Sears Garage Door Opener Will Not Stay Closed

Check and see if the door moves after replacing the batteries with a fresh set.

Sears garage door opener will not stay closed.

Garage door won t close light flashes. By manage my life. The most common reason as to why a garage door won t stay closed is that the limit settings are off. This means that the limits are telling the garage door that it s fully opened when the door is in reality closed.

If that doesn t work you should bring in a garage door expert preferably sears. Check if the garage s fuse is in good condition or the circuit breaker has not tripped open. If the opener runs check for a faulty wire connection at the wall control a short under the staples or a broken w ire. A misaligned garage door opener may cause the door or trolley to bind up causing the opener to stop or reverse because opening or closing force exceeded the opener s force limit.

The next thing to check is your home s circuit breaker or fuse. They could be out of alignment or they may need to be cleaned this is not too common. Short the red and white terminals by touching both terminals at the same time with a piece of wire. Your garage door may be binding i e not rolling smoothly along the garage door tracks.

If your remote can t open or close the garage door it might be time to replace the batteries. This wasn t a problem at least in my frustrating experience with it that joe handyman could figure out. You could need a new remote or wall switch if switching out the batteries doesn t work. This is to verify if the socket works.

By sears partsdirect staff if your garage door opener won t open and the motor unit lights blink 10 times it usually means you have a problem with your safety sensors. My advice would be to check every fastener and knob to see if something came loose. Unplug the garage door opener from the socket outlet and plug in another device. If not remove the bell wire from the opener terminal screws.

Won t open or close all the way when a garage door doesn t open or close all the way first check the opener alignment and adjust if needed. In this video from sears partsdirect we ll show you some simple fixes like checking the garage door opener s alignment and clearing obstructions. If you re craftsman chamberlain etc garage door opener is closing and then opening up its likely a common problem related to the stop limit mechanism.