Genie Garage Door Opener Will Open Remote But Not Close

Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

Genie garage door opener will open remote but not close.

Sometimes it would close part way before stopping and reversing and other times it wouldn t open at all. If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. Genie openers apply only limited force to the garage door during closing. The garage door may attempt to go down but will come right back up and the overhead light on the garage door opener will blink.

However the remote would not be able to close the door even if you held the button. In the down direction if the limit is set beyond the point at which the door closes fully the door will hit the floor and act as if it is hitting something and the safety feature tells it to reverse. The door will go up and down by the wall button and the remote as long as i am standing in the garage. Turn the close force dial in small increments until the garage door reaches the ground when you hit the close button on the remote.

The door won t reach the ground if the maximum level of force is exceeding during closing. My tools are in the garage. My wife had just come home. The garage door did not want to close when she pressed the button on the remote.

This also disables any remotes or wireless keypads. It was late in the evening. These limits set the distance the door will open or close before stopping. You have an open limit and a close limit on your garage door opener.

Leaving it open all night is not a. If the beam is broken or the sensors are misaligned the sensor light s will go off and subsequently tell the operator not close the door. It had worked just fine a few hours earlier. I followed the installation instructions.

Troubleshoot any problems you may be having with your genie garage door opener including lights blinking door reversing remote issues and more. Broken garage door torsion or extension springs. If your opener is made before 1993 please click here for important information. Troubleshooting genie garage door opener products.

If the remote were to malfunction due to a backward battery installation you might mistake this for a more serious problem with your garage door opener. 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. Check garage door for binding.

I have a craftsman garage door opener and purchased a brand new remote. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close.