Genie Garage Door Only Opens By Holding Button

If this happens to you don t immediately call a professional.

Genie garage door only opens by holding button. First check the batteries within the remote itself to be sure they still carry a charge powerful enough to operate the remote. 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. You might have absentmindedly unplugged the operator as you were exiting the garage through your internal door to the house.

Or door will only open. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. Not only will this keep you from getting your vehicle in and out of your garage you ll also have a harder time accessing everything you have stored in there. The garage door opener remote only works up close.

If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. I tried resetting them but now the large button opens both doors at the same time. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.

If the door. In the funniest of scenarios the problem will simply be due to an unplugged power cord. Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly. Try going inside the garage and holding down the wall switch to override the safety.

There are quite a few things that could cause this to happen.