Programming 2009 Prius Homelink and Liftmaster Model 8335W

Seems like reaching out to the garage door maker would be the next thing to try...

 

Do you have any techie offspring, friends? Our son sorted it out for us, with our 2010.

 

I have a Liftmaster garage door operator with rolling codes and a new 2019 Prius Limited that I struggled getting paired up. I too followed the instructions in the Prius manual and the Homelink web site without success. Eventually I threw in the towel and called the Homelink help line only to find it is a series of recorded messages that describe the same steps as in their videos.

Unwilling to give up I re-read the steps and even wrote them down long hand to be precise. After some more flailing I discovered my error. I was reading the directions as if they were for a fixed code door operator OR a rolling code door operator. Since mine has rolling code I was starting the procedure for rolling code operators by pushing the learn button on my door operator. What worked for me on all three of my doors was to read the directions using AND rather than OR. Follow the steps needed to pair a fixed code door operator AND THEN follow the steps for a rolling code door operator. In other words, first use the Liftmaster remote control (which would be all you would need to do if it was a fixed code door operator) and then proceed to the steps that include the learn button.

As soon as they make something idiot proof, along come smarter idiots like me.

 

I better make a copy of this.

 

Perhaps the battery in your remote is weak? I've seen instructions somewhere that suggest using a fresh battery in the remote when programming. For grins I wrote the date on the battery in one of my remotes. It was 18 months old when it stopped working, a very good run. I replaced the battery and it works fine. That is the remote I used to program Homelink in my new car. Good luck!

 

So i had a similar issue recently when i moved. My new garage doors have security 2.0+ (which based on the model you posted has 2.0+ as well) and my second gen prius homelink doesn't understand that protocol. So you are correct in saying the 2009 is too old to know how to control that door.

 

If you find a way let me know i've yet to find one.

 

Bumping this thread so others know how to get this working.
To get our older home links working with newer garage doors that have the security 2.0 system they've made bridges which defeat the security to allow the older car to work.

Search google for "home link bridge". Basically you set the home link in your car to the bridge and then the bridge to the garage door opener.

 

This Exactly....Bridge was $99 and the garage door company installed it right above the opener. Now it works everytime any car before 2014 with our newer garage door opener.