Garage Door Only Opens A Few Inches Then Closes

My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm.

Garage door only opens a few inches then closes.

This is another very common problem we hear described by customers. It sounds like the limit settings need adjusting. Fast easy step by step process on how to properly program your garage door travel system. 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.

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. Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post. You have an open limit and a close limit on your garage door opener. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation.

You can usually tell if a torsion spring is broken by looking at it. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener. A broken torsion spring will also cause the door to slam closed instead of closing gently. Liftmaster garage door opener only closes a few inches and then reverses.

If i continually hold the wall mounted remote button in the garage the door will go down but makes a loud rumbling about six inches from the floor which may or may not have anything to do with why the door will not close. I cleared the codes and followed the learn directions. These limits set the distance the door will open or close before stopping. These may be metal plates screwed on to the chain plastic snap ons dojiggies with flexible metal arms attached etc.

The door appears to get hung up on something or a sensor seems to be telling the door not to close. 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. If the door starts to open but won t move more than a few inches the torsion spring may be broken. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement.