Garage Door Opens With Remote But Does Not Close

The garage door remote won t work but the wall switch does check the batteries and electrical connections in the remote to make sure they are working correctly.

Garage door opens with remote but does not close.

This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down. This is the reason the garage door remote can open the door but may not be able to close the garage door. 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. Some garage doors have infrared sensors that shoot an invisible beam across the door.

When you manually push the button on the receiver does the door activate. If the remote works from inside the garage but not from the outside then most likely the antenna wire on the garage door opener itself may be damaged broken or not in visible range. Check the area around the sensors to make sure nothing is blocking the sensor. Try using your remote to open or close your door to determine if the reprogramming was successful.

To reprogram your garage door remote locate then press your opener s learn button. The first thing to check is the transmission receiver on the inside wall of your garage. If they are working correctly the problem might be because of the safety sensors. Check to be sure the antenna is attached and if it is not hanging down from the unit move the antenna so it can catch the beam being sent by the remote.