My Garage Door Closes And Then Opens Again

It may be your garage door sensor.

My garage door closes and then opens again.

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. However if your garage door opens by itself we may be able to explain that one and give you some tips to troubleshoot your garage door operator to prevent it from happening again. As these wires short against the housing the electrical impulse causes the door opener to activate. If this is a sears srt without external travel limit switches the internal travel limit is out of adjustment telling the opener to continue after the bottom of the door makes contact with the garage floor basically driving it into the ground until the force required exceeds what the safety system force is set at.

Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener. Your garage door opens when it hits the ground. The symptom of this is a garage door that is in constant motion opening fully then immediately descending only to start the same cycle again. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement.

Scan the safety sensors. Garage door opener keeps going back up. 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. Get logic board replacement.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Before calling on a professional follow these steps. There may also be loose wire connections inside the button housing itself. There are four common problems with garage door sensors three of these homeowners can fix themselves.

You push the button to close the garage door. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.