Sears Garage Door Closes Then Reopens Halfway

Fast easy step by step process on how to properly program your garage door travel system.

Sears garage door closes then reopens halfway.

As these wires short against the housing the electrical impulse causes the door opener to activate. When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button until the door fully closes. And the door opens half way and then goes in the reverse direction. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes.

If it still reverses raise the door halfway and stop it. The remotes will not work to close the garage door. They can only open it. This requires a simple turn.

Now the green light at the back of the unit keeps flashing. To test trigger the remote while standing close to the motor unit if the door opens consistently from that close distance interference is likely the problem. A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons. If an object person or animal blocks the beam the closing door reverses direction.

If it closes before that distance has been traveled it thinks something is wrong and it reopens to help prevent any damage or safety risk. Replace the garage door opener safety sensor the safety sensor has a pair photoelectric eyes at the base of the rails one eye emits an infrared beam and the other receives it. Test the sensor eyes by connecting them to short wires directly at the motor unit. The one that was working isnt working anymore.

The symptom of this is a garage door that is in constant motion opening fully then immediately descending only to start the same cycle again. This method is the only way to override the safety sensors and close the door. To solve the problem identify the source of the radio interference and either move it or turn it off. Some older garage door openers do not have nicely labeled adjustment screws for force and travel limits.

Check the bottom of the door. But changes in weather conditions can causes your garage door components to shift or contract. I simply opened the cover case to look at the wire sequence. The problem is often intermittent.

There may also be loose wire connections inside the button housing itself. Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit. I have a craftsman 1 2 hp opener.