My Garage Door Will Not Close Unless I Hold The Button

Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button.

When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Depending on the brand.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. First check the sensor lights. If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.

It is a craftsman. This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. My garage door will open by just pressing the button once but to close it i have to hold in the button until it fully closes. Check garage door for binding.

Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly. If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting.