Homelink weak or bad
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From: linker Fahrbahn
Agree its weak on 9Y0. My MB could open the garage door from the end of the block.
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What gets me is that I have a visor clicker garage door opener that is about 1" x 2" in size and runs on a 2032 battery. It will open my garage door from several hundred feet down the street. But my 2018 Macan GTS powered by over 12v of essentially unlimited current won't open the door until I'm directly in front of my house. Since Homelink is a 3rd party manufactured module purchased by Porsche, I'm drawn to the conclusion that the transmit antenna is poorly located within the car.
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My Macan Homelink and 2007 MB CLK works perfect, but the 911 TT gets no signal. So I use the clicker. From half a block away.
The 911TT Home link worked fine in both recent houses in FL and NC.
Local dealer sales guy - he's good with all this - even came out to my home to try. He suspects the receiving module in the car.
The 911TT Home link worked fine in both recent houses in FL and NC.
Local dealer sales guy - he's good with all this - even came out to my home to try. He suspects the receiving module in the car.
Last edited by Terry Adams; Apr 15, 2023 at 11:08 PM. Reason: Previous houses, worked
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What gets me is that I have a visor clicker garage door opener that is about 1" x 2" in size and runs on a 2032 battery. It will open my garage door from several hundred feet down the street. But my 2018 Macan GTS powered by over 12v of essentially unlimited current won't open the door until I'm directly in front of my house. Since Homelink is a 3rd party manufactured module purchased by Porsche, I'm drawn to the conclusion that the transmit antenna is poorly located within the car.
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From: Canada
It is definitely weak in the Macan for some reason.
Better in the 991 and 718.
The receiver of the opener also makes a difference. The homelink in my Macan was so bad at one point it only barely works when the car has to be almost touching the garage door. Once I changed to a new garage door opener, it worked much better. Still not as good as other manufacturers though.
Better in the 991 and 718.
The receiver of the opener also makes a difference. The homelink in my Macan was so bad at one point it only barely works when the car has to be almost touching the garage door. Once I changed to a new garage door opener, it worked much better. Still not as good as other manufacturers though.
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Hey, at least it's not a GPS-activated Homelink like in my wife's SQ5, with no physical buttons. That one really drives me nuts. (and not in a good way)
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I have given up on the Homelink in my 23 Spyder. After clearing and resetting it will work from about 10 feet away from the garage door. But then it fails to work again unless Im inside the garage directly under the garage door opener motor. It never worked in my 20 Macan GTS.
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Mine was very weak in my 2018 Macan GTS. Had to be within 6' of the receiver on the entrance gate to trigger it and had to be 20' from the garage door. I finally gave up and bought one of these:
on Amazon for $19.95. It was a cinch to program the buttons. It will open the garage door from 100' down the road. Was also able to program it to open the entrance gate where it also works great! Bought this clip
and clipped it to the visor and it's all good...
