Garage Door Will Go Up Not Down

If you happen to be home when these break you ll hear a loud bang from inside your garage.

Garage door will go up not down.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Garage door opener keeps going back up. Your garage door opens when it hits the ground. You push the button to close the garage door.

If the door goes up but you can t make it go down you probably need to adjust the sensors. It may be your garage door sensor. Adjust the limits as needed. Your garage door opens immediately after closing.

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. Check if the safe t beams red led light. They both have lights and both lights should be on. Step by step procedures to try if the garage door of your home will not go down without holding the button before calling a repair man was this video helpful.

You ll then want to test it again and if it s not right keep adjusting the down limit nob. To fix this issue increase the down limit one quarter turn. How to fix a garage door that keeps reversing. Check if the limits are properly set.

This is almost always the result of a. The garage door keeps going up and down. However if your garage door doesn t bounce back up then you know you have a problem. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.

The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. If your garage door all of sudden won t go up and you re sure the transmitters are working properly and power is getting to the motor then you may have broken torsion springs. Garage door starts down then stops and goes back up or safe t beam system malfunction. If your garage door hits it bounces up and starts to open again your garage door is working well.

Make sure only the safe t beams that came with this garage door opener are installed. If it is a new installation check the postion of the door arm.