You push the button to close the garage door.
My garage door closes then reopens.
If it closes before that distance has been traveled it thinks something is wrong and it reopens to help prevent any damage or safety risk.
If it closes only partway the safety sensors are usually responsible clean the lenses or realign them and make sure there are no obstacles blocking the beam.
If your garage door won t open or close the problem could be a bent track a broken torsion spring or a bad capacitor int he motor housing.
Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes.
Close the garage door with the opener and watch it closely as it closes.
It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.
What to do when your garage door opens and closes by itself check with your neighbors.
But changes in weather conditions can causes your garage door components to shift or contract.
If the garage door does not close completely or begins to close and then opens back up again the down limit switch needs.
This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.
In garage door operators made after 1993 there are required safety features that open the door during the close cycle when they detect something blocking the door.
Inspect the control wiring.
In rare instances a nearby neighbor may have a garage door opener set to the same wireless.