Garage Door Opens Part Way Then Stops

You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener.

Garage door opens part way then stops.

A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons. Doing this can save you some amount of cash. The simple stuff if the garage door connected to your liftmaster opener only opens part of the way or it begins to open but then reverses check the track and the surrounding area for any objects. This board electrically controls your garage door and will fail if it shorts out.

The up limit switch may need to be moved toward the motor unit. 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. If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. If the door reverses part way down and you are sure there is no obstruction or binding increase the closing force a small amount and try it again.

Some older garage door openers do not have nicely labeled adjustment screws for force and travel limits. Your automatic garage door comes with a limit setting that limits the amount of force it is allowed to exert in either opening or closing. This switch is usually a simply touch lever mounted on the end of the track near the motor unit and if it is too far away the motor will stop the door before it fully opens. Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.

A faulty logic board could also be a reason your garage door opens then stops. The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote. Depending on how old your garage door opener is you may want to replace it if it s old. Over time sometimes through natural settling this setting can get out of appropriate caliber.

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 garage door ascends correctly but stops short it is fully open these are the likely causes.