Garage Door Shuts Then Keeps Opening
It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.
Garage door shuts then keeps opening. As these wires short against the housing the electrical impulse causes the door opener to activate. They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. 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. When your garage door opens or closes when you haven t triggered the remote one possible cause is that a neighbor s remote was programmed at the same time as yours.
If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. Below are three reasons why your garage door opens on its own and some quick fixes you can try. To give you information about these the travel limit controls how far your garage door opens and closes during its operation while force limit controls how much pull is needed to get the door completely open. You may check the owner s manual on how to do the adjustment.
Get logic board replacement. There may also be loose wire connections inside the button housing itself. This is almost always the result of a dirty. Most garage door openers have an open and close limit control.
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. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. 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 that doesn t fix the problem check the wiring between the motor unit and the wall control.
Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener. Erase all codes in your remote and then reprogram it. 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.