a remote.

got the repeater, the garage door supplier threw it in for free. everything works perfect now.