I think I figured out the proper procedure and what Toyota was "trying" to convey in the manual. Just bout a 2021 Highlander two days ago and tried, unsuccessfully, to program my car for two of my Genie garage door openers. After watching the video the light went on for me as how to get this done. Here is my take: 1) Select one of the three HomeLink mirror openers. The little house should illuminate and the Amber light should come on above. 2) Using an existing functioning opener, press the remote and aim it directly at the car mirror. The amber light will now blink green. This step provides the mirror with the proper "current" code setting to open the door. You now have to take the steps to get the roaming code part to work. 3) On the Garage Door opener, push the Program button for about 2 seconds until it turns blue. 4) Press the program button on the Garage Opener agin and it will blink purple. 5) Go back to the button on the car mirror and hold it for about 4-5 seconds. 6) Wait for the purple light to go out. 7) Repeat steps 3-5 until the button opens or closes the door. I had my car in the garage when doing this but I think it would work with the car out of the garage. Make sure the car is not blocking the opener "safety eyes" or you won't know when the remote works properly as the garage door will not open or close if the "safety eye" is blocked. I did this for my garage door on the left most button and my wife's door on the middle mirror button. Hope this helps. The video gave me a great starting place and I think I got it down now. Worked for me and I hope it can assist others.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain and type this in. I don’t claim to know everything, and listen when others have figured something out. I’ve pinned your comment to the top so others can find it easily. 👊🏻 I appreciate you watching
We were living this exact video. Not sure which method worked, but something did. The important thing was, you and your better half living it out for us all to see, made me feel better about the “debacle” we were having. Subscriber on that alone!!
Ive been trying to do this for over a year and truly gave up... watching your video gives me hope! I will go try this and let you know how it goes but I have a feeling you hit the nail on the head with this video showing us exactly what and how you did it. THANK YOU!
I did this in less than a minute. Push the 2 outer buttons of the 3 on the bottom left of the rear view mirror. Keep both pressed until a green light appears. Release. Then press the one button you’re programming and hold it down. At the same time, point your handheld remote at the rearview mirror. Keep it pressed down until you see a flashing green light. Done! No need to climb up the ladder to use the learn button on the opener mounted in garage. Kudos to you two for diligently working through the process!
We followed the instructions from the owners manual. 🤷♂️ Both of the remotes I have are aftermarket/universal, when we bought the house there weren’t any. Not sure if that made a difference or not. Thanks for commenting.
Watching your video gave me some hope lol. Unfortunately i couldn't reach my learn button with my vehicle in the garage. We tried replacing the batteries in our remote & held it closer (3-4 inches) from the mirror and tried it that way and it worked. I think the new batteries for the stronger signal really helps.
The trick definitely is pulling the car in the garage. Here is how I got mine to work. I pointed the remote at the mirror while holding down the button I wanted to program until the light started to blink then I hit the learn button on my garage door opener and got back in the car and pushed the button 3 times holding it down 2 secs between each and the garage door went down.
4:47pm My 2 cents is to have the car in the garage, press the learn button on the garage opener. Then immediately press & hold the button in the car until the garage light blinks indicating it’s programmed. Tried to program yesterday the same way I program other remotes. Didn’t work! Watched your video. Pulled car in the garage, pressed the learn button in the garage. Then I held down only the outer left button in the car for several seconds (maybe 8 seconds). The garage light blinked & my car was programmed. Thank you for your video!
LOL, it was more confusing than it needed to be. But we figured it out and I wanted to show others how to do it to hopefully save them time like yourself. Thanks for commenting
Your video came in very handy but what I will add to your findings is that some Chamberlain garage door openers run on a rolling code so after you take your garage door remote and programming the initial frequency after I did that and the door did not open I then went to the garage door motor and press the learn button and then press the home link button for the 4 seconds that you said to do and it programmed itself right then so I think what you have to do is program the garage door opener to your home link through the remote first then program the rolling code using the learn button on the garage door motor and that would allowed it to program and eventually opening up the garage door
Yes sir, it was clear as mud soup trying to figure out what they wanted you to do reading the owners manual. Normally it is pretty good at laying out the controls and how to make things work.
I did what your wife said, 4sec each time and it worked. But no you don’t need to get the car inside the garage, and you don’t need an assistant as the learning button gives you 30sec to go start the pairing process. It might work with the remote as well if maybe you do it 3 times in a row with 4sec hold each time. Thanks I tried so many times earlier till I missed up the remote and had to rest the whole thing and repair the remote and my suburban as well.
The owners manual is clear as mud along with the information I found on line. By pulling inside the garage you insure less interference and good signal to the unit. That was the biggest reason.
I’ll have to admit we rode the struggle bus on this one. But it finally programmed. If you have a highlander I have several other videos on it. Thanks for watching and commenting
Well my channel got its name because I try to show what I went through, not always a sterile perfect how to. It’s not really that way in the “real world” sometimes things go well, other times there’s a struggle. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@RealWorldGarage I bought mine yesterday and had been trying to program it for a good 30 minutes when I stumbled on your post. I just cracked up when I watched it.
Is somebody able to break into my car in my driveway and use homelink to open my garage? I’ve noticed that it seems to be active even with the car off and the fob nowhere near the car.
Sorry to say and sorry to see you go thru all this hoopla for nothing… ONE person can do this… all you had to do was : 1. park in your driveway, 2. program the first homelink button with your clicker til its green 3. THEN GET ON A LADDER and press the garage program button 4. Then go bk to the car within 30 seconds and press the programmed button 3 times and boom your door works.
OMG dude you're 1-4 step guide worked!!! Been trying for an hour and finally gave up. Was reading what you wrote. Went back out and tried it... BINGO it worked! Oh btw, it only took me 30 seconds this way.
@@treybelles8065 you’re welcome bro, I laughed when I figured it out but it was mainly from watching this video that made me test out different ways to make it work lol
@@RealWorldGarage try this one. Press both the 1st and 3rd button until the light blinks. That should clear your button. 1. Park outside the front of your garage door With the car on. 2. Go to the garage door modem on your ladder and press the program button. 3 return to your car then press the garage door remote button and the homelink button of your choice for five seconds or until the program indication light blinks. 4. Press the chosen homelink button and your door should open and close.
I think I figured out the proper procedure and what Toyota was "trying" to convey in the manual. Just bout a 2021 Highlander two days ago and tried, unsuccessfully, to program my car for two of my Genie garage door openers. After watching the video the light went on for me as how to get this done. Here is my take:
1) Select one of the three HomeLink mirror openers. The little house should illuminate and the Amber light should come on above.
2) Using an existing functioning opener, press the remote and aim it directly at the car mirror. The amber light will now blink green. This step provides the mirror with the proper "current" code setting to open the door. You now have to take the steps to get the roaming code part to work.
3) On the Garage Door opener, push the Program button for about 2 seconds until it turns blue.
4) Press the program button on the Garage Opener agin and it will blink purple.
5) Go back to the button on the car mirror and hold it for about 4-5 seconds.
6) Wait for the purple light to go out.
7) Repeat steps 3-5 until the button opens or closes the door.
I had my car in the garage when doing this but I think it would work with the car out of the garage. Make sure the car is not blocking the opener "safety eyes" or you won't know when the remote works properly as the garage door will not open or close if the "safety eye" is blocked.
I did this for my garage door on the left most button and my wife's door on the middle mirror button.
Hope this helps. The video gave me a great starting place and I think I got it down now. Worked for me and I hope it can assist others.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain and type this in. I don’t claim to know everything, and listen when others have figured something out. I’ve pinned your comment to the top so others can find it easily. 👊🏻 I appreciate you watching
Thank you for this video. I was able to help my customers program theirs after watching a ton of other videos that did not work
Glad it helped!
We were living this exact video. Not sure which method worked, but something did. The important thing was, you and your better half living it out for us all to see, made me feel better about the “debacle” we were having. Subscriber on that alone!!
😂🤘🏻 thanks brother. I appreciate you watching and commenting!!
Thank you! That was much easier. 👍
Ive been trying to do this for over a year and truly gave up... watching your video gives me hope! I will go try this and let you know how it goes but I have a feeling you hit the nail on the head with this video showing us exactly what and how you did it. THANK YOU!
I wish I would have watched your video first. We would have saved 45 minutes and a lot of frustration! ❤
I did this in less than a minute. Push the 2 outer buttons of the 3 on the bottom left of the rear view mirror. Keep both pressed until a green light appears. Release. Then press the one button you’re programming and hold it down. At the same time, point your handheld remote at the rearview mirror. Keep it pressed down until you see a flashing green light. Done! No need to climb up the ladder to use the learn button on the opener mounted in garage. Kudos to you two for diligently working through the process!
We followed the instructions from the owners manual. 🤷♂️ Both of the remotes I have are aftermarket/universal, when we bought the house there weren’t any. Not sure if that made a difference or not. Thanks for commenting.
This was the option that worked for me after trying all the others!!! Thanks Liza J.
liza it worked great thanks
Thank you this worked for me unlike very other option attempted!
That worked. Thanks!
Watching your video gave me some hope lol. Unfortunately i couldn't reach my learn button with my vehicle in the garage. We tried replacing the batteries in our remote & held it closer (3-4 inches) from the mirror and tried it that way and it worked. I think the new batteries for the stronger signal really helps.
The trick definitely is pulling the car in the garage. Here is how I got mine to work. I pointed the remote at the mirror while holding down the button I wanted to program until the light started to blink then I hit the learn button on my garage door opener and got back in the car and pushed the button 3 times holding it down 2 secs between each and the garage door went down.
Thanks for the video - just bought a highlander and was struggling with this!
4:47pm My 2 cents is to have the car in the garage, press the learn button on the garage opener. Then immediately press & hold the button in the car until the garage light blinks indicating it’s programmed.
Tried to program yesterday the same way I program other remotes. Didn’t work! Watched your video. Pulled car in the garage, pressed the learn button in the garage. Then I held down only the outer left button in the car for several seconds (maybe 8 seconds). The garage light blinked & my car was programmed. Thank you for your video!
My pleasure. Couldn’t have done it without you!!
My channel wouldn’t be what it is without you!!!
Worked for my Highlander 22. Thanks a lot for uploading
Indeed!! Thank you for watching and commenting!! 🙏🏼
Awesome! Thanks so much! This has been frustrating me off and on for a few months. Glad I found your video.
I’m glad it helped you. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you so much mine worked with the garage opener on the first try
Awesome thanks for watching and commenting
I will do it later. It's fun to watch both of you trying in the garage. Thanks for saving me lots of time.
LOL, it was more confusing than it needed to be. But we figured it out and I wanted to show others how to do it to hopefully save them time like yourself. Thanks for commenting
Thank you! This was helpful! I was able to connect my 2016 Hylander with this video.
Great I’m glad it was able to help you
Have the same garage opener and highlander. Had the same issue in programming.
Thanks for sharing. My issue is now solved!
Awesome, love to hear it!!! Thanks for letting me know!!
Your video came in very handy but what I will add to your findings is that some Chamberlain garage door openers run on a rolling code so after you take your garage door remote and programming the initial frequency after I did that and the door did not open I then went to the garage door motor and press the learn button and then press the home link button for the 4 seconds that you said to do and it programmed itself right then so I think what you have to do is program the garage door opener to your home link through the remote first then program the rolling code using the learn button on the garage door motor and that would allowed it to program and eventually opening up the garage door
Yes sir, it was clear as mud soup trying to figure out what they wanted you to do reading the owners manual. Normally it is pretty good at laying out the controls and how to make things work.
Excelente, you are the man !!!
I did what your wife said, 4sec each time and it worked. But no you don’t need to get the car inside the garage, and you don’t need an assistant as the learning button gives you 30sec to go start the pairing process. It might work with the remote as well if maybe you do it 3 times in a row with 4sec hold each time. Thanks I tried so many times earlier till I missed up the remote and had to rest the whole thing and repair the remote and my suburban as well.
The owners manual is clear as mud along with the information I found on line. By pulling inside the garage you insure less interference and good signal to the unit. That was the biggest reason.
Not necessary. Hit learn button, start car, hold button of choice on mirror. Hold for 4 - 5 seconds, and that's it. Easy-Peasy...🙂👍🏻
Thanks for the help.
I’ll have to admit we rode the struggle bus on this one. But it finally programmed. If you have a highlander I have several other videos on it. Thanks for watching and commenting
I’ve been laughing my butt off😂😂😂. Been doing mine this morning. I know how you feel. Now to try again😕
Well my channel got its name because I try to show what I went through, not always a sterile perfect how to. It’s not really that way in the “real world” sometimes things go well, other times there’s a struggle. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@RealWorldGarage I bought mine yesterday and had been trying to program it for a good 30 minutes when I stumbled on your post. I just cracked up when I watched it.
Well the learn button did nothing but using the remote the way you said it does not work did it perfectly.
You saved my day bro
Wow, that makes my day!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!!
Thank you...............we now have ours programed
Thanks for watching and commenting!! More videos coming on the 21 highlander
Had the same issues! Thanks!
I really hope it helped!! Thanks for watching and commenting
We had the same problem, but what finally worked was to program the home link to the remote first, then do the learn button on the unit.
This. Program to remote first on homelink (green light). Then program to learn on your garage door opener to the homelink.
Thank you, the owner’s manual was too confusing!
Indeed it was. Thanks for watching and commenting
Keep the remote in the car just in case the car forgets it has been programmed,, Best Regards
got it thanks my wife will be imprssed
It worked! 🤣. Thanks!
Great!! Glad it helped you thanks for watching and commenting
Is somebody able to break into my car in my driveway and use homelink to open my garage? I’ve noticed that it seems to be active even with the car off and the fob nowhere near the car.
I have never thought about this and will have to check into that.
Inside the garage, did u keep the car running ?
It shouldn’t require it to be running
Was the the car on or off
Off
she keeps letting the button go, supposed to hold the homelink button down until the lights on the GO flash
Sorry to say and sorry to see you go thru all this hoopla for nothing… ONE person can do this… all you had to do was :
1. park in your driveway,
2. program the first homelink button with your clicker til its green
3. THEN GET ON A LADDER and press the garage program button
4. Then go bk to the car within 30 seconds and press the programmed button 3 times and boom your door works.
Tried that. Don’t know why it didn’t work. It just didn’t. Thanks for watching and commenting
OMG dude you're 1-4 step guide worked!!! Been trying for an hour and finally gave up. Was reading what you wrote. Went back out and tried it... BINGO it worked! Oh btw, it only took me 30 seconds this way.
@@RealWorldGarage I think you have to clear your buttons first to try it because it won’t work if the buttons are already programmed.
@@treybelles8065 you’re welcome bro, I laughed when I figured it out but it was mainly from watching this video that made me test out different ways to make it work lol
@@RealWorldGarage try this one. Press both the 1st and 3rd button until the light blinks. That should clear your button.
1. Park outside the front of your garage door
With the car on.
2. Go to the garage door modem on your ladder and press the program button.
3 return to your car then press the garage door remote button and the homelink button of your choice for five seconds or until the program indication light blinks.
4. Press the chosen homelink button and your door should open and close.