Issues programming HomeLink Garage Door

[JeepCares]

I will note that my other homelinks work when the vehicles are not running but this one did require the vehicle to be running for me to program it or for it to work now that I have it programmed. My others work when the vehicle has just been turned off. Not the Jeep.

Good point. The garage door opener will NOT work if the Jeep isn't running. I assume this is to prevent people from opening your garage when you have the top and/or doors off.
Have you tried opening the door with the Jeep on after programming?

Hello Obone & Shots

Obone to touch on Shots point the owners manual states that
"HomeLink is disabled when the Vehicle Security Alarm is active." This can be seen on page 168 of the manual.

https://www.mopar.com/jeep/en-us/care/owners-manual.html?openGarage=true

Lamar
Jeep Social Care Specialist

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[Shots]

FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!

After sitting in my driveway for over an hour trying to get this stupid thing to program and trying 100+ combinations of button presses with engine running vs off in the run position my wife comes home from work and suggests I try using her garage door opener instead. It was like out of a sitcom. I was literally saying “Honey, it can’t seriously be that eas....” and then it works. Garage door goes down on first try.

My recommendation - try using another opener if you are having issues. Must have been something wrong with mine.

Ha ha. That sounds about right. My wife has a knack for timing and catching that odd little quirk in something just like that. Some times I swear there has to be cameras and a laugh track somewhere.

 

[Obone]

Hello Obone & Shots

Obone to touch on Shots point the owners manual states that
"HomeLink is disabled when the Vehicle Security Alarm is active." This can be seen on page 168 of the manual.

https://www.mopar.com/jeep/en-us/care/owners-manual.html?openGarage=true

Lamar
Jeep Social Care Specialist

One must close and lock the doors to activate the security system. When I mentioned that the vehicle had just been turned off. I'm still sitting in the drivers seat and have opened the door but not exited the Jeep. My security alarm should not be active. It makes full since to deactivate it when the doors are locked but now I must keep the Jeep running to close the garage door. As a physician, this seems to be a safety issue. We generally instruct our patients to not have running vehicles in closed garages.

 

[pangmaster]

One thing I learned about my Genie, besides being a POS. They had a batch around 2013 or so where the rolling code didn't work correctly and wouldn't work with HomeLink. Of course this included mine. I had to get a new remote to get it to work.

Hmmmm. I have a Genie that was bought around 2013 if I remember correctly. I wonder if this is my issue though the home link worked with the other two cars. Thanks for the tip!

 

[TimmH]

One must close and lock the doors to activate the security system. When I mentioned that the vehicle had just been turned off. I'm still sitting in the drivers seat and have opened the door but not exited the Jeep. My security alarm should not be active. It makes full since to deactivate it when the doors are locked but now I must keep the Jeep running to close the garage door. As a physician, this seems to be a safety issue. We generally instruct our patients to not have running vehicles in closed garages.

I figured the Jeep had to be on for security purposes, since it is not unlikely for some topless jeeps to be an easy way into a garage or house if it worked either way.

 

[Shots]

One must close and lock the doors to activate the security system. When I mentioned that the vehicle had just been turned off. I'm still sitting in the drivers seat and have opened the door but not exited the Jeep. My security alarm should not be active. It makes full since to deactivate it when the doors are locked but now I must keep the Jeep running to close the garage door. As a physician, this seems to be a safety issue. We generally instruct our patients to not have running vehicles in closed garages.

Correct, once the ignition is switched to the "off" position, the opener no longer works. This is whether you're still in it, walked away, or any other variation. Off is off, and the button is not powered. I think the engineers a Jeep probably realized that linking it to door locks is likely pointless. If I have the top off and doors removed, why am I locking the doors? They aren't there, so what's the point in locking them. Additionally, I would then have to take the key out of my pocket to "lock" the missing doors, when I normally just touch the button on the handle.
Yes, "locking" the doors (whether they're there or not) activates the alarm, but when the doors/top are off the only thing I'm concerned with is locking my glove box and center console. The ignition still won't turn on without the key so I'm not worried about people stealing the Jeep. If they climb in and root around the alarm probably won't go off even if it's armed anyway.
So, by linking the garage door button to the ignition they save me (and those like me) from having to dig their key out of their pocket to lock a non-existing door, while still preventing people from opening our garages. Power off, button off. Simple.
I get what you're saying though about leaving the Jeep running in the garage. However, it's running when you back/pull into the garage. Immediately after shifting to park hit the button, then hit the ignition. If you're concerned about leaving the house, hit the opener on the house (my garage door has a button by each man door) before you get in the Jeep. The door will be up before you ever even start the engine.

 

[Obone]

Correct, once the ignition is switched to the "off" position, the opener no longer works. This is whether you're still in it, walked away, or any other variation. Off is off, and the button is not powered. I think the engineers a Jeep probably realized that linking it to door locks is likely pointless. If I have the top off and doors removed, why am I locking the doors? They aren't there, so what's the point in locking them. Additionally, I would then have to take the key out of my pocket to "lock" the missing doors, when I normally just touch the button on the handle.
Yes, "locking" the doors (whether they're there or not) activates the alarm, but when the doors/top are off the only thing I'm concerned with is locking my glove box and center console. The ignition still won't turn on without the key so I'm not worried about people stealing the Jeep. If they climb in and root around the alarm probably won't go off even if it's armed anyway.
So, by linking the garage door button to the ignition they save me (and those like me) from having to dig their key out of their pocket to lock a non-existing door, while still preventing people from opening our garages. Power off, button off. Simple.
I get what you're saying though about leaving the Jeep running in the garage. However, it's running when you back/pull into the garage. Immediately after shifting to park hit the button, then hit the ignition. If you're concerned about leaving the house, hit the opener on the house (my garage door has a button by each man door) before you get in the Jeep. The door will be up before you ever even start the engine.

Shots all

Correct, once the ignition is switched to the "off" position, the opener no longer works. This is whether you're still in it, walked away, or any other variation. Off is off, and the button is not powered. I think the engineers a Jeep probably realized that linking it to door locks is likely pointless. If I have the top off and doors removed, why am I locking the doors? They aren't there, so what's the point in locking them. Additionally, I would then have to take the key out of my pocket to "lock" the missing doors, when I normally just touch the button on the handle.
Yes, "locking" the doors (whether they're there or not) activates the alarm, but when the doors/top are off the only thing I'm concerned with is locking my glove box and center console. The ignition still won't turn on without the key so I'm not worried about people stealing the Jeep. If they climb in and root around the alarm probably won't go off even if it's armed anyway.
So, by linking the garage door button to the ignition they save me (and those like me) from having to dig their key out of their pocket to lock a non-existing door, while still preventing people from opening our garages. Power off, button off. Simple.
I get what you're saying though about leaving the Jeep running in the garage. However, it's running when you back/pull into the garage. Immediately after shifting to park hit the button, then hit the ignition. If you're concerned about leaving the house, hit the opener on the house (my garage door has a button by each man door) before you get in the Jeep. The door will be up before you ever even start the engine.

Correct, once the ignition is switched to the "off" position, the opener no longer works. This is whether you're still in it, walked away, or any other variation. Off is off, and the button is not powered. I think the engineers a Jeep probably realized that linking it to door locks is likely pointless. If I have the top off and doors removed, why am I locking the doors? They aren't there, so what's the point in locking them. Additionally, I would then have to take the key out of my pocket to "lock" the missing doors, when I normally just touch the button on the handle.
Yes, "locking" the doors (whether they're there or not) activates the alarm, but when the doors/top are off the only thing I'm concerned with is locking my glove box and center console. The ignition still won't turn on without the key so I'm not worried about people stealing the Jeep. If they climb in and root around the alarm probably won't go off even if it's armed anyway.
So, by linking the garage door button to the ignition they save me (and those like me) from having to dig their key out of their pocket to lock a non-existing door, while still preventing people from opening our garages. Power off, button off. Simple.
I get what you're saying though about leaving the Jeep running in the garage. However, it's running when you back/pull into the garage. Immediately after shifting to park hit the button, then hit the ignition. If you're concerned about leaving the house, hit the opener on the house (my garage door has a button by each man door) before you get in the Jeep. The door will be up before you ever even start the engine.

Shots, all that I'm saying is that a short 30 second delay before the disconnect would be nice. My 10 year old convertible Corvette even has that on the home link. Trust me it's much easier to reach the Homelink on the Vette with the top down than the Rubicon with everything off.

 

[Shots]

A slight delay would be a great way to keep it secure, while adding convenience to the owner. Maybe models in the next year or two will do something like that. IDK, maybe keep it active while the radio is using the delayed off mode, or something like that.

 

[ATXMTB]

FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!

After sitting in my driveway for over an hour trying to get this stupid thing to program and trying 100+ combinations of button presses with engine running vs off in the run position my wife comes home from work and suggests I try using her garage door opener instead. It was like out of a sitcom. I was literally saying “Honey, it can’t seriously be that eas....” and then it works. Garage door goes down on first try.

My recommendation - try using another opener if you are having issues. Must have been something wrong with mine.

Glad you got it to work! Could you post the method the ended up working with your wife’s remote please? I am still not able to program for my old 90s liftmaster.

 

[Traveler]

Glad it is working! I too had a problem programming my old Liftmaster with rolling codes. The mistakes were mine as I had programmed many other homelink vehicles, including at 2011 JK and 2011 Grand Cherokee a different method.

The trick was that you MUST use an old style remote with the JL to tell Homelink which type of garage opener it is using first. Following the directions word by word is an absolute must. I just ASSUMED I could program it without the remote, as with the other vehicles.

Nuts...

 

[FC Ray]

Anyone else having issues programming their garage doors with the sun visor homelink? I am doing the steps exactly like the videos show but it won’t work. My guess is user error but can’t figure out what I am missing. Help please

- Changed to new batteries for opener
- Put ignition to “run” without starting
- Held buttons 1&3 to erase memory
- Placed opener within 1” of buttons
- Press and held opener and button 1 simultaneously
- Slow blinking never speeds up indicating that it took...even after 1 minute of holding both opener and button down.
- same with different garage door openers and different visor buttons.

Watch the video that Tfom posted. I tried programming it for an hour using the instructions on the door opener without success. I just did it after watching the video and it worked first try within a minute!

 

[FC Ray]

Glad you got it to work! Could you post the method the ended up working with your wife’s remote please? I am still not able to program for my old 90s liftmaster.

Yes! That's what I did as well. I tried using the "learn" button on the door opener itself for an hour. USE A REMOTE and it takes one minute!

 

[WillDo559]

Awesome thread, had no idea why I didn't do this sooner. I think initially I read the instructions and it said something about a code on the garage opener so I never tried it. It's literally as easy as pressing a button (in this case two buttons). Ignition was on but engine was not, got it to work within 60 seconds, pressed and held button one and the garage opener button and done. Awesome!

 

[Rhinebeck01]

I programmed HomeLink and had no issues doing same. AND, UI did not have the JL's engine running during the programming. Yes, ignition was set to "Run" position but again engine as not running.

 

[SunnyBuck1981]

I don't remember what I did, but I got mine working. It took waaaaay too long, but when figured it out, it was like light bulb went off. I watched some videos but I think the best bet is to follow instructions in the Jeep manuals.

Same for me, many gyrations. What ended up working was doing exactly what the manual said, in order to the letter. It really is way too difficult.

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