Trying to set up your BMW’s HomeLink? The steps you must take to quickly and easily train your HomeLink are explained in the video on the right side of the page. The most frequently required video will start playing immediately, however we have added manufacturer-specific movies below the main player for some garage door openers.
Not a fan of video? By selecting your vehicle’s model name from the list below, you may also get comprehensive instructions tailored to your particular model.
Choose your training films from the list beneath the main video if you are a BMW owner who uses a Genie, Sommer, or an older model of HomeLink (model years 2008 and prior).
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How does HomeLink operate?
Your HomeLink offers features like turning on your home’s security system, controlling the external door locks, and turning on and off the outdoor lights and appliances. It can only control the opening and closing of your garage doors when connected to your BMW, though.
Did you realize? There are only three buttons on the rearview mirror that you can use to operate your garage door.
How to Set Up Your BMW’s Garage Door Opener (HOMELINK)
You can learn how to set up your BMW’s garage door opener by reading this comprehensive tutorial. The HomeLink system in your new BMW is incredibly easy to set up and use. No more than a few minutes should pass. The most recent BMW models include the HomeLink platform. By using this feature, you can easily access your garage or gate without using a garage door remote.
What you’ll need:
- Obtain the remote for your garage door opener. Relocate your BMW from the garage.
- Be close to the garage or gate but out of the way when it opens or closes.
- Open the garage door opener control panel, get a ladder, and look for the LEARN button.
- Enter your BMW and turn on the accessories, but do not turn on the engine. The start/stop button should be pressed without your foot being on the brake.
- Press and hold the Homelink buttons 1 and 3 simultaneously on your rearview mirror for approximately ten seconds. The light will initially be solid yellow before rapidly flashing green takes place. – All previous code settings have been erased.
- Press button 1 until a slow yellow light appears.
- Holding your garage door opener three inches from the mirror, press the button your BMW should duplicate.
- Release your hold on your remote button and press the button to be programmed once when the tiny light on the mirror flashes green quickly.
- Now, ascend to the garage door opener’s control panel and select the LEARN button.
- Approximately 30 seconds remain for you to descend the ladder and activate Homelink button 1 on your mirror.
- Press Homelink button 2 until a slow-blinking yellow light shows if you have another door to preset. Re-do steps 7-9.
Chuck Vossler, one of our own, went on camera to demonstrate the full procedure and provide very thorough instructions. View the video below, and don’t forget to follow our YouTube channel.
Do all automobiles have HomeLink?
Numerous more technological components connect with advanced car technology. For added convenience, consumers who have smart home systems want to link their homes and vehicles. One system makes it simple for you to achieve that. Hundreds of automakers, including Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota, include it as standard equipment in their vehicles. Additionally, it’s accessible as an aftermarket add-on.
It is known as HomeLink. Although the system has been in place for years, not everyone is aware of what it is or how to operate it. You may use it to access virtually any smart home feature simply pressing a button in your car.
When the automobile is off, does HomeLink function?
When the car is completely off and in park, I discovered that the Homelink in the mirror still functions.
Given that someone can use the Homelink mirror to open my garage doors if the car is accidently left unlocked or a window is broken, this is a very severe security concern.
It would have been so easy to limit Homelink’s activation to key fob proximity or on-vehicle operation.
Is HomeLink a paid service?
Homelink is available in Tesla automobiles, but it costs a stunning $300 and requires a service appointment. You can preset settings to open and close the garage door automatically by connecting your automobile to the opener. Homelink additionally provides other special features. It’s glitchy, though, and if you own many Tesla vehicles, it can interfere with the presets. Whether you like it or not, your garage may wind up opening and closing irregularly.
Sullins questions why Tesla charges $300 for Homelink when there are better alternatives (and forces you to schedule a service appointment rather than letting you add it when you first order the car). The garage door opener in option #1 is most likely already present in your vehicle. When you press a button, the garage door opens. Voila! If you don’t already have one, you may get a replacement for approximately $12 or a universal push-button opener on Amazon for less than $30.
Ben has chosen to go with a smart garage door opener, which he believes Tesla should just provide for its vehicles instead of Homelink, even though both of the aforementioned choices operate considerably better for him than Homelink and are significantly less expensive. He must currently connect it to his smartphone, but if Tesla makes it compatible, he may be able to operate it from the vehicle.
Making Homelink available at the time of order is another option for people who feel comfortable using it. Sullins creates the code for the Model Y order page’s addition of the order option. It’s simple, he claims, and Tesla is welcome to the code for nothing.
To find out more about it and observe how it functions, watch the video. Then, tell us about your Homelink experience. Are you in Sullins’ camp?
Which models come with HomeLink?
- 4Runner (2007 – 2023)
- Avalon (2007 – 2023)
- Camry (2007 – 2023)
- Corolla (2016 – 2023)
- Highlander (2007 – 2023)
- Range Rover (2007 – 2022)
- Mirai (2016 – 2022)
- Prius (2007 – 2023)
How can I tell if my home has HomeLink?
Try these troubleshooting suggestions first:
- Verify the portable transmitter of the device’s frequency (usually found on the back). Radio-frequency equipment that uses a frequency range of 288 to 433 MHz can be used with HomeLink.
- Replace the battery in the portable transmitter with a new one. An older battery will experience battery strength loss during programming, weakening the signal sent to HomeLink. A fresh battery will provide a robust signal.
- Retrain HomeLink while moving the handheld transmitter about in relation to the HomeLink button you’re trying to configure at various angles and distances. Try a different angle and a distance of 4-6 inches.
- During programming, cycle the handheld transmitter by pressing and releasing it every two seconds while holding down the HomeLink button until the indicator light shifts from a slow blink to a quick flash.
- Press and hold the HomeLink button while keeping an eye on the indicator light to make sure HomeLink has been programmed:
- It has received the signal and should run the device if the indicator light is steady.
- The indicator light will indicate that HomeLink has successfully received the rolling code signal if it rapidly blinks for two seconds before going solid. To finish the process, please adhere to the rolling code instructions provided in the section under “Programming a garage door opener.”
- The signal from the handheld remote has not been picked up by HomeLink if the indicator light continues to slowly blink. Select a different button to program or try programming the button once again.
How can I tell if my garage door is compatible with HomeLink?
Some HomeLink models from more recent versions come with two-way communication capabilities. Your HomeLink will be able to provide a last-known-status indicator arrow, indicating whether your HomeLink was last used to open or close the garage door or gate, if it is programmed to control a suitable two-way garage door opener or gate.
Even when you are away from home, two-way communication allows you to monitor garage door movement and/or review your most recent HomeLink activity with the garage door or gate. By pressing buttons 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 simultaneously, you can check the most recent status if the two-way feature in your HomeLink has been correctly active. You will see an arrow on your overhead console or in your mirror, with up denoting open and down denoting closed.
Does the Model 3 include HomeLink?
All Teslas can open garage doors with HomeLink, but not all Teslas have the HomeLink module installed.
Your car is already equipped to open your garage door if you own a Model S or Model X.
Depending on the model of your car, you may or may not have it. HomeLink was only included in Model 3s until the spring of 2019. Later, it was made available as an option that could be installed through a Tesla service after delivery. Except when installed after delivery, it is not installed in every Model Y.
However, checking the car’s display is the simplest way to determine whether it has a garage door opener. You can select Additional Vehicle Information by tapping Controls > Software.
When you do this, a screen with various crucial facts about your car and the hardware it has will appear.
The infotainment processor, full self-driving computer technology, and other information are displayed on the screen. Additionally, it will show whether the HomeLink garage door opener hardware is installed.
You will either notice “Not installed” or “HomeLink 5 (Opt 2)” next to “Garage door opener.” It may be different, but the presence of the HomeLink module and the ability of your automobile to unlock garage doors are indicated by the number.
Exists a HomeLink mobile app?
Install the App Now that HomeLink Connect(r) is available for iOS and Android, you can conveniently control all of your car-to-home automation devices from the front seat.
How can I install HomeLink on my Model 3?
Making your life a whole lot simpler is as easy as setting up HomeLink! Thankfully, installing HomeLink in a Tesla Model 3 doesn’t take much work on your part.
You must all: in order to install HomeLink.
- Visit the Tesla website to place your order. During checkout, you all entered your shipping address. Make sure it is accurate because Tesla will mail the device to this address.
- Make a time to meet. Do not open the package when you receive your HomeLink shipment. Your installation will be worthless if you open the box, forcing you to pay for it yourself or place an order for a replacement gadget. Instead, make a service appointment right away for installation. This is possible with the Tesla app.
- Launch HomeLink. After installing HomeLink, program it by following the directions. Both the online version and the Model 3 owner’s manual contain them.
Remember that HomeLink cannot be installed by you. Tesla demands that you have the installation done by a licensed technician.
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How can I turn on HomeLink?
Release the HomeLink(r) system’s two exterior buttons after pressing and holding them until the LED begins to blink. Return to the vehicle and push the pre-programmed HomeLink (r) button four times while the LED on the garage door opener is blinking. (Or up to the point the garage door opens)