Genie Garage Door Will Not Close All The Way

One or more of these reasons is likely responsible for your garage door closing partially but not all the way.

Genie garage door will not close all the way. The door won t close all the way if the bolt is too high on the track. Genie openers apply only limited force to the garage door during closing. Check for reversed broken or cut wires. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

Something blocking the door. Check for and clear any obstructions in its way. 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. If there s something blocking the door from closing all the way a full close will be impossible.

Your garage door opener may tell you this by showing a blinking light. They both have lights and both lights should be on. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Locate them and determine if they are out of alignment.

If one of them is off or blinking it means the invisible beam that tells the opener that the way is. If the problem persists check to see if the red safe t beam led indicator is blinking. Usually these sensors are located on the door tracks and very close to the floor. Step 4 turn the close force dial in small increments until the garage door reaches the ground when you hit the close button on the remote.

Though this problem should be obvious it shouldn t be overlooked. There is one on each side of the door. For series ii wall console you can remove the wires from the back of the wall console and touch them together to see if the garage door moves. Staples can cut insulation and short out the wires.