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Garage door opens but won't close

I can open it but it won't close with the Keyless entry or remote key.



Will it close when you press and hold the wall control button?

If so, Your infrared safety sensors are out of alignment.

The infrared beam from the sending unit must strike the lens of the receiving unit.

If you get down to eye level with the receiver you can see that the indicator lamp is blinking rapidly.

Twist the sending unit to bend the bracket slightly in the correct direction, until the indicator light stops blinking and remains on continuously.

Everything should work as usual once the safety sensors are aligned properly.

There is also a less common occurrence where the wires can be broken or shorted between the sensors and the motor assembly.

You could also have a bad sensor or control board.

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Garage door opens but won't close

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Mar 22, 2012
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Garage door opens but won't close NEW
by: Violet Willsey

Thank you garagedooropenerguide.com! I figured out the problem after reading comments in this website. I wrote earlier about the sunlight blocking the red eye sensor that caused my garage door not to open. You saved me money from getting repair work that is not needed. Two months ago, I had been advised the rail for the chain pulling the garage door up and down needed to be changed. I believe I had the same problem originally. I spent $170 on the new rail, yet after two months, the same problem occurred. Thank God, I read your website. It is certainly helpful. My garage door opener is Marantec and 5 years old.

Mar 22, 2012
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Garage door opens but won't close NEW
by: Violet Willsey

All the sensors are in good condition, no loose wire or bad wiring. What I just now found out that the sunlight hitting the red eye sensor kept the garage door from closing. It's 6:00 p.m. spring time. The red eye sensor had already been placed in another spot (during another season). The garage door opened up and closed down without a problem. This season, springtime, the sunlight started to hit the red eye sensor again and caused my garage door not to close. Very interesting. Something needs to be invented to shield the red eye sensor from sunlight at different seasons of the year.

Feb 21, 2012
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Garage door opens but won't close
by: Anonymous

Recently I tried closing my garage door and it would not close.It has been working for the past year.When I try closing the door it would open back up. Each time I tried the travel of the door would get shorter until it would go about a foot and open back up. None of the lights are blinking.What should I do to correct this problem?

Feb 03, 2012
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opener works properly 90% of the time
by: rightnau

about once a month my garage door will only open about 1 foot when using remote access. You nust go inside tto open the door, sometimes this takes 2 or 3 tries at holding the button down.

Generlly speaking the door opener will work properly for about a month and then start up again.

Looking for answers.

Thanks

Dec 28, 2011
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garage door will not close
by: Anonymous

garage door will not close. when button is pushed it will start to close and then it goes back up. both lights on sensors are green and steady. When button is pushed and held in the door does the same thing. (it moves about a foot and the automatically reverses itself to open and stops.

Dec 12, 2011
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Thank you!
by: Anonymous

Thank you! You solved my problem!

Nov 12, 2011
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Sometimes door works
by: Larry

Garage door goes up, but sometimes will not go down. Works about 3 times without a problem, then goes back to not going down. Goes a little bit then goes up again. Had MVP here to look at it, and it worked perfectly. Soon as he left, started not to work again.

Aug 14, 2011
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Door closes but wants to open again
by: Anonymous

Both remotes and wall mount switches do the same thing door closes all the way but opens again with nothing in the way

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