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It's funny you mentioned that.
I had factory Homelink in my 2002 Explorer. Homelink worked for my garage door opener (a Genie "Excelerator" that opens a 16x7 two-car door) for about six months, then Homelink quit working. The Genie remotes, the wireless keypad box outside, and the wired switch inside still worked fine. I had to reset the Genie and have it relearn the first Homelink button, the remotes, and the wireless keypad box. It worked fine for another six months or so, then it stopped working again. A third try gave me another few months, then I gave up.
Since it's a rolling-code system, I don't know if there's a compatibility problem with Homelink and Genie, or if Homelink has some kind of built-in time limit (security?), but I could never get it to work permanently. I went back to the Genie openers, which are now much smaller than the old rectangular ones, and we still use them.
I never looked into Homelink again for that reason.
I had factory Homelink in my 2002 Explorer. Homelink worked for my garage door opener (a Genie "Excelerator" that opens a 16x7 two-car door) for about six months, then Homelink quit working. The Genie remotes, the wireless keypad box outside, and the wired switch inside still worked fine. I had to reset the Genie and have it relearn the first Homelink button, the remotes, and the wireless keypad box. It worked fine for another six months or so, then it stopped working again. A third try gave me another few months, then I gave up.
Since it's a rolling-code system, I don't know if there's a compatibility problem with Homelink and Genie, or if Homelink has some kind of built-in time limit (security?), but I could never get it to work permanently. I went back to the Genie openers, which are now much smaller than the old rectangular ones, and we still use them.
I never looked into Homelink again for that reason.
