Garage doors sometimes seem to have a mind of their own often deciding when and how far they want to open or close.
Garage door will not go down unless i hold the button on the wall.
Neither wireless remotes work.
My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down.
When this happens your garage door will only close by holding down on the wall button or wall console until the door fully closes.
I have disconnected the safety devises and still have the same issue.
Sometimes the fix can be as simple as replacing the batteries in the opener.
You will find that the door will only move an inch or so in the close direction and reverse.
Door starts down then stops before it is closed.
Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand.
When you continuously hold down the close button in the garage you are over riding this system.
Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed.
Not a small light is the big ones out front that are flickering not the one in back t of the motor.
Garage door will not close without holding down the wall button.
She pushed the wall control to open the garage door.
It attempted to lift amd shut off due to the lock.
The transmitters remotes will not work to close the garage door.
I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly.
Check garage door for binding.
October 22 2019 at 9 23 pm.
An intermittent alignment issue with the sensors or damaged sensor wiring or a failing sensor could sometimes make it impossible for the system to determine if anything is under the door and again it will prevent the door from closing normally.
When the door is up the sensor lights are off.
Wireless remote works open the door but will not close the light out front starts flickering when we try to it with the wireless remote so we go inside push the button on the wall and hold it till it closes the door all the way.
If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close.
If the door can be reasonably easily opened and closed by hand but the opener balks at closing the door the tension setting probably needs to be increased.
Eye on both side of the door is not on i have to hold down the bottom in the garage to bring the door down.
If i let go of the bottom the door stops.