Garage Door Goes Up A Little Then Back Down

There are four common problems with garage door sensors three of these homeowners can fix themselves.

Garage door goes up a little then back down.

The garage door keeps going up and down. Once the door is up all the way it s resting on the horizontal parts of the track and the resistance of the motor to turning because it is low geared should prevent it coming back down. Measure the distance of the gap from the bottom of the. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

Once it slides down does it go back up and stop in the correct place if it doesn t maybe the gear or gear shaft on the motor is stripped. I get 5 blinking lights after the door returns back up. Manually i can raise and lower the door without any problems. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

It may be your garage door sensor. If i dis connect the door from the chain it still does the same thing. It can be a small toy or a garbage can that triggers the function of the mechanism. Modern designed garage doors have a reversing mechanism that prevents the door from crashing into something on its way.

The garage door goes down then back up. Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted. You push the button to close the garage door. Even if i hold the button down the garage door returns up after a foot or so.

Your garage door opens immediately after closing. If it falls to the floor you may have a broken balance spring on the door frame. If the garage door does not close completely or begins to close and then opens back up again the down limit switch needs to be adjusted. Here s a rundown of some of the possible reasons this can be happening.

Call 630 271 9343 serving dupage co. Garage door opener keeps going back up. This model looks like it is new and i would first check the balance of the door by closing the door and releasing it from the opener and lifting the door by hand to waist lever and releasing it to see if it stays in that position or if it slams to the floor.