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."

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.