Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down To Close

Or door will only open.

Garage door opener have to hold button down to close.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. The wall button and remote work fine for opening door but i have to hold down the wall button to close it. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.

There is a problem with the photoelectric eyes. Any transmitter like a handheld clicker or outdoor keypad will also not work to close the door if there is a problem with the sensor. I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. When i disconnect the carriage and manually move door it seems to move smoothly in both directions.

You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning. Recently the wall switch that powers opening and closing is not lit and will not activate the opener.

Garage door opener will not close unless switch is held garage door opener will not close unless switch is held until fully down. Something is blocking the beam either the sender or receiver is misaligned kicked. Can you hold the button down to make the door go down. When button pushed as normal door starts to go down then reverses back to read more.

The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Wiggle the bracket the eyes are attached to maybe just it is loose or the slightest bit of movement may cause the light to blink. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction.