This information was EXCELLENT. I spent a few hours trying to get my Sienna programmed before seeing this and nothing worked. I am an engineer and computer analyst and became very frustrated finding various bits of info in the owners manual, on the HOMELINK website and nothing worked. Thanks to this video showing how to hold the remote BEHIND the HomeLink array I was able to program it in 5 minutes.
Excellent video. I tried this on my 2004 Sienna when I bought it 10 years ago and couldn't make it work. Since my garage door remotes are wearing out, I was desperate to have this programed. Your clear explanation was very helpful. Also same procedure worked on my 2007 BMW too. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video! Tried programming my sequoia for an hour before finally succumbing to youtube for help. Got it done in less than 30 seconds after watching this.
The instructions worked perfectly on my 2002 Camry and a Chamberlain garage door opener. On the Camry positioning the remote inside the open sun-glass compartment achieved the same effect as in the video. It is worthwhile noting that the instruction manual for my Chrysler has the same instructions (I don't have the Toyota manual!). But the Chrysler instructions lacked, of course, the important part regarding positioning of the remote during the training period. The training of the garage door opener in the last step has something to do with how the rolling codes are implemented in the garage door opener.
So I was having the same problem with trying to program the button to the remote. Your tip on holding the remote behind the button panel worked for me too. Thanks so much. (Just happen also to have a Sienna). So nice to get rid of the remote from the visor.
I've been meaning to do this for some yrs now, just watched your vid and did everything plus the learn button tip and was done in 2 mins! Thank you so much!
You are awesome! Mine was having the exact same problem. The last part of your video solved the problem. On my 2000 jeep grand Cherokee. Thank you so much. I was loosing my mind. Thanks again 👍👍👍
I own a 2003 sequoia, tried your tips but still not working. No flashing/blinking on car remote. I follwed your steps, but still not working. (I reset car remote, held personal remote up to car remote pressing both still nothing happens.) Thanks. ..
I cant !!! idk if something wrong with the home link but i got the same van 2005 sienna and when i pare the remote with the van it flash fast but when i only press the botton on my van it doesnt flash just stays on.. ????
Hey I have a ryobi gdo and I have the same problem where the car sends the code but the garage won't respond to it. BTW there's no learn button on it. Soneone help thanks!
Perfect instructions!!! We programmed our 2 cars in no time. One is a 2013 Hyundai Tucson and the other is a 2003 Toyota Sequoia. Thank you sooooo much.
Awesome ! I've had my truck since 03, and never had it programmed. I did have to do the "learn function" on the door motor itself. Working great! THANKS !
Thank you so much! Been driving my Sequoia for 10 yrs and didn't know I could do this. I was actually trying to find a video to repair my sunglass holder when I found this video by accident. This made my day! ❤
The homelink button works after I followed the video.... but my remote control lost the signal afterwards... I have to reprogram my remote control now... what happened?
I had to press the open button in the car multiple times after hitting the "learn" button, but that is probably because I have an older opener. Nonetheless, it worked perfectly! thank you!
Hello Sir…With your video & description of everything. Worked in my favor. I definitely appreciate all your knowledge…God bless & keep pushing your vid’s😎
Thank you!! Had it not ben for this video, that damn thing wouldn't be working and we'd still be using the standard remote, negating a feature we paid for lol 2012 Toyota Highlander Limited APPROVED!!!
My new Odyssey would not program my opposite garage. Finally, I moved the van directly in front of the door and it programmed. I've had three different vehicles with Home Link and its always a PIA to program. Just takes patience.
is the ONLY procedure that actually works for me. I saw many other videos and read the manual and the trick of moving the control behind the dash is what help me. Thank you so much Sir. Like and subscribe.
@Rick Shelton. What HomeLink website did you research? They explained details on the website if doesn`t works check your garage door opener make sure its compatible with HomeLink sys and they even show how to press the button on your garage door opener as a video here. Are you an engineer and computer analyst ? Seriously ? Not a right moment for you to advertise your title like that here...lol.
thank you very much for this video, I have Sienna, but can not program or doesn't know how to program it in past 3 years,, I have rolling code garage door, I program my Lexus, and Mercedes both works,, only the Sienna doesn't work,, I am going to follow your video and try it tomorrow,, thank you.
Should've read the instructions in your Sienna's owner's manual. All the Home link setups I've done since the beginning of HomeLink required the second step of pressing the Learn button on the gdo.
ok.... if that doesn't work... I've got generic remote ... I tried with the purple button settings... if that doesn't work - go for the other clicks... one or three or four (instead of 2 for purple button) .. I hit one that worked... then programmed my subaru with the generic remote... whew... took some trial and error but GOT IT!! :)
Do you know if it will work on 2007 chrysler town and country? I have the "house" buttons on top, like on the video. Do I need to be in the garage to do it? Or outside? Was trying to program and can't get it to work.
If I could leave another finger on top I would leave it. I really appreciate the information you share with us and I want to tell you that it is very useful. thank you. Today I saw your video 3 more times to fix again the door of my garage and the controls especially the minivan sienna.
Thank you soooo much the information was excellent thank you again. I bought my Lexus 2month ago and have been asking my husband,my son , but none of them had time therefor, I googled it and just watched your video one time and it works.
Thank you so much for your instructional video. Had the worst time following the manual directions. When I first purchased my car the deal programmed it for me. Since then, the button has fallen off and I tried several times to program it myself with no results.
I just couldn't get it to work on my Sequoia. I found your video, followed your instructions to the T and problem solved and it works now! Thanks for sharing. the key is to hold down on the button in the car for 1 sec. it doesn't open the garage door immediately like a regular remote does
A great video! I just tried it with both of my Toyotas. However, when programming both cars, one would somehow stop working. Then I had to do the other one again and then the other one stopped working. I will try and reprogram the other vehicle a few hrs apart on case it’s a security feature on the garage opener.
Thank you! That first step for me wasn't working on the grand caravan, but worked fine with the bmw and subaru. Guess the remote needs to be a lot closer to the receiver. Once the homelink is paired with the remote, you need to press the "learn" button on your opener motor, then press & hold the homelink button for two seconds & release, three times. then the opener itself will accept the homelink signal
Your problem was simply the learning opener. I have two openers.one an older Sears,non learning,and a learning lift master.The Sears one doesn't care about. Learning codes.The lift master does. Any remote you want to add to the lift master must be done using the learn button.
I can't get my Toyota sienna to work. I tried putting the remote behind it, we tried the learn button . . . . but nothing. The garage light didn't even blink in response. What else can I try?
So here's what's happening, when you place your remote close to the buttons the vehicle opener learns the frequencies that the garage door uses. Then you have to place the door opener in "learn" mode to sync with the opener in the car. Garage door openers change "codes" every time the button is pushed just like a keyless entry. Otherwise someone could just sit by your house, capture your code, and open your door.
The button we had originally programmed broke and it is now loose. I went through all your instructions, even putting the remote behind the sensor and nothing happens. The one thing I noticed is that when I press button 2 and 3 the light does not blink but rather stays solid. One thing I cannot do is to reset the previously programmed code because button 1 being broken. Could this be the reason why it is not syncing?
Thanks! Just did my 06 Sequoia. Had to do it twice. 2nd time worked. Also had to put repeater remote behind homelink for it to work. Your direction s are the only ones that worked for me.
Thanks for the post. Please note that the difficulty in programming it is not by poor design. System is designed to stop would ill intent people from stealing your garage door codes from next door. Just to clarify.
Awesome, thank you. But now since HomeLink has tweaked the signal somewhat, and you have trained the garage door opener with the tweaked code, does that mean the garage door remote will not function any longer?
My boyfriend and I tried everything we possibly could. We watched about a dozen videos and none of them would work. I finally came across this one and it did it for me. Thank you.
Will this process work for Lexus vehicles? I had the same problem when I tried to program my remote to my car garage door opener. The remote and the car are talking but the garage is not opening at all when pressed the the opener in the car. Now I will try to follow this process to see if it works for my Lexus
This information was EXCELLENT. I spent a few hours trying to get my Sienna programmed before seeing this and nothing worked. I am an engineer and computer analyst and became very frustrated finding various bits of info in the owners manual, on the HOMELINK website and nothing worked. Thanks to this video showing how to hold the remote BEHIND the HomeLink array I was able to program it in 5 minutes.
Worked on the first try following these steps! For context - I watched 10 other videos before this one and none of them worked. Thanks you!
Excellent video. I tried this on my 2004 Sienna when I bought it 10 years ago and couldn't make it work. Since my garage door remotes are wearing out, I was desperate to have this programed. Your clear explanation was very helpful. Also same procedure worked on my 2007 BMW too. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video! Tried programming my sequoia for an hour before finally succumbing to youtube for help. Got it done in less than 30 seconds after watching this.
Why would anyone dislike this video ... this guy is being nice to help with useful tips..just don't get it !
The instructions worked perfectly on my 2002 Camry and a Chamberlain garage door opener. On the Camry positioning the remote inside the open sun-glass compartment achieved the same effect as in the video. It is worthwhile noting that the instruction manual for my Chrysler has the same instructions (I don't have the Toyota manual!). But the Chrysler instructions lacked, of course, the important part regarding positioning of the remote during the training period. The training of the garage door opener in the last step has something to do with how the rolling codes are implemented in the garage door opener.
Thank you and thank TH-cam! Lifesavers!
So I was having the same problem with trying to program the button to the remote. Your tip on holding the remote behind the button panel worked for me too. Thanks so much. (Just happen also to have a Sienna). So nice to get rid of the remote from the visor.
I've been meaning to do this for some yrs now, just watched your vid and did everything plus the learn button tip and was done in 2 mins! Thank you so much!
Thank you for the content. I can now use my 2004 Dodge Dakota to open my door. No clicker needed on the sun visor. Thank you!
Thank you so much! You're my hero! I had so much trouble with it that my arms got too tired of pushing the buttons and then you rescued me lol!
Thank you so much. Worked on this for more then an hour and putting the remote behind the buttons was the key. Thank again.
This is one of the most useful DIY videos I've seen on TH-cam in recent times. Worked perfectly at the first attempt. Thanks so much.
You are awesome! Mine was having the exact same problem. The last part of your video solved the problem. On my 2000 jeep grand Cherokee. Thank you so much. I was loosing my mind.
Thanks again 👍👍👍
Our first time getting a garage with a handheld remote now I will try this suggestion to linkup my Acura...thanks (:
You genius!!! Been trying to figure that out for two years!! Thank you.
There no way i would have known this BS procedure without your video. Thanks!
I tried this n it works perfectly! U gotta go through all the steps like he did.
Very good video I had the same problem but the learn bottom solved the problem an excellent video with a trouble shooting
Thanks
thx so much for this. your instructions are so easy to understand
Also worked on my 2004 Toyota Tundra, thanks for the video!
Dang It! I had my Sequoia since 2004 and never used this feature it worked awesome. Thank You! High Five!
Thank you for this video clip. Mine now works because of this video.....Thanks again...
I love you so much right now 😩😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
I sold my car and I wanted to unlink the garage and right at the beginning of the video you show me. Thanks.
You've made my day. very well demonstrated. After watching, I did it.
Worked perfectly for a 2001 sequoia
It actually worked on my 2007 Nissan Armada. EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! You are the best, Thank You!!!!!!
Thank you finally! Doing exactly the things you did worked on my Toyota as well!
This actually worked for my Audi A3 which has different instructions that didn't work for me.
Best instruction ever!
Thank you. Worked perfectly!
It helped with my 04 Sequoia
Great Video!! Thanks for making this an easy fix!!
Thanks!!! Man what a life saver. Thanks for posting that video:)
that seems pretty easy!! thank you for sharing!
You’re the real mvp!
I own a 2003 sequoia, tried your tips but still not working. No flashing/blinking on car remote. I follwed your steps, but still not working. (I reset car remote, held personal remote up to car remote pressing both still nothing happens.) Thanks.
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great video you help me out a lot
Ha! Did the trick. Thanks for the tip.
It helped so much!
Great advice! Thanks!
Thank you for the share.
I cant !!! idk if something wrong with the home link but i got the same van 2005 sienna and when i pare the remote with the van it flash fast but when i only press the botton on my van it doesnt flash just stays on.. ????
This might be a silly question but do you have to keep the garage door opener in your car after it has been programmed?
no
Thanks... great job.
Hey I have a ryobi gdo and I have the same problem where the car sends the code but the garage won't respond to it. BTW there's no learn button on it. Soneone help thanks!
Thank you, very helpful!
Cool, Thank You.
this was a life saver
what if i don't want to clear all 3 buttons? one is programmed for another opener that i don't want to erase.
Thanks buddy
thanks a bunch
Perfect instructions!!! We programmed our 2 cars in no time. One is a 2013 Hyundai Tucson and the other is a 2003 Toyota Sequoia. Thank you sooooo much.
Worked perfectly! Thank you!
Wow worked for everyone except me and I followed instructions...
Guess I'm the lucky one..
I got it to work with one garage door but not the other one
Awesome ! I've had my truck since 03, and never had it programmed. I did have to do the "learn function" on the door motor itself. Working great! THANKS !
That extra bit about having to go to the opener motor for the learn button was pure gold.
Thanks you for showing this helpful this video! I did program to my Toyota Sienna 2006, work awesome !
BINGO! It works. Had to press the "Learn" button on the back of the garage door motor unit. Great video: Short, concise, and very helpful. Thank You!
Glad to hear it!
Thank you so much! Been driving my Sequoia for 10 yrs and didn't know I could do this. I was actually trying to find a video to repair my sunglass holder when I found this video by accident. This made my day! ❤
The homelink button works after I followed the video.... but my remote control lost the signal afterwards... I have to reprogram my remote control now... what happened?
I had to press the open button in the car multiple times after hitting the "learn" button, but that is probably because I have an older opener. Nonetheless, it worked perfectly! thank you!
Hello Sir…With your video & description of everything. Worked in my favor. I definitely appreciate all your knowledge…God bless & keep pushing your vid’s😎
Thank you!! Had it not ben for this video, that damn thing wouldn't be working and we'd still be using the standard remote, negating a feature we paid for lol 2012 Toyota Highlander Limited APPROVED!!!
My new Odyssey would not program my opposite garage. Finally, I moved the van directly in front of the door and it programmed. I've had three different vehicles with Home Link and its always a PIA to program. Just takes patience.
is the ONLY procedure that actually works for me. I saw many other videos and read the manual and the trick of moving the control behind the dash is what help me. Thank you so much Sir. Like and subscribe.
@Rick Shelton. What HomeLink website did you research? They explained details on the website if doesn`t works check your garage door opener make sure its compatible with HomeLink sys and they even show how to press the button on your garage door opener as a video here. Are you an engineer and computer analyst ? Seriously ? Not a right moment for you to advertise your title like that here...lol.
thank you very much for this video, I have Sienna, but can not program or doesn't know how to program it in past 3 years,, I have rolling code garage door, I program my Lexus, and Mercedes both works,, only the Sienna doesn't work,, I am going to follow your video and try it tomorrow,,
thank you.
Should've read the instructions in your Sienna's owner's manual. All the Home link setups I've done since the beginning of HomeLink required the second step of pressing the Learn button on the gdo.
ok.... if that doesn't work... I've got generic remote ... I tried with the purple button settings... if that doesn't work - go for the other clicks... one or three or four (instead of 2 for purple button) .. I hit one that worked... then programmed my subaru with the generic remote... whew... took some trial and error but GOT IT!! :)
After 3 hours of effort, it was about 10 minutes after watching your video that I got the thing working! Thank you!
Do you know if it will work on 2007 chrysler town and country? I have the "house" buttons on top, like on the video. Do I need to be in the garage to do it? Or outside? Was trying to program and can't get it to work.
If I could leave another finger on top I would leave it. I really appreciate the information you share with us and I want to tell you that it is very useful. thank you. Today I saw your video 3 more times to fix again the door of my garage and the controls especially the minivan sienna.
Thank you soooo much the information was excellent thank you again. I bought my Lexus 2month ago and have been asking my husband,my son , but none of them had time therefor, I googled it and just watched your video one time and it works.
it worked it worked!! our lightbulb was loose on the main machine so we didn't think it would work, but it did ultimately work!! thanks so much!
Thank you so much for your instructional video. Had the worst time following the manual directions. When I first purchased my car the deal programmed it for me. Since then, the button has fallen off and I tried several times to program it myself with no results.
I just couldn't get it to work on my Sequoia. I found your video, followed your instructions to the T and problem solved and it works now! Thanks for sharing. the key is to hold down on the button in the car for 1 sec. it doesn't open the garage door immediately like a regular remote does
A great video! I just tried it with both of my Toyotas. However, when programming both cars, one would somehow stop working. Then I had to do the other one again and then the other one stopped working. I will try and reprogram the other vehicle a few hrs apart on case it’s a security feature on the garage opener.
Thank you! That first step for me wasn't working on the grand caravan, but worked fine with the bmw and subaru. Guess the remote needs to be a lot closer to the receiver. Once the homelink is paired with the remote, you need to press the "learn" button on your opener motor, then press & hold the homelink button for two seconds & release, three times. then the opener itself will accept the homelink signal
This is 100% accurate for my setup too (2006 Sienna + garage door opener with purple learn button)
I owe you big time! I spent hours trying to program my 2005 Toyota and didn't realize it was simply the fact the remote was not in right position.!
AWESOME! Exactly what he said to do it the video made mine work. I appreciate it
Your problem was simply the learning opener. I have two openers.one an older Sears,non learning,and a learning lift master.The Sears one doesn't care about. Learning codes.The lift master does. Any remote you want to add to the lift master must be done using the learn button.
I can't get my Toyota sienna to work. I tried putting the remote behind it, we tried the learn button . . . . but nothing. The garage light didn't even blink in response. What else can I try?
So here's what's happening, when you place your remote close to the buttons the vehicle opener learns the frequencies that the garage door uses. Then you have to place the door opener in "learn" mode to sync with the opener in the car. Garage door openers change "codes" every time the button is pushed just like a keyless entry. Otherwise someone could just sit by your house, capture your code, and open your door.
The button we had originally programmed broke and it is now loose. I went through all your instructions, even putting the remote behind the sensor and nothing happens. The one thing I noticed is that when I press button 2 and 3 the light does not blink but rather stays solid. One thing I cannot do is to reset the previously programmed code because button 1 being broken. Could this be the reason why it is not syncing?
Thanks! Just did my 06 Sequoia. Had to do it twice. 2nd time worked. Also had to put repeater remote behind homelink for it to work. Your direction s are the only ones that worked for me.
my codes won’t reset/delete. It just does a slown flash after 20 secs of holding 1st and 3rd button
Very helpful video. But it still took me probly 15 tries to get this to work! Clearly the homelink system is not a very good system. Thanks for video!
After pulling my hair our I watched this video. I followed the 'Learn' steps and it worked.
Thanks for the post. Please note that the difficulty in programming it is not by poor design. System is designed to stop would ill intent people from stealing your garage door codes from next door. Just to clarify.
Awesome, thank you. But now since HomeLink has tweaked the signal somewhat, and you have trained the garage door opener with the tweaked code, does that mean the garage door remote will not function any longer?
I appreciate you showing so many difficulties the system has! Thank you for taking us all the way to a solution!
thanks very much, i had to hit the garage door learn button and worked like a charm, this is for 2014 Honda Accord
My boyfriend and I tried everything we possibly could. We watched about a dozen videos and none of them would work. I finally came across this one and it did it for me. Thank you.
Will this process work for Lexus vehicles? I had the same problem when I tried to program my remote to my car garage door opener. The remote and the car are talking but the garage is not opening at all when pressed the the opener in the car. Now I will try to follow this process to see if it works for my Lexus
Thank God you made this video. Nothing I did worked, but followed all your steps and finally got it!
Worked! Thank you very much for posting this.
(2005 Toyota Sequoia Limited)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I gave up linking my 2006 Sienna long ago, and your tutorial worked!