Garage Door Opener Motor Hums But Door Does Not Open

You activate the door opener by either a remote control hand held unit or by pressing the wall button mounted on the wall and hear the motor humming but the garage door does not move.

Garage door opener motor hums but door does not open.

When you find that your garage door motor is making a humming noise but not opening and closing it typically means that it has gone off track or needs some sort of small adjustment. If the motor hums but the chain doesn t move that indicates a problem with the motor. There are mainly two reasons for this occurrence and one of the reasons is depicted in this blog. They can hear the motor going but the door itself is not opening.

Sometimes when a garage door won t open or close it does not actually mean there is anything wrong with the door your remote or even one of the opener assembly parts. The issue could all boil down to the simple goof of a disconnected motor. Press the remote or the wall mounted start switch listen to the motor and watch the movement of the chain.