Genie Garage Door Only Opens A Few Inches

Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post.

Genie garage door only opens a few inches.

Garage door will only open about 3 inches then stops this morning i opened my garage door drove out tried to close it but it refused to close. Genie excelerator series garage door opener self diagnostic troubleshooting. My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm tweet. Troubleshooting guide for models 1022 1024 1042 2022 2024 2042 2027.

Find genie owners manuals programming support and helpful answers to your garage door opener product questions here. After a few minutes i realized one of the wires for one of the garage door eyes was covering the eye so i moved it and the door closed. Problem the same regardless if using wall or remote opener. Garage door only opens a few inches then stops.

Either in one of your transmitters or in the wall button or its wiring. In most cases when a garage door opens or closes by itself or when you find your door open upon returning home the problem is due to a short somewhere. The door opens as usual but upon closing struggles and about every few feet i have to engage opener. Search for genie replacement parts for your model number genie garage.

This issue can be an easy fix. If you re genie excelerator just stops when either trying to open or close your garage door check out this video. Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse. Genie garage door opener opens and closes from switch on genie unit closes with remote and wall switch doesn t open with remote or wall switch.

Same result with remote or wall switch. This is another very common problem we hear described by customers. This short is most likely to be in one of two places. When you hit the wall button or remote control button it only goes a short distance and stops without completing the cycle.

Clicking the remote at that point just closes it. Genie garage door only moves a few feet and stops and when you push the button again it moves a few inches or a foot down.