Garage door transmitter changed codes by itself?

[ajbrown]

My MVP Allstar transmitter started opening my neighbor's door. I understand how to fix it, what I cannot explain is how it happened?

This one has me scratching my head. There must be a logical explanation, but I cannot see it. I have questioned the only other person that uses the transmitter and they flatly denied changing anything. I did not even remember how to set the codes until I started investigating, so I am not guilty.

The transmitter in wife's cart stopped working last week, so she stopped using it. It had been working for as long as I can remember. She says I knew about it and did nothing as only the love of your life can. In my own defense I .... oh what difference does it make :icon_bored:

Today I grabbed the transmitter to head out for a bike ride. I tried to close door and nothing happened (see I really did forget). I did notice my neighbors door was opening which I thought was good timing as he needed some help with a sprinkler issue and we could catch up. He never came out, so I went back to closing my garage door. I pushed the button and still nothing, but now my neighbor's door was closing. I may not be the brightest bulb, but even I knew we had ourselves an issue. Push again, his opens, mine does not move.

So, the question I cannot answer is how the heck does my garage door transmitter now have my neighbor's code instead of mine if NO ONE reset it?

Thanks

PS. If the answer is so obvious that only a moron would not know, please just PM me :D

[Big O]

Did she accidently switch transmitters with your neighbor? If so, your neignbor has one that will open your garage.

[villagetinker]

I was thinking the same thing....

[ajbrown]

Did she accidently switch transmitters with your neighbor? If so, your neignbor has one that will open your garage.

Fair guess, but not that easy :laugh:

[rhood]

Same thing happened here. Our remote started opening our door as well as a door down the street. I reprogrammed the neighbors code and all was well until a few months later the same thing happened again. It is just one of our remotes that does that, the others do not.

[buzzy]

Can't explain the change. But I can say that my remote batteries run down in about 12 months. So, when the door stops working for either remote, I change them both.

[ajbrown]

Still a puzzle for my binary brain...

Fact 1? The transmitter code changed. I cannot believe this could happen automatically, but maybe?

Fact 2. The new transmitter code is in my neighbor's garage door opener. Why?

Lets stray to side of paranoid silly :)

I started to ponder how my opener not working could be a hack or crime? I know it is far-fetched, but kind of fun morning brain exercise.

How can I get into your garage? I need you to trust a code I know.

At golf, dinner, town square, I see you have a garage door opener in your cart. I change the code to something I know. Forget breaking in, it is an PITA DOS attack. I do this to 10 carts a night every night or maybe this is a targeted attack, i.e., I know where you live.

For the owners to get into the house with that transmitter they must have the garage door opener learn that new code or they must change the code on the transmitter and have that learned. How many people reset the code on the transmitter first? If you do not, I come along later and have access to your garage.

Issue with thought: Why does my neighbor�s door open with this �new code�.

Keep in mind my style garage door opener retains 8 or 9 codes. What if an old one when the house was built was a simple code '+++++++++'. Could someone have changed mine to '+++++++++' and my neighbor trusted that code?

I am erasing my garage openers memory and resetting codes.

Will likely never know the answer. Maybe an email to All Start to get their reaction.

[zcaveman]

Maybe you could go down to Romac on Rolling Acres road and ask them what could be the cause? They sell the remote openers.

Z

[leftyf]

I heard there was a club in TV where the women all throw their house keys in a hat and the men draw one out. I didn't know there was a club that use garage door openers.

[JGVillages]

Same thing happened to me. Someone else kept opening my door but I never could figure out who. This goofy stuff has happened to many people according to Discount Garage Door who installes and repairs the MVP Brand. He said alot of this has been happening to units from a few years to 10+ years old. You can try to change your codes or replace the transmitter board in the opener, but that does not always solve the problem. My solution wsa realizing my unit being 12+ years old needed to be retired. Could not chance having my garage door opening when we were not home. I installed a new, quiet, belt drive opener that uses random rolling codes. The system changes coding automatically each time it is used.

[dbussone]

I heard there was a club in TV where the women all throw their house keys in a hat and the men draw one out. I didn't know there was a club that use garage door openers.

You've got it all wrong. Keys and garage door openers from your current home are only dumped in a hat as you leave the closing for your next new house in TV.