Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down

If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close.

Garage door opener have to hold button down. Until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. 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. 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. Simply disconnecting the sensors will not bypass this behavior. To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up. Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly.

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning. If it did then a sensor failure would cause the door to work anyway creating a safety issue. When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down.

Having to hold down the button is a classic something has interrupted the beam symptom. A small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction. 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.

They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener.