Programming the GDO for Fixed Code Receivers

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Cadillac XLR. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

IMPORTANT: Do not use the garage door opener (GDO) with any garage door opener that does not have the stop and reverse safety feature. This includes any garage door opener model manufactured before April 1, 1982.
Be sure that people and objects are clear of the garage door you are programming.

This procedure is for training the customer's fixed code garage door openers to their GDO transmitter. To determine if the customer has a fixed code garage door opener, remove the battery cover on the manufacturer's supplied transmitter. If a row of dip switches is present, the garage door opener is then a fixed code version. The transmitter should have anywhere from 8 to 12 switches. The garage door opener receiver may also have a set of dip switches. If the number of switches on the receiver and on the transmitter do not match, use the receiver switches to program the GDO. Each dip switch may have either two or three positions. The two position switch can either be on or off. The three position switch can either be on, neutral or off.

The GDO is programmed by using the customer's hand-held transmitter(s).

Turn the ignition OFF while programming the GDO transmitter. Follow these steps to program up to 3 channels:

Write down the positions of the dip switches. The positions of the switches will be entered from left to right into the GDO using the three buttons.
Press all three buttons on the GDO for about three seconds and immediately release them. The LEDs should flash slowly, indicating that the GDO is in programming mode.
Enter the positions of the dip switches one at a time. If a position of a dip switch is on, press the left button on the GDO. If the position is neutral, press the middle button of the GDO. If the position is off, press the right button of the GDO. Enter all of the positions of the dip switches. The procedure must be completed in two and one half minutes.
Press all three buttons on the GDO until all the LEDs turn on.
Press the button that you want trained to control the garage door. The LED above the button will flash slowly. You will have to hold the button from 5 to 55 seconds. When the garage door moves, release the button. The LED will then flash rapidly until programming is complete.
Press the button used again in order to verify that the GDO transmitter has been programmed.