Garage Door Stays Closed A Few Inches

When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.

Garage door stays closed a few inches.

Liftmaster provides a helpful resource that explains how to adjust a limit switch. 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. If the door starts to open but won t move more than a few inches the torsion spring may be broken. Check the closing force control.

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. It s a common scene around the phoenix area when temperatures hover at obscenely hot levels. You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

You push the button to close the garage door. A broken torsion spring will also cause the door to slam closed instead of closing gently. The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door. Be sure the garage door opener and springs are in good repair properly lubricated adjusted and balanced.

Garage doors that are cracked open a few inches. You can usually tell if a torsion spring is broken by looking at it. You should find two plastic screw heads or knobs on the back side or bottom of the housing. Door starts up but stops before it is completely open.

Garage door will not close all the way leaves gap at bottom my garage door will not fully close all the way there is about a once inch 1 gap at the bottom. Check the garage door for binding. Check if limits are properly set and adjust them as needed. Start by rotating the down limit screw or knob one complete turn in the minus direction.

View liftmaster resources on this topic your logic board needs replaced. Check the motor housing mounted to the ceiling of your garage. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Test the garage door to see if it stays closed.

Check the opening closing force controls.