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It just occurred to me that I had the garage codes programmed in the old can which was just totaled by insurance. I was able to "teach" the car how to open the garage by listening to the codes on the other remotes. I think. Or maybe I thought the garage door openers to listen to the car?
In fact I am not sure how I did it, it's been many years ago...
Anyway it does not matter how I thought the car to open the garage. Suppose someone buys the car with salvage title from the insurance and then look me up from the VIN. They could theoretically drive to my house (with the car) and open the garage, right? I guess I need to see if I can tell the garage door openers to forget the old car.
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normally the car learns the codes, not the other way around.
whether or not you can change the codes is going to depend on your garage door opener.
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You can't tell the openers to forget just one device, you have to erase them all then re-enter them individually.
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You're right, there is a key our there for your garage. The fix is to reset the garage door opener. On mine its done by pressing and holding the button on the garage door opener. All opener remotes will be rendered inoperable until paired again.
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Right, the car learned the code by you putting it into listen mode.
If you can get access to the car, there is a procedure to tell it to forget the code. The salvage yard could wipe the memory of everything in the car, but they probably don't normally do that.
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I cannot get access to the car. I think I will need to reset and reteach the garage door openers how to listen to the other car and existing remotes. I have several visor style remotes, one car and one keypad. project for the weekend I guess.
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....it's like a spouse......never forgets.....
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Go ahead and erase/re-pair. In my opinion, though, the odds of that scenario happening is infinitesimally small. How would your VIN lead them to your address, unless they have access to DMV computers?
