Garage Door Will Not Go Down Unless You Hold Button

Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked.

Garage door will not go down unless you hold button. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. When you pressed the button did the opener lights blink at you. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.

When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly. When the door is up the sensor lights are off. Depending on the brand of garage door you have one of the sensor lights may flash dim or go out completely when the beam is interrupted.

Garage door won t go down most common problems when a door won t go down. My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. Check garage door for binding. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door.