Garage Door Opens Part Way And Stops

You push the button to close the garage door.

Garage door opens part way and stops.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. On the other hand if your opener is fairly new you may want to call a professional. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. If the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand.

Depending on how old your garage door opener is you may want to replace it if it s old. This indicates that the springs torsion springs in the case of the photo above are working properly and are not the issue. Doing this can save you some amount of cash. If the door reverses part way down and you are sure there is no obstruction or binding increase the closing force a small amount and try it again.

This board electrically controls your garage door and will fail if it shorts out. A faulty logic board could also be a reason your garage door opens then stops. Your automatic garage door comes with a limit setting that limits the amount of force it is allowed to exert in either opening or closing. 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.

This requires a simple turn with a screwdriver to reset the limit so the garage door opens and closes all the way again. If this setting is improper it can cause your door to stop midway thinking its job is done. Over time sometimes through natural settling this setting can get out of appropriate caliber. 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.

If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. Some older garage door openers do not have nicely labeled adjustment screws for force and travel limits. The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote.