Genie Garage Door Only Opens A Few Inches

I have a genie garage door opener model sd9000.

Genie garage door only opens a few inches. Troubleshooting guide for models 1022 1024 1042 2022 2024 2042 2027. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Find genie owners manuals programming support and helpful answers to your garage door opener product questions here. Check the grease on the tracks and joints.

The problem is either due to a blocked path between the sensors dirty eyes loose wires at the sensors or at the motor head or just bad sensors. Same result with remote or wall switch. My garage door will open only a few inches and then stops. If you re genie excelerator just stops when either trying to open or close your garage door check out this video.

Also verify the antenna on the motor unit is in the proper placement. This issue can be an easy fix. During cold weather it is possible that grease becomes compact and hardened making it difficult for the garage door to operate smoothly. If you re too far away this can cause a problem with opening or closing the door.

Helpful links for troubleshooting your genie garage door opener. Clicking the remote at that point just closes it. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. Poor or lack of lubrication.

Firstly check that you re using it within the range required for your opener. Wipe out the old grease with a grease solvent and put a new lubricant. Genie excelerator series garage door opener self diagnostic troubleshooting. Genie garage door only moves a few feet and stops and when you push the button again it moves a few inches or a foot down.

You may also need to reprogram your keypad or replace the batteries in it. My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm tweet. Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post. This is another very common problem we hear described by customers.