Garage Door Reopens After Closing

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Garage door reopens after closing.

Most garage door openers have an open and close limit control. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. But changes in weather conditions can causes your garage door components to shift or contract.

They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. You push the button to close the garage door. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes. My garage door has two sensors either of which can cause the door to open immediately after apparently closing.

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. If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. An optical sensor that detects if an object is obstructing a.