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Homelink
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The Homelink on my Model S has terrible range. I've got to be no more than 20" from the garage door, and even then I have to press the "button" about ten times before it opens. My other car, with the same garage door, works from about 75 feet.
FWIW for you folks having range issues.... try this:
Go to the opener and locate the antennae, try repositioning it to different angles. You'll be shocked to find out how much it affects range.
It should be nothing more than about an 8" wire hanging around the back.
May not be the same for all openers, but its been pretty consistent over the years of openers.
Go to the opener and locate the antennae, try repositioning it to different angles. You'll be shocked to find out how much it affects range.
It should be nothing more than about an 8" wire hanging around the back.
May not be the same for all openers, but its been pretty consistent over the years of openers.
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byt
Member
FalconNinetyD
Active Member
Does anyone who backs into their garage have a problem with the door not opening? I assume the xmitter is in the front of the car since that's where you put the remote during training.
colinb
Member
I haven't had any luck with my Craftsman garage door opener. I have two transmitters and neither worked placing them in front of the bumper - even with the car in the garage. I'm wondering if I have to get a universal Homelink adapter kit to replace the out-of-box one.
I don't back in but when I pull away (do a three point turn in order to pull straight out due to very narrow driveway near the street) and I am more than 15 feet away it won't work. I have to back up a little until it works.
byt
Member
I kinda back in and to the side to enter my garage, I paired it that way and so it opens that way.
Im getting around 75-100 ft for my gate and around the same for the garage.
Again, if you have an antenna hanging off the back of the operator, try changing directions like the old analog TV days .... it really helped mine (MS and with previous vehicles).
Again, if you have an antenna hanging off the back of the operator, try changing directions like the old analog TV days .... it really helped mine (MS and with previous vehicles).
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TXjak
Owner/Investor/Advocate
There is a range extender kit put out by Chamberlain. Might work for any opener using the same frequencies. It splices to the existing antenna wire.
My Audi A8 homelink always sucked when it came to range. It was so bad, I used a separate control unit. Never touched the homelink again.
pilotSteve
Active Member
well, that could work although the pairing seems to be more delicate (range sensitive? plus need to touch the button on the GD as you pair). Using the power of mathematics a programmer could simulate any given offset distance
Anyone experience any difficulty pairing with the garage door opener?
Mine failed despite saying all steps were complete. The car shut
down - no computer, no dash, no going anywhere - then mysteriously
rebooted itself a couple of hours later.
Remote does not work and the service team is scratching their heads.
Any thoughts out there?
Mine failed despite saying all steps were complete. The car shut
down - no computer, no dash, no going anywhere - then mysteriously
rebooted itself a couple of hours later.
Remote does not work and the service team is scratching their heads.
Any thoughts out there?
Pairing with Homelink is more of an art than a science. Regardless of car type, you typically have to use a combination of the garage door opener instructions, the car instructions, and several tries to get it to work. Of course, some lucky folks have it work on the first try--I'm not among them. The good news is that once you've figured out the correct combination for your particular car/garage opener pair, it will work the first time the next time you have to pair them up.
Not really. WAG is a problem with one of the chips in the car (e.g. memory). But there could easily be other reasons.
strider
Active Member
+1 to this. You can also add some length to the antenna. I had some of this: 1555 that my dad gave me and simply cut about 2 feet of it. I then stripped some of the insulation off of the end of the antenna wire (purple wire in pic below) and the wire I had and twisted the ends together. Ran the new wire up and tied it around the support. Range is MUCH better now. I was having poor range from all sources - Jeep, Roadster, and Model S homelink, even the remotes that came w/ the opener wouldn't work very well.
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contaygious
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I'm having new issues with my home link all the sudden with 4.1. I have to point the front of the car to the garage to open it. This is problematic because I can't close the door when I drive out. I could open and close the door no problem with my other cars and even down the street it worked fine forwards or backwards so it's definitely the tesla. Any ideas?
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