Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
Garage door opens halfway then closes.
You may check the owner s manual on how to do the adjustment.
As these wires short against the housing the electrical impulse causes the door opener to activate.
Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes.
This method is the only way to override the safety sensors and close the door.
This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.
Garage door opens or closes halfway.
If your craftsman garage door opener opens or closes halfway then stops here are the troubleshooting steps to follow.
The symptom of this is a garage door that is in constant motion opening fully then immediately descending only to start the same cycle again.
It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.
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.
Manually lift the door by hand.
Check for binding or sticking of the garage door.
As is the case with so many issues at the home there s no one reason why your garage door closes then opens.
They can only open it.
When the garage door tracks or rollers are damaged or the garage door is not balanced your craftsman opener will stop when opening.
This is the most common problem that your door won t open all the way.
To give you information about these the travel limit controls how far your garage door opens and closes during its operation while force limit controls how much pull is needed to get the door completely open.
Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button until the door fully closes.
This requires a simple turn with.
If the door opens without a hitch the fault lies with the automatic opener but if you can only open the door halfway the problem is the door itself.
Pull the emergency release cord to disengage the opener trolley from the door.
The remotes will not work to close the garage door.
There may also be loose wire connections inside the button housing itself.
Close the door completely.