Home Link rolling code problems Q5 & X3
12-25-2013, 09:59 AM
#1
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Home Link rolling code problems Q5 & X3
Looking for help with Home Link. I have been successful & am comfortable with programming the rolling code version in my Q5. Problem is once I do this the code is erased or non-functional in the X3. If I reprogram the X3 again it erases the code in the Q5. It's obviously related to the rolling code learn function of the opener & programming in the BMW & the Audi. Any ideas?
12-25-2013, 11:18 AM
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Yes I have an idea. I had the same problem and it drove me crazy. I'm a techie and don't give up easy on electronic problems. Mine would pair fine, but then another remote would de-pair. I have several motorcycles, 4 cars, and a a few hand-held remotes.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.
12-25-2013, 04:20 PM
#3
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+1/Bingo!
The memory is full. When they roll off like this, you need to go back to the garage door head, press the lobotomy (erase) button sequence and then re enter all of your current vehicle Homelinks or loose remotes.
When we got the Q5 and in turn off'ed two older vehicles I wiped the garage door opener heads and then started over. IIRC, you hold down the garage door head programming button for a period of time like 30 seconds or so until the red LED goes dark, or something like that.
When we got the Q5 and in turn off'ed two older vehicles I wiped the garage door opener heads and then started over. IIRC, you hold down the garage door head programming button for a period of time like 30 seconds or so until the red LED goes dark, or something like that.
12-26-2013, 04:34 AM
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Solution?
Yes I have an idea. I had the same problem and it drove me crazy. I'm a techie and don't give up easy on electronic problems. Mine would pair fine, but then another remote would de-pair. I have several motorcycles, 4 cars, and a a few hand-held remotes.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.
12-26-2013, 04:38 AM
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Unsure this would be the case
The memory is full. When they roll off like this, you need to go back to the garage door head, press the lobotomy (erase) button sequence and then re enter all of your current vehicle Homelinks or loose remotes.
When we got the Q5 and in turn off'ed two older vehicles I wiped the garage door opener heads and then started over. IIRC, you hold down the garage door head programming button for a period of time like 30 seconds or so until the red LED goes dark, or something like that.
When we got the Q5 and in turn off'ed two older vehicles I wiped the garage door opener heads and then started over. IIRC, you hold down the garage door head programming button for a period of time like 30 seconds or so until the red LED goes dark, or something like that.
12-26-2013, 06:09 AM
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I personal think Audi either got a “bad batch” of the Home Link units this year or the placement of the receiver is not in the right spot on these newer Q5s. I have a late 2013 Q5 and my Home Link unit was replaced right after delivery, as I could not get it to work at all. The replacement unit works, but just barely, as you have a very narrow range in the driveway where it will work.
I never had a problem opening the garage door with my 2007 S6, 2009 Q5 or with my 2010 S5. I can open the garage door in the street with the S5, while I need to be about 10ft away from the door to open it with the Q5. The problem is getting worse again as you need to be very close to the door to get it to open. I plan on calling the dealer to see if he will replace the unit again.
And I’ll add one more thing here (in the Q5 forum) – this is the only model that I’ve read about Home Link problems in. My next-door neighbor bought an A5 cab the same week I bought the Q5 and we programed his Home Link on the first try and my unit didn’t work at all. I tried everything, including erasing the memory in the unit. I few weeks before we bought our cars another neighbor across the street had no problem programing his 2013 S5 Home Link – and we all live in the same townhomes with the same garage door opener units
I never had a problem opening the garage door with my 2007 S6, 2009 Q5 or with my 2010 S5. I can open the garage door in the street with the S5, while I need to be about 10ft away from the door to open it with the Q5. The problem is getting worse again as you need to be very close to the door to get it to open. I plan on calling the dealer to see if he will replace the unit again.
And I’ll add one more thing here (in the Q5 forum) – this is the only model that I’ve read about Home Link problems in. My next-door neighbor bought an A5 cab the same week I bought the Q5 and we programed his Home Link on the first try and my unit didn’t work at all. I tried everything, including erasing the memory in the unit. I few weeks before we bought our cars another neighbor across the street had no problem programing his 2013 S5 Home Link – and we all live in the same townhomes with the same garage door opener units
12-26-2013, 08:22 AM
#7
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Overanalyzing?
I think you are likely overanalyzing. More time to post this stuff than to erase all and just do it.
BTDT myself; they fill up. Answering your "new" garage door rection for example. Variously, factory could have tested it w/ another learned remote or two. Or, the installer. Likely came with a generic remote or two in the box for that matter. Or, maybe that unit from place xyz was maybe not quite in the factory sealed box after all... Maybe one of the ones you put in there took a few tries (BTDT too) but the head still stored what is now gibberish. It happens.
Hit the head's erase button/sequence before rejecting the idea. If one car is rolling off the memory when the other goes in, that's really saying to me the issue is with the opener electronics, not the vehicle or the remote/Homelink module.
BTDT myself; they fill up. Answering your "new" garage door rection for example. Variously, factory could have tested it w/ another learned remote or two. Or, the installer. Likely came with a generic remote or two in the box for that matter. Or, maybe that unit from place xyz was maybe not quite in the factory sealed box after all... Maybe one of the ones you put in there took a few tries (BTDT too) but the head still stored what is now gibberish. It happens.
Hit the head's erase button/sequence before rejecting the idea. If one car is rolling off the memory when the other goes in, that's really saying to me the issue is with the opener electronics, not the vehicle or the remote/Homelink module.
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12-27-2013, 12:20 PM
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Not to worry. You'll get it working.I got mine to work after a few attempts. However I ended up not using the Audi Remote as it only works when the ignition is turned on unlike my other vehicle Honda. The Honda version works with the ignition in both ON and OFF state. I just went back to the mobile remote.
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12-30-2013, 08:14 AM
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Yes I have an idea. I had the same problem and it drove me crazy. I'm a techie and don't give up easy on electronic problems. Mine would pair fine, but then another remote would de-pair. I have several motorcycles, 4 cars, and a a few hand-held remotes.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.
What I learned by scouring the manuals is that my Overhead Door garage opener is limited to a maximum of 7 remote devices. When you attempt to add an 8th, one of the previously-paired remotes de-pairs. The de-pairing wasn't a first-in first out arrangement. The de-pair was seemingly random.
Hope that helps.
CHEERS and Merry Christmas to all.