My Garage Door Will Not Close Unless I Hold The Button

Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly.

My garage door will not close unless i hold the button.

It is a craftsman. If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. If pressing the button on your garage door s remote control doesn t work check the batteries first.

Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener. Door starts down then stops before it is closed. Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all. Check garage door for binding.

This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done. They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed.

If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. First check the sensor lights. Does anyone know how to fix this. When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system.