Many have questions on how to program the Homelink buttons. It is in the owner's manual but sometimes it may be confusing to understand the terminology. I've summarized what the manual states, and hopefully this will help anyone in the future (as I have in the past already hehe)


"Ok. Delete the codes in the homelink then try this. (To delete, hold down the first and third buttons at the same time, hold for about 30-60 seconds till the light blinks really fast. Release and check if deleted if the light blinks at a slow but steady pace. That means there's nothing stored on that button)

Hold down the garage door button and the homelink button u want programmed. Once the light changes from a slow blinking light to a rapid blinking light, release both buttons. Then go to the garage door openner and (this is different for all garage door openners) push the "learn" button ONCE. Within 30 secs, press the same button u programmed 3 times, and it should work."

[quote name='denslexusgx470' post='333056' date='Sep 27 2008, 01:46 AM']Many have questions on how to program the Homelink buttons. It is in the owner's manual but sometimes it may be confusing to understand the terminology. I've summarized what the manual states, and hopefully this will help anyone in the future (as I have in the past already hehe)


"Ok. Delete the codes in the homelink then try this. (To delete, hold down the first and third buttons at the same time, hold for about 30-60 seconds till the light blinks really fast. Release and check if deleted if the light blinks at a slow but steady pace. That means there's nothing stored on that button)

Hold down the garage door button and the homelink button u want programmed. Once the light changes from a slow blinking light to a rapid blinking light, release both buttons. Then go to the garage door openner and (this is different for all garage door openners) push the "learn" button ONCE. Within 30 secs, press the same button u programmed 3 times, and it should work."[/quote]


I had to go through this routine 6 or 7 times before it actually worked.

Sometimes it could be the "learning" step that takes a long time and several trials before it works. Luckily, for the 2 or 3 times I had to program Homelinks, they worked like a charm on the first try hehe. But I'm glad you got it to work eventually.

I followed these instructions (albeit not well apparently) and managed to clear both my handheld garage door openers. However, all was not lost. It forced me to dig out my garage door opener manual. Eureka! The instructions there were clear and concise and I was able, in less than five minutes, to reprogram both handhelds, my new Lexus RX350 and my husband's Corvette which we had been trying to program for three years. My bad, I should have gone there in the first place instead of the Internet which is usually the first place I go. Just for information purposes, our garage door opener is the rolling code kind. I simply held down the Homelink button in the car while my husband pressed and immediately released the red learning button on the actual opener, when the light on the actual opener blinked I released the button on the Homelink and when I pressed it again it worked perfectly.

Welcome and glad to be of help. It works everytime as long as people follow my directions.

I have on 07 RX and a Chamberlain liftmaster. It was a frustrating experience to say the least but I finally got it. Now that I've done it I can do it about 14-15 times and not even bat an eye.

What, for me, was the stumbling block was my liftmaster remote passing along the sequence to the Homelink remote BEFORE hitting the Learn button on the opener itself. Even though the liftmaster remote was like 1 inch away it wasn't "seeing it". I held down the '1' key and the liftmaster remote almost touching the 2 and 3 keys and that did the trick.

For anyone else out there, I recommend reading, re-reading, writing the instructions down and then doing it. dens, thanks for the tutorial. I can now cross this one off my list.

No problem. I made it as simple as possible but I still believe there could be minimal flaws in my directions. Glad to be of help.

I took the car back to the dealership with an old clip-on garage door opener and the sales guy who sold me the car did it for me. if you have one of the newer rolling coder garage door openers, you have to do it on your driveway. Check youtube for how-to videos.

[quote name='Messerchmidt' post='403274' date='Feb 26 2010, 01:35 AM']I took the car back to the dealership with an old clip-on garage door opener and the sales guy who sold me the car did it for me. if you have one of the newer rolling coder garage door openers, you have to do it on your driveway. Check youtube for how-to videos.[/quote]


you can also go to the homelink website and have them contact you. (www.homelink.com) and they will help you set your garage opener up.

this works like a charm. Got it the first time i try after numerous fail attemps with the instructions from lexus homelink. thanks

[quote name='denslexusgx470' date='27 September 2008 - 12:46 AM' timestamp='1222494387' post='333056']
Many have questions on how to program the Homelink buttons. It is in the owner's manual but sometimes it may be confusing to understand the terminology. I've summarized what the manual states, and hopefully this will help anyone in the future (as I have in the past already hehe)


"Ok. Delete the codes in the homelink then try this. (To delete, hold down the first and third buttons at the same time, hold for about 30-60 seconds till the light blinks really fast. Release and check if deleted if the light blinks at a slow but steady pace. That means there's nothing stored on that button)

Hold down the garage door button and the homelink button u want programmed. Once the light changes from a slow blinking light to a rapid blinking light, release both buttons. Then go to the garage door openner and (this is different for all garage door openners) push the "learn" button ONCE. Within 30 secs, press the same button u programmed 3 times, and it should work."
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If your garage door opener has ROLLING CODE, you need to press the LEARNING (PROGRAM) button. Within 30sec, you need to press the HomeLink button that you want to program by press 2 times (some garage door opener may need to press 3 times on your HomeLink button). Make sure the previous program button is deleted.