Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down To Close

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

Garage door opener have to hold button down to close. Or door will only open. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction.

When i disconnect the carriage and manually move door it seems to move smoothly in both directions. If i just press and release the button the door starts to close then reverses. When button pushed as normal door starts to go down then reverses back to read more. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener. You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.

Any transmitter like a handheld clicker or outdoor keypad will also not work to close the door if there is a problem with the sensor. The wall button and remote work fine for opening door but i have to hold down the wall button to close it. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door.

I have checked that there is power to the opener and that is not the problem however if i tap the underside of the opener motor with a stick the unit lights up and the. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. There is a problem with the photoelectric eyes.