My Garage Door Keeps Going Up And Down By Itself

Garage doors use radio frequencies to open and close.

My garage door keeps going up and down by itself.

Residential electric garage door openers manufactured after 1993 are equipped with two safety mechanisms that operate while the door is closing. But when the door begins to descend all on its own the problem may point to the opener s logic board or the circuitry inside the motor unit itself. It may be your garage door sensor. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. You push the button to close the garage door. If your garage door keeps opening by itself after you closed it you may have to adjust your closed limit settings. There are four common problems with garage door sensors three of these homeowners can fix themselves.

There are a few unusual factors that can cause your door open by itself. Yes it s possible although rare for your garage door to open by itself. Other devices also use the same frequencies. Here are a few scenarios we ve come across.

Your garage door opens immediately after closing. The garage door keeps going up and down. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. If the safety sensors and operator button are working correctly and no bad wiring or connections are found your issue may be with the control board in the garage door opener itself.

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. If these limits are set too high the door will hit the ground before reaching the closed limit. Cb radios police radios a nearby radio station or radio tower can also make a garage door open and close on its own. The first is photoelectric and the second is mechanical.

Your garage door opens when it hits the ground. Whether you re using the passcode entry the buttons inside the garage or your remote opener the openers and the garage door itself must be on the same frequency. Richards says it s rare but in some instances a door will open and close by itself because someone else has your code or frequency. A power surge from a lightning strike or other electrical problem can cause the board to go bad as well as the transformer.

Garage door opener keeps going back up. The garage door goes down then back up.