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I've had my 2024 Cayenne S for almost 6 months now and my biggest complaint remains the inability to close my garage door while backing out of the driveway. Because Porsche ditched dedicated Homelink buttons, you're at the mercy of the PCM to show the virtual Homelink buttons to let you open/close your garage doors. However, when you're in reverse, the surround view takes over the entire screen and there is no way view these virtual buttons or open/close your garage doors. I have to back out of my driveway, put my car in Park, wait 2-3 seconds for the PCM to decide to show the buttons, then carefully depress the button (it's not forgiving if you miss by half an inch) and wait for the garage door to close. Then go back into reverse and drive off.
This seems like a simple software issue to me and one that I hoped Porsche would fix over the 6-months of ownership.
Is anyone else fed up with this? Has anyone found a workaround? I complained to my SA about this loudly while at the dealership a few weeks ago but got blank stares. Has anyone heard if this is on any type of radar for a fix/improvement from Porsche? I'm now actively dissuading friends from buying 2024+ Cayennes because of this and I really hate doing that because I love Cayennes so much and think they would too.
I’ve had my 2024 Cayenne S Coupe for about the same amount of time. Have not heard of any fixes so I still use the old clicker I received when having my garage door installed. Annoying but don’t see that is a reason not to buy the vehicle. I understand the new ones have the Home Link back on the rear view mirror.
Assign the diamond button to homelink. That’s what I did with my turbo s.
The problem is, I need the diamond view to activate surround view when I’m pulling into parking spaces more frequently than I need the ability to close garage doors when I’m in reverse. Also, I have two garage door openers programmed on Homelink and there is only one diamond button.
Porsche has heard the complaints and they iterated through '24 production, this time the physical homelink buttons are on the base of the rear view mirror.
The problem is, I need the diamond view to activate surround view when I’m pulling into parking spaces more frequently than I need the ability to close garage doors when I’m in reverse. Also, I have two garage door openers programmed on Homelink and there is only one diamond button.
not sure of ur use case but surround view opens automatically even pulling into a space head first once something triggers the proximity rules.
my issue is i have the diamond allocated to turning off auto stop/start…
and I can’t even get homelink to work w my particular commercial building liftmaster opener, so i am using the separate clicker. i wish my 2024 had the buttons below the mirror. if it did i might try harder to get it going.
Porsche has heard the complaints and they iterated through '24 production, this time the physical homelink buttons are on the base of the rear view mirror.
While I certainly want Porsche to fix this problem, I’m going to lose my mind if I find out that Porsche sold me a nearly $130,000 car that they knew needed this fix. Because, if they’re rolling it out already, that means they knew about it before they even manufactured my car. There is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to changing this kind of feature.
Has anyone else heard that this change is happening?
While I certainly want Porsche to fix this problem, I’m going to lose my mind if I find out that Porsche sold me a nearly $130,000 car that they knew needed this fix. Because, if they’re rolling it out already, that means they knew about it before they even manufactured my car. There is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to changing this kind of feature.
Has anyone else heard that this change is happening?
it has happened. My 2024 doesn’t have the buttons on the mirror, but cars now have the buttons. Someone in another thread knew the date of the switch, my car was made just prior. it is fairly annoying. where is my complementary mirror w buttons?!
i’m not usually the dramatic type, but I find this outrageous. I am completely steaming right now. This design choice literally makes me choose not to drive the car versus my 2019. I will walk up to my desk and see two key fobs and I grab the 2019 key fobs because I think “I don’t have to screw around in the driveway trying to close the garage door“.
It’s all the more upsetting because I assume they will do nothing to make it right for the 2 to 3 months worth of owners who are stuck with the defective design. The very same loyal owners who took a gamble and ordered these cars sight unseen and paid deposits up to six months before we took delivery.
There is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to changing this kind of feature.
Or is there. Would it be possible to install the mirror version with the HomeLink buttons? Would your Cayenne support it without changing wiring harnesses and coding?
It's pretty straightforward to install mirrors with HomeLink buttons on Toyotas that didn't come with them.
The mirror on my 2022 Cayenne was fairly easy to remove and reinstall when I installed a FITCAMX dashcam.
This is weird. The solution is very simple. Porsche and Audi have the same HomeLink system. In Audi (HomeLink only on MMI screen - no physical buttons) there is a permanent icon on MMI. If you need to open the garage door when the buttons don't pop up automatically you need just to touch this icon to recall the HomeLink menu.
So simple and so obvious to introduce it also in Cayenne.
This is weird. The solution is very simple. Porsche and Audi have the same HomeLink system. In Audi (HomeLink only on MMI screen - no physical buttons) there is a permanent icon on MMI. If you need to open the garage door when the buttons don't pop up automatically you need just to touch this icon to recall the HomeLink menu.
So simple and so obvious to introduce it also in Cayenne.
Better yet, why don't the buttons just pop up over top of the camera view with a little "X" in the upper corner to allow you to use the buttons and then close out without ever leaving the camera view?
Better yet, why don't the buttons just pop up over top of the camera view with a little "X" in the upper corner to allow you to use the buttons and then close out without ever leaving the camera view?
In Audi's solution you are not loosing the camera view or other currently display content. The virtual HomeLink buttons are popping up at the top of the screen and the display screen remains unchanged.
02-05-2024, 09:49 PM
2024 Homelink in reverse
