Garage Door Intermittent Closing

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.

Garage door intermittent closing. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. If you garage door is lowering then reversing back to the open position there could. To test trigger the remote while standing close to the motor unit if the door opens consistently from that close distance interference is likely the problem. Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

This is most common with double car garage doors due to the width of the opening. To solve the problem identify the source of the radio interference and either move it or turn it off. Garage door openers manufactured after 1993 include sensors to prevent a door from closing on a child or pet. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close.

If the door opens smoothly close the door and leave it unattached while operating the garage door opener. Check garage door for binding. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. When your garage door opens or close to about 5ft then adjusting the travel limit is a good idea.

Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Garage door reverses before hitting the floor. Also it makes aligning the sensors much harder because the signal is weak. When this happens you will have constant intermittent issues with closing your garage door which can be very annoying.

This may be caused by extreme weather conditions or rain. Travel limits of a garage door are the distance the door needs to travel to fully open or close. Two possible problems can lead to a garage door reversing before it even touches the floor. Leave the garage door closed and resting on the ground if the garage door will not open.

Here is how to adjust the travel limit on your chamberlain garage door opener.