Garage Door Opener Reopens After Closing

The button can easily get dirty and stuck in the pushed position.

Garage door opener reopens after closing.

If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. This will cause the door to open and close until the button becomes unstuck. You push the button to close the garage door. To troubleshoot the garage door opener button make sure it s clean and free of debris.

If not re engage it. Check to make sure the chain belt assembly is not broken or off its pulley. Opener runs but the garage door does not move screw drive models make sure the carriage is engaged. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes.

If it closes before that distance has been traveled it thinks something is wrong and it reopens to help prevent any damage or safety risk. Check to make sure the pulley is not boken. If pushing the wall button and holding it does not make the door fully close then it is quite possible that your door is reversing itself because it is sensing undue resistance. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. An exposed spot or a short circuit in the small gauge wire that leads from the garage door opener s motor unit to the control button on the wall may well cause your garage door to operate all on its own. Set the step ladder under the garage door opener in your garage and use it to access the up and down limit switch adjustment screws located on the side of the garage door opener motor housing. Most garage door openers have an open and close limit control.

If the garage door does not close completely or begins to close and then opens back up again the down limit switch needs. 6 turn the up limit switch screw clockwise by one turn for every 3 inches that you need the garage door to raise up with a flat blade screwdriver. Replace broken chain belts sprockets or pulleys. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

Close the garage door with the opener and watch it closely as it closes.