Garage Door Bounces Back Open

The garage door will automatically go in reverse.

Garage door bounces back open.

This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. 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. Try the door and if it still re opens turn the same dial another complete revolution. You want the one on the left.

The two dials may have a picture of a house with a garage door next to them. Check to be sure these two sensors on either side of your garage door. The measurement is used to reset the up limit switch on your garage door opener. If these can t see each other when the door is almost shut it will send a signal to the garage door motor to open back up.

Measure the height where the door stops while it is being opened. If you garage door is lowering then reversing back to the open position there could be something obstructing the sensors. Turn it one complete turn clockwise. Turn the down limit switch screw clockwise one turn with a flat blade screwdriver if the garage door closes and then begins to open back up.

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. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation. Maybe you have to hold the garage door button down for the door to close.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. You push the button to close the garage door. Does your garage door opener stop and reverse. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener.

Get logic board replacement. When the garage door opens about halfway or 5 feet from the ground and stops the up limit switch needs to be adjusted. A careless or rushed parking job can cause the car s bumper to block the sensor. Your garage door sensor works by having two photo sensitive devices on either side of the garage door.