Genie Garage Door Starts To Close Then Goes Back Up

Well sometimes it does.

Genie garage door starts to close then goes back up.

Make sure only the safe t beams that came with this garage door opener are installed. You push the button to close the garage door. Garage door starts down then stops and goes back up or safe t beam system malfunction. Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting.

Please click accept if you have been helped. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. If it is a new installation check the postion of the door arm. Then manually lift or close the door until the carriage locks into place.

Past several weeks the remotes are not working and the door seems to just do. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. My garage door opener doesn t close all the time. Close the garage door with the opener and watch it closely as it closes.

This means it is in the engaged position. Just recently when the door closes it reaches the floor and then goes all the way back up again. Check if the safe t beams red led light. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener.

Check your sensors on each side of the garage door and make sure that boith lights are solid. If the garage door does not close completely or begins to close and then opens back up again the down limit switch needs. You should now be able to operate the door using your genie garage door opener. 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 goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Adjust the limits as needed. My garage door starts to close and then opens back up as if it is hitting something. 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.

Then sometimes it reverses at the bottom sometimes it reverses right after it starts moving. Installed a genie garage door opener several months ago. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation. Notice in the first image below the slotted gap in the bar that the red cord is attached to disappears.

Garage door opener stops or reverses when activated. Check if the limits are properly set.