This is a common garage door safety feature that prevents injury and damage to personal belongings.
Garage door opener sensor yellow light.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
If you do not see a solid illumination or your garage door is not working the problem is most likely due to the sensors being out of line.
Okay now that you know some of the common signs of garage door sensor malfunction you re ready for the next step troubleshooting.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
If the path between the sensors is unbroken the door will open and close normally.
Other signs include flashing garage door opener lights missing sensor light or flashing sensor lights.
If you see that the sender sensor is not yellow and the receiver sensor is not green then this means that your sensors are probably off.
I reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door i reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door will only go down by holding the wall button down until the door is completely down.
When your garage door opener is not responding to any command from the remote or the door control you need to check if the opener has electricity.
For people who do not know the transmitter has the yellow light and the receiving sensor has the green light.
The light is emitted from one side of the garage door to a receiving unit on the other side of the door.
Check power supply to garage door opener.