Genie Garage Door Starts To Close Then Goes Back Up

Check if the limits are properly set.

Genie garage door starts to close then goes back up.

Well sometimes it does. My garage door starts to close and then opens back up as if it is hitting something. If it is a new installation check the postion of the door arm. My garage door opener doesn t close all the time.

Installed a genie garage door opener several months ago. Just recently when the door closes it reaches the floor and then goes all the way back up again. Close the garage door with the opener and watch it closely as it closes. 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.

Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener. Back to garage door question list. Adjust the limits as needed. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

Then manually lift or close the door until the carriage locks into place. You push the button to close the garage door. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

Past several weeks the remotes are not working and the door seems to just do. 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. Check your sensors on each side of the garage door and make sure that boith lights are solid. Garage door starts down then stops and goes back up or safe t beam system malfunction.

Check if the safe t beams red led light. Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting. This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement. Then sometimes it reverses at the bottom sometimes it reverses right after it starts moving.

Notice in the first image below the slotted gap in the bar that the red cord is attached to disappears. This means it is in the engaged position. Get logic board replacement. Please click accept if you have been helped.

You should now be able to operate the door using your genie garage door opener. If there solid and the door still doesnt go down hold the button on the inside of the garage that is on the wall all the down until the garage door goes down and let me know if it goes down now.