Garage Door Closer Troubleshooting

To help you troubleshoot your garage door issues here are the top 10 reasons your garage door won t work.

Garage door closer troubleshooting.

Garage door won t close. As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged. If you garage door is lowering then reversing. To check if your garage door is balanced perform these troubleshooting steps.

Open the garage door manually to about halfway. Adjust the travel of the door there are two knobs on the opener that control how far the door travels up and down. If this is the case then replace the fuse or reset the breaker or gfci and try the wall switch again. To try and correct the problem make sure the eyes on the sensors are clean the wire connections are securely fastened at the sensors and motor head and the eyes are directed at each other.

If the batteries in your transmitter are dead the transmitter won t be able to send a signal to your garage door to open. Locate the lens on each side of the garage door at the bottom. Pull the emergency cord down and towards the garage door opener. Fold a soft cloth around your finger.

If the door travels too far down it will cause the rail to bow upward. The lenses will most likely be attached to metal brackets attached to the garage door frame. Also try unplugging the garage door opener and re plugging the unit back into the outlet. If everything else is working well then it could be that the power in.

The wall switch doesn t work first check your fuses gfci or breaker to see if any of them have tripped broken or burnt out. Your door should press snugly against the garage floor so the weather stripping seals the gap. Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor. This will disconnect the garage door from the opener.

This may sound obvious but your garage door transmitters need power to work. Find the chamberlain garage door opener technical support you need to get your garage door opener operational.