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No I actually removed the top and bottom bolts for the actual bumper cover. I kept it on, but just removed the right side bolts (passenger side), and was able to manipulate it enough to slide the module out and put the new one in. It's really not that big of a deal but if you've never taken body work off of a car, it might be a chore.
No I actually removed the top and bottom bolts for the actual bumper cover. I kept it on, but just removed the right side bolts (passenger side), and was able to manipulate it enough to slide the module out and put the new one in. It's really not that big of a deal but if you've never taken body work off of a car, it might be a chore.
According to the shop manual, the module seems to be at this location:
I'll give your method a try. Worst case scenario I remove the whole bumper. Took me 20 minutes last time I did.
Thanks to everyone that contributed to this thread. My early (2006) 997.1 didn't have rolling code support on the Homelink unit. I had dusted off the old signal converter I used to use many years ago, but for some reason the Porsche wouldn't play nice with that.
A $25 Cayman unit from Ebay and a little bumper cover shuffle later and it's working like a swiss watch. The 'new' Homelink unit cloned my garage door remote with no issue, and didn't even require programming mode on either opener. I had to take the bumper cover about 1/2 way off, but didn't have to remove the wheels to get to the bolts I needed to gently peel back the fender liner on the right to get to the last screw.
This also presented a good opportunity to do some more clean-up of the seam areas and vacuum out the radiators.
Just replaced the module and it works! The one I got from eBay was from 2014 VW. I guess that as long as you have the right part number (8K0907410C) you should be good but try to find the newest one possible just in case.
I half-removed the bumper like @sburke91 did and it went pretty well.
Thanks for all the contributors. It's no nice to get rid of that rattling remote!
Replaced mine (2005 C2S with homelink 8E0 909 511A) with eBay OEM Homelink Garage Door Opener Controller Audi Q5 Q7 R8 2008-2015 / 8K0907410C and somehow didn’t check before I put the bumper back on. Now I have no blinky lights when pressing the homelink buttons, basically not working.
First off, I am not sure a 2008-2015 unit would be recent enough to work. In case it does though, have you tried clearing the codes first by pressing the 1 & 3 buttons simultaneously for 30 or so seconds? This should clear all the programmed codes and reset it for programming. I was the one that resurrected this thread last month and my light also does not blink if the buttons are already programmed. Yours might be programmed already from the previous owner and just needs to be cleared first.
So the lights don't blink rapidly when pressing the car's homelink buttons, but they do blink slowly if the button is not programmed indicating it is waiting to be programmed. However once programmed, the rapid flash does NOT work when opening or closing your garage. I thought my experiment was a success at first as it did program correctly (flashing fog lights and flashing garage door opener motor), but then thought it failed because when I tried pressing the programmed button, it did not flash. However, I realized the light just doesn't flash once programmed. So sorry I forgot to mention that for my particular case (maybe others' do flash poperly), but that is the only thing that is not like factory.
Replaced mine (2005 C2S with homelink 8E0 909 511A) with eBay OEM Homelink Garage Door Opener Controller Audi Q5 Q7 R8 2008-2015 / 8K0907410C and somehow didn’t check before I put the bumper back on. Now I have no blinky lights when pressing the homelink buttons, basically not working.
Dead unit? Any ideas.
I suspect a dead unit, as my swap was plug and play.
Very strange and I kick myself for not checking prior to bumper reinstallation. Old unit would blink when programmed and pressed, blink fast for programming, etc. This unit, no blinks or flashes at all. I will try the 30 seconds and see but I may need another unit. I had used the unit # 8K0907410C as the proper unit for the swap and got that unit that was prior Audi. Looks, feels and plugs the same, just no worky or blinking. Foxwell says implausible signal.
Mine was the same way. The original unit did blink rapidly when programmed with an old garage door opener and pressed. So the not blinking after being programmed may be some incompatibility with the newer system. Luckily that is probably the least important thing to not work for this update.
Blinking does happen for programming and code clearing, though, for me. The lights also work (but that is likely not controlled via the HL module.
For anyone else that has done this mod, do your buttons blink after being programmed? Assuming you have a newer style Security+ 2.0 garage?
Last edited by funnelofdoom; 09-26-2023 at 05:35 PM.
I just found this thread--two years ago I moved to a home that was built in 2014 (with Liftmaster garage door openers that are apparently the new security protocol) & it drove me crazy that I could not get Homelink to code on my 06 997 S, despite being able to clear the old codes by pressing buttons 1 and 3 and getting a blinking light on the button I was trying to program, etc...
And to further add insult to injury, in August I bought a 2022 718 Boxster GTS 4.0, and homelink programmed in seconds.
Now I know why the 997 was no-go.
Newer module for the 997 bought used on Ebay for $20 on its way.
I just found this thread--two years ago I moved to a home that was built in 2014 (with Liftmaster garage door openers that are apparently the new security protocol) & it drove me crazy that I could not get Homelink to code on my 06 997 S, despite being able to clear the old codes by pressing buttons 1 and 3 and getting a blinking light on the button I was trying to program, etc...
And to further add insult to injury, in August I bought a 2022 718 Boxster GTS 4.0, and homelink programmed in seconds.
Now I know why the 997 was no-go.
Newer module for the 997 bought used on Ebay for $20 on its way.
Got the newer module (had a production date of 2020) and it worked. Not bad for $20.
Hi everyone,
I’m wondering if someone has a clue about what is going wrong here: I bought a new part, manufactured in 2023, same part number everyone mentioned. With the old box: it would flash the lights 3 times to confirm it caught the code from the remote. The issue was the communication with the door opener which just wouldn’t happen. So I bought this new one, replaced the old one, reset the codes inside the ca by pressing buttons 1 and 3 for 30 seconds until they blink rapidly, then press any of the buttons to start pairing (said button slowly flashing)… and then nothing happens. It does not even flash three times when paired like the old one did. Plugged the old one back in, and everything behaves as before.
Any idea what could be the reason?
Just did this after massive frustration. I kept getting held up with getting the homelink buttons ready for programming. To do this, you need to put your remote in front of the bumper and get the fog lights to flash.
Ultimately, I kept using the same 3 button liftmaster remotes to try to get the fog lights to flash, but nothing ever happened.
However, what did work is the Homelink black remote. This comes with the newer SMART/Wifi/MyQ garage door opener setups.
After that, be sure to press the learn button on the receiver/opener. Then press the homelink button in your 911 a few times. That did the trick. I put a sticky on page 155 of my owners manual outlining this to avoid any future frustration
08-03-2023, 08:56 PM
