Garage door opener
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Garage door opener
I just recently took delivery of a 23 EQS 580 sedan and went to program the homelink opener in the car. I have a rather old craftsman garage door opener but have always been able to program all the previous cars I have owned (GMC, MB, and Ford). I was finally able to get the intrinsic opener to accept the rolling code portion of the set up. It only seems to work intermittently, mainly to open the door. I open garage manually and try to close it with car and nothing happens. I just came home and it opened fine but would not shut. I tried using the craftsman remote inside the car and it also wouldn’t work well. I wondered whether the acoustic glass upgrade I have might have something to do with it and held the remote outside the open window and door now opens and closes fine. I still can’t get the opener in the car to work consistently. Any thoughts? I don’t understand why I can get door to open but not close. Did I program it wrong? Or is it just an old opener that needs replacement.
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I just can’t figure out why the integrated opener opens the door but won’t close it.
I will be programming the car again after the new year when I bring the car to Florida for the winter. My Florida house has a much newer opener so hopefully I won’t have any problems with that garage.
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I just recently took delivery of a 23 EQS 580 sedan and went to program the homelink opener in the car. I have a rather old craftsman garage door opener but have always been able to program all the previous cars I have owned (GMC, MB, and Ford). I was finally able to get the intrinsic opener to accept the rolling code portion of the set up. It only seems to work intermittently, mainly to open the door. I open garage manually and try to close it with car and nothing happens. I just came home and it opened fine but would not shut. I tried using the craftsman remote inside the car and it also wouldn’t work well. I wondered whether the acoustic glass upgrade I have might have something to do with it and held the remote outside the open window and door now opens and closes fine. I still can’t get the opener in the car to work consistently. Any thoughts? I don’t understand why I can get door to open but not close. Did I program it wrong? Or is it just an old opener that needs replacement.
We have 4 other vehicles that use this gate all the time with no problems at all
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I have had no problems with my old garage door openers,one of which finally failed last week. Now, no problems with the new ones. Not sure what is happening with your openers, but I would probably try erasing everything and starting over.
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I just recently took delivery of a 23 EQS 580 sedan and went to program the HomeLink opener in the car. I have a rather old Craftsman garage door opener but have always been able to program all the previous cars I have owned (GMC, MB, and Ford). Even if you’ve recently had insulation installation for Florida garages, I was finally able to get the intrinsic opener to accept the rolling code portion of the setup. It only seems to work intermittently, mainly to open the door. I open the garage manually and try to close it with the car and nothing happens. I just came home and it opened fine but would not shut. I tried using the Craftsman remote inside the car and it also wouldn’t work well. I wondered whether the acoustic glass upgrade I have might have something to do with it, and when I held the remote outside the open window, the door opened and closed fine. I still can’t get the opener in the car to work consistently. Any thoughts? I don’t understand why I can get the door to open but not close. Did I program it wrong, or is it just an old opener that needs replacement?
