Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down To Close

Or door will only open.

Garage door opener have to hold button down to close.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. When i disconnect the carriage and manually move door it seems to move smoothly in both directions. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old.

There is a problem with the photoelectric eyes. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. Wiggle the bracket the eyes are attached to maybe just it is loose or the slightest bit of movement may cause the light to blink. You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.

Any transmitter like a handheld clicker or outdoor keypad will also not work to close the door if there is a problem with the sensor. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked.

Garage door opener will not close unless switch is held garage door opener will not close unless switch is held until fully down. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning. If i just press and release the button the door starts to close then reverses.