Genie Garage Door Will Close But Not Open

Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

Genie garage door will close but not open. Contact us for garage door spring repair. This can happen to a newly installed garage door or an older one. See your owner s manual for more details. 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.

Adjust the limit so the door closes until it just touches the ground. Genie openers apply only limited force to the garage door during closing. Genie garage door opener opening or closing problem fix. If the sensitivity is set too low or high the door will not open.

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. If this is the reason you will need to reengage the carriage. Read the manufacturer s directions to reset the sensitivity. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. This is the sign of the close limit being set too far and reading the ground as an obstacle. If the motor is running on your garage door opener but the door itself isn t opening don t panic. Turn the close force dial in small increments until the garage door reaches the ground when you hit the close button on the remote.

If the garage door closes hesitates and opens again. Your garage door may be disconnected from the opener. This triggers a safety measure that causes the door to open again. Check garage door for binding.

You can adjust the close force and limit switch to the correct levels and you should be good to go. If you have a dent use a block of wood against it and use a hammer against the wood to hammer that dent out. If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door.

The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. The door won t reach the ground if the maximum level of force is exceeding during closing. The method to reengage the carriage depends on the model of garage door opener you own.