Garage Door Bounces Back Open

The garage door will automatically go in reverse.

Garage door bounces back open.

When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation. 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. Measure the height where the door stops while it is being opened. You want the one on the left.

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. Turn it one complete turn clockwise. If these can t see each other when the door is almost shut it will send a signal to the garage door motor to open back up. The measurement is used to reset the up limit switch on your garage door opener.

Turn the down limit switch screw clockwise one turn with a flat blade screwdriver if the garage door closes and then begins to open back up. Maybe you have to hold the garage door button down for the door to close. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Does your garage door opener stop and reverse.

Your garage door sensor works by having two photo sensitive devices on either side of the garage door. You push the button to close the garage door. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

If you garage door is lowering then reversing back to the open position there could be something obstructing the sensors. Check to be sure these two sensors on either side of your garage door. When the garage door opens about halfway or 5 feet from the ground and stops the up limit switch needs to be adjusted. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener.

This video will show you a few quick. A careless or rushed parking job can cause the car s bumper to block the sensor. Sometimes the sensors will be in alignment and just as the door gets close to being shut it will vibrate enough to push one sensor off. Open the garage door and watch it closely as it opens.