dak911

Another fail to get it working on 2019 Macan and now on the 2022 Macan....

chassis

Agree it’s weak on 9Y0. My MB could open the garage door from the end of the block.

mvmojo

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.

Terry Adams

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.

RandyL

Yep!! My wife's Toyota works just find, programmed the first time, 100% reliable.

wwahl

One would think that after almost a ten-year span of the same ongoing problem, Porsche would do something about it, right? You would be wrong.

Dyim

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.

TikiLou

Yup, definitely weaker than it should be...the Homelink in my Cayman GTS 4.0 works from like 3x further away compared to my '21 Macan GTS.

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)

Jay9722

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 I’m inside the garage directly under the garage door opener motor. It never worked in my 20 Macan GTS.

clutchplate

Works great in my 2023 Macan. Can open the entry gate to my home from 100 feet away while my 718 Spyder needs to be within a few feet.

Jay9722

Does PPF have anything to do with it? Where is the sensor located? Is it in the Homelink box attached to the windshield area or somewhere in the bumper?

mvmojo

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...

wheelman38

23 GTS, It sucks.

WillinEvergreen

I have a 2006 Genie on one home and a 1990s vintage Genie on my other home. One is button one, one is button three. Both work well.