I did this on the first try and it worked.
Programming garage door opener ford explorer.
Position your current garage door opener 1 3 inches away from the button you wish to program you can pick any of the three.
For ford owners who are using a garage door opener by genie sommer or who have an older generation of homelink in model years 2008 and earlier select your training videos from the list beneath the main video.
Press and hold the two outer buttons on your on board system for up to 20 seconds until the indicator light on the system begins blinking.
This indicates proper programming.
Universal garage door opener.
Watch the light on the homelink system.
Hold your old garage door transmitter next to the homelink buttons in your vehicle no further than a couple inches.
Choose which homelink button you d like to program.
Hold your old garage door transmitter a couple inches away from the homelink button panel.
Press and hold both the transmitter button and your selected homelink button.
Step 2 hold your remote three inches away from the on board system and press and hold the open button on the garage or gate opener remote and the button you are programming on the system.
Press and hold the homelink button and garage door opener button simultaneously until the light changes from flashing slow to flashing rapidly.
Turn on your vehicle.
Homelink select a different vehicle to begin a new search watch this video for easy to understand step by step instructions on how to program your universal garage door opener if you have a homelink transmitter.
This universal garage door opener feature provides a convenient way to replace up to three hand held transmitters with a single built in device.
Programming your garage door opener with homelink.
Press and hold the transmitter button and the homelink button you want to assign the garage door to at the same time.
It s built into your ford vehicle for convenient operation but programming varies between vehicles and model years.