Homelink question
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Homelink question
I have a 2010 e550 and the homelink in the rear view mirror is not compatible with the newest garage door openers. I have a special repeater that allows my car to work but it is buggy and does not have the same range. I am not sure why Mercedes still has the old technology as the car manufactures all had the info in 2008. Has anyone run into this problem? Is there an easy way to replace the homelink in the rear view mirror?
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Hmmm..I just installed a brand new Genie screw-drive garage door opener. It uses the new Intellicode2 rolling encryption. Home link in my E works perfectly with it. I think you must ahve done something wrong or there is something not right with the drive unit.
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That could possibly be the case, however, I am pretty sure the hardware for the homelink is the same. Homelink has supported Intellicode 2 and Car2u for a few years now. Some openers can be finicky, requiring a reset on the opener itself, then pressing the open several times on the homelink side several times for the initial opening of the door. Prior to buying my car, I assisted a friend's wife in setting her "very early" production 2010 to work with their, then new, garage door opener. It took several attempts, but, finally we got the right sequence down. Good luck to the OP.
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I have never been successful in programming the remote the first time on any car....something about my resistance to following the directions exactly. Ultimately I figure it out.
If your 2010 has homelink, it will work with you current garage door opener. Likely your "adapter" is something that takes the old (non rolling) codes and then opens the door....it's just another receiver. I have had homelink cars since the 1990's and they all worked with old and new garage doors. I can almost guarantee you that in 2010, Mercedes did not install a garage door opener that didn't handle rolling code garage doors....because no 2010 would ever be able to open any garage with an opener installed in the last 20 years.
Google homelink and follow every instruction...don't skip anything, even if you don't think it applies to you.
If your 2010 has homelink, it will work with you current garage door opener. Likely your "adapter" is something that takes the old (non rolling) codes and then opens the door....it's just another receiver. I have had homelink cars since the 1990's and they all worked with old and new garage doors. I can almost guarantee you that in 2010, Mercedes did not install a garage door opener that didn't handle rolling code garage doors....because no 2010 would ever be able to open any garage with an opener installed in the last 20 years.
Google homelink and follow every instruction...don't skip anything, even if you don't think it applies to you.
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I changed my garage door openers about a year ago. The guy who installed it programmed my car for me, but I had to do my wife's C-class when she got home. I made very careful notes as he led me through it. I was successful that night. I just looked at the notes, and I don't know what they mean anymore! Wait for this to blink slow, that to blink fast, climb the ladder and press a button... How come there is no app for this?
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I have never been successful in programming the remote the first time on any car....something about my resistance to following the directions exactly. Ultimately I figure it out.
If your 2010 has homelink, it will work with you current garage door opener. Likely your "adapter" is something that takes the old (non rolling) codes and then opens the door....it's just another receiver. I have had homelink cars since the 1990's and they all worked with old and new garage doors. I can almost guarantee you that in 2010, Mercedes did not install a garage door opener that didn't handle rolling code garage doors....because no 2010 would ever be able to open any garage with an opener installed in the last 20 years.
Google homelink and follow every instruction...don't skip anything, even if you don't think it applies to you.
If your 2010 has homelink, it will work with you current garage door opener. Likely your "adapter" is something that takes the old (non rolling) codes and then opens the door....it's just another receiver. I have had homelink cars since the 1990's and they all worked with old and new garage doors. I can almost guarantee you that in 2010, Mercedes did not install a garage door opener that didn't handle rolling code garage doors....because no 2010 would ever be able to open any garage with an opener installed in the last 20 years.
Google homelink and follow every instruction...don't skip anything, even if you don't think it applies to you.
I can assure you that my 2010 does not work with the new technology. I don't think you are aware that they started selling the openers with new tech in 2011....
Here is some info on the new tech:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...21439917914472
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Hm. There are a few ways to program, you just might need to try all of them! I have a 2003 Infiniti that links up to our brand new Genie via homelink, as does our 2012 E350.
I think in the end, I had to link up the remote first and then the opener. Took quite a few tries though. Also, the car has to be on for anything in homelink to work; unlike my Infiniti which works even when the engine is off...
Good luck, I know how frustrating it is. I accidentally erased the codes off my Inifiniti a few weeks ago and I still havent tried relinking because I know itll be a pain. lol
I think in the end, I had to link up the remote first and then the opener. Took quite a few tries though. Also, the car has to be on for anything in homelink to work; unlike my Infiniti which works even when the engine is off...
Good luck, I know how frustrating it is. I accidentally erased the codes off my Inifiniti a few weeks ago and I still havent tried relinking because I know itll be a pain. lol
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I can assure you that my 2010 does not work with the new technology. I don't think you are aware that they started selling the openers with new tech in 2011....
Here is some info on the new tech:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...21439917914472
Here is some info on the new tech:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...21439917914472
All of the electronics for homelink are in the mirror, so if the 2012 one is the same as the 2010 mirror, it's highly likely that it would work....although it would be priced at mercedes prices. It is probably easier and cheaper to just carry the provided remote in the car even though it would annoy me to do so.
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I have the repeater. It comes with a remote that allows you to program the mercedes homelink to work...so when you press the mercedes button, it sends a signal to the repeater in the garage which then sends a signal to the garage door opener.
It works...just a bit of a delay and not as long of a range. Not worth getting a 2012 mirror...but Mercedes should have included the new technology.
It works...just a bit of a delay and not as long of a range. Not worth getting a 2012 mirror...but Mercedes should have included the new technology.
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If someday you have absolutely nothing to do and can tolerate an exercise in futility, you might contact your dealer to see if there is an update for the software in your mirror that would let it work with the new home link. You can't be the first with this problem.
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I can assure you that my 2010 does not work with the new technology. I don't think you are aware that they started selling the openers with new tech in 2011....
Here is some info on the new tech:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...21439917914472
Here is some info on the new tech:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...21439917914472
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My 2010 E and my 2010 ML550 both work with my brand new Liftmaster. Programmed both myself and it worked the first time. In the past when I had an issue programming I would clear all the previous data from the homelink in the car and then it accepted the new codes right away. You can clear by pressing 2 of the buttons at the same time and holding them for a minute or so. Don't remember which 2 at the moment but it should be in the manual.
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the procedure is to clear the buttons by pressing the two outer ones until it flashes fast (I think). Then the step everyone skips...you have to tell homelink the frequency of your transmitter to use on that button....follow those instructions......then push the button on the garage door opener and press the homelink button three times. No, you can't just clear the homelink buttons, press the button on the garage door and press the button three times...that doesn't work...and it's what everyone does until they decide to actually follow all of the instructions.
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We all can pretty much assure you it does work. You have done something incorrectly or some component you have is not right. Call the manufacturer of the door opener and have them step you through.If you read the link you posted, even it points out thtat there should not be any issues with Homelink units since 2007. Your 2010 should be fine. Also, they use a proprietary format, not Intellicode or Car2u. I think Mercedes Benz should redo their entire product line to accomodate the one garage door opener that might not work.
http://www.liftmaster.com/lmcv2/page....aspx?famid=40
The link I posted indicated that even though they rolled out tech in 2007 many 2012 vehicles still do not have homelink 4.0.
I have tried to pair it many times. I have setup homelink dozens of times with my vehicles and neighbors alike. My 2010 does not have homelink 4.0 in it!!! If anyone can prove that they have a liftmaster 8550 working without repeater in 2010 e-class, I will buy you a beer next time you are in my neck of the woods!!!
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Well then you have only a few options. Trade the car. Replace the garage door opener. Sit tight and hope that Mercedes decides to retroactively provide an upgrade to address the one garage door opener on the planet that does not work. One of those should do the trick. Sorry to hear about this hopefully it is just a firmware upgrade.
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My problem is that the button sticks (after one year) and keeps repeating the signal so door opens and closes. Dealer says No Problem Found. Of course not, he is 30 miles from my garage door. Never had this problem with Asian cars I have owned. De-programmed the button and programed another one and it works OK - but for how long. MB does not want to replace it because of the cost of the mirror itself.
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I was amazed that the instructions in my booklet differed with the actual video that helped me program my garage opener with the rolling code homelink system...thank goodness for youtube!! (and it only took 2 videos to find one that had the correct instructions) I am an aerospace engineer, and in this instance, it DID take a rocket scientist to program the garage opener :S
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I was amazed that the instructions in my booklet differed with the actual video that helped me program my garage opener with the rolling code homelink system...thank goodness for youtube!! (and it only took 2 videos to find one that had the correct instructions) I am an aerospace engineer, and in this instance, it DID take a rocket scientist to program the garage opener :S
(Still new to this site, wasn't sure if we could post links)
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I remember some posts claiming that 2010 model has problem with forgetting garage door settings codes, so dealer replaces mirror under warranty on a new one. I think you should just claim that your car forgets settings and get replacement. Actually it is a serious problem, it happened two times for me as well and I had to wait for two hours until my wife brought keys for front door. But I am lazy to replace opener module. However I would recommend it for you.
