Know what you mean. When new, mine would not open the door unless the bumper was almost touching the door. Then months later, it magically started working from the street in front of the house. It wasn't something like interference or anything because the remote that came with the opener continued to work normally, as did the HomeLink in our ATS. Worked fine until a few weeks ago, when it changed to only working inside the garage. So, basically like yours and just s little worse than mine when new.
I had a lot of trouble with mine when I bought it. Send me a PM if you want some help.
The problem mostly likely is that you have a rolling code garage door opener. The one on my old house, I had to unscrew the light shroud (like you would to change the light bulb overheard unit) then push this red (hidden) button. And follow the directions. You'll have to hit your garage door opener a few times for the car's homelink to syncronize. Google or Youtube the instructions. The important part is knowing / finding where the learn button is... (whether its hidden on overhead unit & you'll need a ladder, or a "learn button" on keypad with multiple buttons)
Overhead Garage Door or other older opener? Neither my wifes Pilot nor my Mustang would open our doors. But my slightly older Lexus would no problem. Betwen myself, Honda dealer, and Homelink tech we spent hours at our house trying to make it work.
Yea I noticed that if I put my visor down like I am blocking the sun, then push the button it has a better range when I pull up to the house. Now my wife's 17' Pilot will open the damn thing from the street 20yrds away.
Me, too. My new 2018 Shelby programmed perfectly.
