Garage Door Keeps Reversing To The Open Position

This brain can wear out in time so you could need a replacement.

Garage door keeps reversing to the open position. The garage door opener has several safety sensors photo eyes in place to prevent damage or injury should something obstruct the door as it is closing. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. You can clean them off by using your finger or a dry rag.

Garage door reverses before hitting the floor. Your logic board needs replaced. Look at the photo eyes themselves if there are cobwebs or if there is dust on the lenses the eyes will sense this and cause the door reverse. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. If one of the eyes has been knocked out of alignment this will also cause the door to reverse. Each photo eye has a light on it. Get logic board replacement.

A garage door that keeps reversing when you attempt to close it with the opener might have a simple problem or a major issue that requires a service professional. 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 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.