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Programming 2009 Prius Homelink and Liftmaster Model 8335W

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  1. daoMan

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    I have a 2009 Prius and we just had to replace our garage door opener. I am trying to get the Homelink buttons to operate a Liftmaster model 8335W door opener, but have been unable to train the Homelink button on the rearview mirror. I followed the instructions in the manual, as well as the instructions on the Homelink website, but no luck getting the button to learn. Is this possible, or is the 2009 version of Homelink too old to get it to work?
     
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    Seems like reaching out to the garage door maker would be the next thing to try...
     
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    Do you have any techie offspring, friends? Our son sorted it out for us, with our 2010. :oops:
     
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    I have a Liftmaster garage door operator with rolling codes and a new 2019 Prius Limited that I struggled getting paired up. I too followed the instructions in the Prius manual and the Homelink web site without success. Eventually I threw in the towel and called the Homelink help line only to find it is a series of recorded messages that describe the same steps as in their videos.

    Unwilling to give up I re-read the steps and even wrote them down long hand to be precise. After some more flailing I discovered my error. I was reading the directions as if they were for a fixed code door operator OR a rolling code door operator. Since mine has rolling code I was starting the procedure for rolling code operators by pushing the learn button on my door operator. What worked for me on all three of my doors was to read the directions using AND rather than OR. Follow the steps needed to pair a fixed code door operator AND THEN follow the steps for a rolling code door operator. In other words, first use the Liftmaster remote control (which would be all you would need to do if it was a fixed code door operator) and then proceed to the steps that include the learn button.

    As soon as they make something idiot proof, along come smarter idiots like me.
     
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    I better make a copy of this. (y)
     
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    Unfortunately, I can not get past the first step. The button never recognizes the remote. I am wondering at this point if the 2009 version of Homekit is too old to be compatible with the newer opener. I am not sure how you can check that. I had no problem with my wife's 2019 Prius.
     
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    Perhaps the battery in your remote is weak? I've seen instructions somewhere that suggest using a fresh battery in the remote when programming. For grins I wrote the date on the battery in one of my remotes. It was 18 months old when it stopped working, a very good run. I replaced the battery and it works fine. That is the remote I used to program Homelink in my new car. Good luck!
     
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    The opener is new, so I do not think it probably is that but I will give it a try if I can figure out how old the battery is.
     
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    So i had a similar issue recently when i moved. My new garage doors have security 2.0+ (which based on the model you posted has 2.0+ as well) and my second gen prius homelink doesn't understand that protocol. So you are correct in saying the 2009 is too old to know how to control that door.
     
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    Thought so. Thanks. Guess we are out of luck there, unless there is a way to update the Homelink version to the newer version.
     
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    If you find a way let me know i've yet to find one.
     
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    Will do. The installer had said it probably was not going to work, but I keep trying different things. I have pretty much run out of ideas, which was why I posted hoping someone had a workaround.