Sears Garage Door Opener Will Not Stay Closed

Short the red and white terminals by touching both terminals at the same time with a piece of wire.

Sears garage door opener will not stay closed.

If your remote can t open or close the garage door it might be time to replace the batteries. If the opener runs check for a faulty wire connection at the wall control a short under the staples or a broken w ire. 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. If not remove the bell wire from the opener terminal screws.

Check if the garage s fuse is in good condition or the circuit breaker has not tripped open. The next thing to check is your home s circuit breaker or fuse. Garage door won t close light flashes. This means that the limits are telling the garage door that it s fully opened when the door is in reality closed.

The most common reason as to why a garage door won t stay closed is that the limit settings are off. If the garage door opener lights flash when the door reverses you likely need to adjust your garage door sensors. You could need a new remote or wall switch if switching out the batteries doesn t work. Check and see if the door moves after replacing the batteries with a fresh set.

Your garage door may be binding i e not rolling smoothly along the garage door tracks. 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. This wasn t a problem at least in my frustrating experience with it that joe handyman could figure out. 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.

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. This is to verify if the socket works. My advice would be to check every fastener and knob to see if something came loose. In this video from sears partsdirect we ll show you some simple fixes like checking the garage door opener s alignment and clearing obstructions.

They could be out of alignment or they may need to be cleaned this is not too common. 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. If that doesn t work you should bring in a garage door expert preferably sears.