As GM Authority reported back in July 2022, the next-gen 2023 Chevy Colorado introduces a complete overhaul of the midsize pickup’s exterior, interior and powertrain. Interestingly, despite all the features and enhancements the Bow Tie brand’s midsizer received, a Universal Home Remote was not one of them.
The Universal Home Remote (RPO code UG1) option is not available for the 2023 Colorado. Commonly known as Homelink or a garage door opener feature, this option was also not offered on the outgoing generation of the Bow Tie pickup.
For reference, Homelink is a vehicle-based wireless control system that allows users to remotely open or close their garage doors or front gates, as well as activate and deactivate their home’s security systems. Additionally capabilities include the ability to toggle interior and exterior lighting, appliances and other electronics on or off, all from just three buttons integrated in an applicable vehicle’s interior.
It’s worth noting that several other Chevy vehicles also don’t offer this convenience feature, including:
As a reminder, the 2023 Chevy Colorado is offered with one of two engine options, starting with the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L2R gasoline motor, rated at 237 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. Meanwhile, the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine produces either 310 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque, or 310 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque, depending on the tune.
In regard to transmission options, all 2023 Colorado models feature an updated version of GM’s eight-speed automatic.
Under the skin, the 2023 Colorado rides on an updated variant of the GMT 31XX platform – which it shares with its corporate platform-mate, the 2023 GMC Canyon. Production officially kicked off earlier this year at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri.
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Comments
I bought a 2022 Colorado Z71 and hated it. One of many reasons was the lack of homelink feature. When will GM figure out it’s what we want not what they want us to have in our vehicles?
Ridiculous! Would never buy a vehicle without Homelink. I’ve had it on every new car I’ve purchased since 1998!
Does GM give a reason? My 2022GMC Sierra didn’t have it either. Finding this out after I picked it up.
And simple things like this is why whe have a Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy in my garage! Tomg
Such a simple feature to have and they left it off, that’s a disappointment.
For $18 anyone can buy a mini, universal garage door remote and just keep it in the truck, Get creative with a piece of Velcro and put the button anywhere you want for easy access. Same thing, same end result.
I just have one of the three-button remotes that came with my new garage door openers. It is clipped to the driver side sun visor in my Pacifica and works just fine.
In fact, the response time of the buttons on the remote beat ANY HomeLink setup I have had, whether Chrysler, GM, or a recent but short-lived bout with a Subaru. No delays; it just works when you tap the button.
Just bought a 2023 Z71 and was amazesd it did not have the homelink. Stupid Stupid Stupid. I do like the truck very much however. I have friend who bolught an earlier model Colorado that didn’t have the homelink and he took it back.
What. A. Joke.
Mmmm, I wonder if my 2019 Equinox Premier has this? I’ve never checked. I always use a remote of the keypad.
I have the Chamberlain myQ garage door opener without the camera. Put the APP on your phone and you can control the GDO. A nice feature and remotely from anywhere you can check “did I close the door?” It can also integrate with AmazonKey. If it worked with CarPlay, it would be better than Homelink but it doesn’t.
It must be all about the money. Gentex bought the the entire Homelink assets from Johnson Controls in 2013. I’ll bet with each Homelink unit installed in vehicle’s, a licensed fee must be paid. Only an assumption. I’ll also assume that myQ to work with CarPlay would also include a license fee by Apple.
Potential that the new Google system in the Colorado can have the myQ app added right to the screen and there you have your opener.
How many menus deep will they bury it? Meantime, I reach up, mash the button on the visor, and the garage door opens. A new 2032 battery every three or so years, and all is well.
Agreed! So simple!
I purchased a new 2023 Buick Envision in March and was shocked to find no Homelink. I have had it for years on my vehicle and this is the one BIG disappointment on my vehicle. I always had my garage door and my daughter’s coded. Now I have two openers clipped to my visor, HATE it.
Suggestion: openers are pretty much universal as far as radios and codes are concerned. Stop in at any of the big-box DIY stores and find garage door openers. You can get two- and three-button units, and you can cut things down to one opener.
The sense of entitlement on this page is hilarious. While yes I feel it should be an option and included on the higher levels, those that are so vocal they “take it back” or “refuse to buy it” is unbelievably laughable, almost as bad as those that wouldn’t buy a vehicle without LED tail lights and marker lights. So you people are saying you would give up what made you purchase the vehicle for a $150 aftermarket add on and settle for a lesser vehicle that is either less capable, drives worse, is slower, or worst mpg or less comfortable and so on (what ever got you to that decision) for home link? HAHAHAHAHA. You can buy a homelink mirror for a couple hundred bucks, a homelink button set up for half that and it only take maybe an hour to install or less. Jesus, society is really going down hill. You can’t have it all people, and complaining about this is getting awfully petty…
Your sentiment isn’t wrong, but I land on the other side. My personal opinion on these sorts of things is that I put disproportionate value on the little things that I use every day. If given the choice between a miniscule $5 item that I use every single day or a super-cool $1000 item that I use once a year, I’ll take the $5 item every time. That’s just me. Another example is Carplay. Some people see minimal value in Carplay. To me, Carplay adds a tiny bit of value every single time I touch it. When in rental cars that don’t have it, I notice the deficiency every single time I reach for it.
GM is competing with other really good options. This option probably costs GM $20 to include. It’s a technology that has been around for decades. Why cut the corner? The $20 doesn’t move the needle, but the lack of such a basic feature screams that they aren’t paying attention to the easy stuff.
My Camaro doesn’t have homelink, guess what I did. Instead of getting all butthurt I got a garage door opener button and put it on my visor. Wow easy.
When you pay the price for the vehicle it should be offered!!! Get with it GM!!
I don’t really understand the fuss here. We all have opener remotes just use it.
I have the link in two cars and it works fine in one but the other will not link to the door anymore different signals.
While many complain about this it is a budget thing. Yes you may be giving up on a button but over all the truck they build it is a big cost and that money could be going into things like the fully boxed frame and or the better interior you asked for.
I wish I had the Colorado, which has been on order since late February, to complain about not having Home Link.
GM’s Delivery of vehicles to dealers is criminal. The lack of communication between GM with the Dealers, and then the Dealer with the customers is an embarrassment!
I am looking at foreign vehicles that are at least on the lots. FORD and Dodge dealers have an ample supply!
Just another reason I won’t be ordering a Colorado.
But it has a 32″ screen! Priorities. GM figured nobody parks in their garage anyway.
I think the real issue is the annoyance of where GM chooses to cut corners and save money. $5-20 homelink button option seems a very odd line to cut when the trucks cost over $50k and can approach $100k very easily. My ’23 GMC Canyon is the first vehicle in 20 years that has not had homelink in it. Will I trade it in and reject it? No, this Canyon is an incredible leap forward for GM (same for Colorado). But a $20 increase would not have stopped me from buying it, so why not add Homelink? For those without homelink, it can also control electronic gated communities – so it’s just the garage. Without it, I need 2 hanging boxes off of the sun visors to get home every day. It’s absurd, but hardly the only area GM cut corners on this model either.
Never used it, won’t miss it for one second.