Genie Garage Door Starts To Close Then Stops

How to fix a garage door that keeps reversing.

Genie garage door starts to close then stops.

The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord. Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse. If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. As you are pulling out of the driveway the garage door closes fully and appears to stop but as the carriage and arm run past the down limit and hits the header bracket it reverses and the door begins to open just as you start driving off down the road.

Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Garage door opener stops or reverses when activated my garage door opener doesn t close all the time. The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote. This is almost always the result of a.

This indicates that the springs torsion springs in the case of the photo above are working properly and are not the issue. Then sometimes it reverses at the bottom sometimes it reverses right after it starts moving. If it stops the problem. Well sometimes it does.

You push the button to close the garage door. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. Check garage door for binding. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener.

Then try operating the garage door with the transmitters only. I have a craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener. Recently when i tried to open the garage door with my remote the door only went up a few inches stopped and went back down. If i have the remote in hand and push the button to open and then i help.

If the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand.