My Garage Door Will Not Close Unless I Hold The Button Down

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down.

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down.

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. After i hold the button down to close it the sensor lights come back on. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

Depending on the brand. Check garage door for binding. The protector system safety reversing sensors. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.

When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all. This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down.

First check the sensor lights. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly. If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.

If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. 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. When the door is up the sensor lights are off.