Garage Door Only Opens 6 Inches Then Closes

When i hit the button again it proceeds to close.

Garage door only opens 6 inches then closes. I have a garage door that will only open 6 inches and then the motor stops and the door will not move any further. When i try to open or close the garage door the opener will move the chain a couple of inches and turn off. This will cause the trolley to move into position and reconnect to the garage door. There is nothing in the way and the sensors are working properly the door works fine by itself manually and the motor works perfectly without the door.

When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. My craftsman 1 2 hp 315 mhz model 139 53985d gargage door opener will not open or close. Now press the remote control. My garage door opens 6 inches and then stops and reverses in the opposite direction.

To reconnect the garage door to your liftmaster garage door opener manually close the garage door pull the emergency release handle down. 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. However when connected the door only opens 6 inches and then closes. 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.

The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Try opening the garage door with the remote and see what happens. If it closes only partway the safety sensors are usually responsible clean the lenses or realign them and make sure there are no obstacles blocking the beam. I did have my son press the button and i pushed the door gently and was able to get it all the way open when i kept applying force on it.

These steps should fix. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.