Garage Door Won T Open Unless Hold Button

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

Garage door won t open unless hold button.

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. Yes there is a problem with the photoelectric eyes. My garage door will open by just pressing the button once but to close it i have to hold in the button until it fully closes.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. While you ve likely already checked this out we sometimes overlook the simplest things so it s worth mentioning and inspecting. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. The problem is either due to a blocked path between the sensors dirty eyes loose wires at the sensors or at the motor head or just bad sensors.

It is a craftsman. When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you.

Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. Or door will only open. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting.

Garage door won t go down most common problems when a door won t go down.