My Garage Door Starts To Close Then Stops

A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.

My garage door starts to close then stops.

If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. 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. Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.

This requires a simple turn with. You push the button to close the garage door. If that does not stop the problem you can reduce the range that your opener can detect frequencies from so that the source must come from very close by. Do this by hanging aluminum foil in front of the opener.

This also tells us that the tracks are free from any obstructions and that the problem is in either the eye sensors or 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 the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand. If the door reverses part way down and you are sure there is no obstruction or binding increase the closing force a small amount and try it again.

Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse. You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener. The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote. If the door closes and reverses it is traveling too far and you should decrease the travel.

The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord. This helps you determine if the problem is related to the door or the motor. Try to operate the garage door manually.