My Garage Door Will Not Close Unless I Hold The Button

Depending on the brand.

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button.

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. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. 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.

If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly.

If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first. It is a craftsman. Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.

This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down. First check the sensor lights. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed.