Sensors Green Garage Door Wont Close

By sears partsdirect staff.

Sensors green garage door wont close.

If your garage door won t close after aligning the safety sensors you might need to replace them. Depending on the brand of garage door you have one of the sensor lights may flash dim or go out completely when. If you have to press and hold the inside wall button to close the garage door your safety sensors are either misaligned or may need to be replaced. The sensors are designed to detect the presence of a car or object and not squash it but defective sensors could cause a garage door not to close as the garage door opener programmed to do so if it believes that something is blocking its path.

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. There is nothing more frustrating than when your garage door won t close. In this video from sears partsdirect we ll show you some simple fixes like checking. Garage door won t close safety sensor troubleshooting video lights blink 10 times.

3 fixes for a garage door that won t close. Garage door opener safety sensors can go bad due to age excess sun. First check the sensor lights. If necessary you can close the garage door by pressing and holding the door control push bar until down travel is completed.

If one of the leds is blinking the sensors need to be realigned. Each sensor has an led light on the exterior of the sensor. Look at both the garage door sensors.