I had been using the HomeLink in my 2014 Volt at our old house for the last 2 years, since I got the Volt. It was a LiftMaster opener, and never had any problems.
We moved a few weeks ago. At our new house, we have a Craftsman opener. We were busy with getting settled in, repairs, boxes, so I just used the remotes that came with the opener for the first 3 weeks.
Monday night, I finally got around to programming the HomeLink button, and that went off fine.
Trouble is, ever since the Volt has been programmed, the garage door is now opening randomly. The door is NOT reversing, we watch it close and stay closed for hours. I check it before going to bed. Then I wake up, and find the door open. Once I heard it, ran out there, nobody in sight of course, on the street, or neighbors.
I took the batteries out of the Craftsman remotes - and it still did it.
This morning, I disconnected the hard wired switch from the motor head, to continue troubleshooting.
But being an engineer, I always ask myself, what changed before the problem started? And the only answer is programming for the Volt's HomeLink.
I already tried erasing all stored codes in the opener. But unfortunately I did immediately re-add the Volt.
If it does it again, I guess I will clear all codes and leave the Volt unprogrammed.
If it continues phantom operation, even with the wired button disconnected, and all remotes erased from memory, then it must be a malfunction in the board inside the unit.
But - what a strange coincidence to have a logic board go faulty, the same night as I first programmed the Volt.
And if it's the Volt's fault, the timing of the failure is also uncanny, right at the same time we moved.
Any similar tales?
We moved a few weeks ago. At our new house, we have a Craftsman opener. We were busy with getting settled in, repairs, boxes, so I just used the remotes that came with the opener for the first 3 weeks.
Monday night, I finally got around to programming the HomeLink button, and that went off fine.
Trouble is, ever since the Volt has been programmed, the garage door is now opening randomly. The door is NOT reversing, we watch it close and stay closed for hours. I check it before going to bed. Then I wake up, and find the door open. Once I heard it, ran out there, nobody in sight of course, on the street, or neighbors.
I took the batteries out of the Craftsman remotes - and it still did it.
This morning, I disconnected the hard wired switch from the motor head, to continue troubleshooting.
But being an engineer, I always ask myself, what changed before the problem started? And the only answer is programming for the Volt's HomeLink.
I already tried erasing all stored codes in the opener. But unfortunately I did immediately re-add the Volt.
If it does it again, I guess I will clear all codes and leave the Volt unprogrammed.
If it continues phantom operation, even with the wired button disconnected, and all remotes erased from memory, then it must be a malfunction in the board inside the unit.
But - what a strange coincidence to have a logic board go faulty, the same night as I first programmed the Volt.
And if it's the Volt's fault, the timing of the failure is also uncanny, right at the same time we moved.
Any similar tales?