Garage Door Opener Goes Down But Not Up

If the door goes up but you can t make it go down you probably need to adjust the sensors.

Garage door opener goes down but not up.

It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. This is related to the up limit switch. This is almost certainly an electronics problem.

This will cause the trolley to move into position and reconnect to the garage door. To reconnect the garage door to your liftmaster garage door opener manually close the garage door pull the emergency release handle down. Now put a step ladder under your garage door opener and climb it. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener.

Garage door starts down then stops and goes back up or safe t beam system malfunction. Now press the remote control. To fix this issue increase the down limit one quarter turn. However if your garage door doesn t bounce back up then you know you have a problem.

T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation. Make sure only the safe t beams that came with this garage door opener are installed. Check if the safe t beams red led light is flashing.

Now point the safety sensors at each. Adjust the limits as needed. You ll then want to test it again and if it s not right keep adjusting the down limit nob until your garage door hit the board and bounces back up. Check if the limits are properly set.

Other things could be wrong but they are in the weird category. Connect the white wire from the sensor to the white terminal of the garage door opener and then the black and white wire to the grey terminal. Try opening the garage door with the remote and see what happens. Go along with your safety reversing sensors.

Now it may be the lower limit switch itself but it s more likely to be a relay or ic problem. Get logic board replacement. There is a latch in the circuit that keeps the down motor on until the lower limit switch is tripped. If your garage door hits it bounces up and starts to open again your garage door is working well.

Try making small adjustments. If it is a new installation check the postion of the door arm. Disconnect the pre wire from the garage door opener. There is one on each side of the door.