Garage Door Keeps Opening After Shutting

Inspect the control wiring.

Garage door keeps opening after shutting.

Most garage door openers have an open and close limit control. They are usually on the motor housing and you access them by opening a panel or removing the housing cover. An exposed spot or a short circuit in the small gauge wire that leads from the garage. Below are three reasons why your garage door opens on its own and some quick fixes you can try.

As is the case with so many issues at the home there s no one reason why your garage door closes then opens. Check for reversed broken or cut wires. In rare instances a nearby neighbor may have a garage door opener set to the same wireless. In a typical situation the motor for your garage door opener should stop running once the door has closed.

Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted. Garage door just started opening in the wee hours for the past 4 nights. The problem stopped after returning the rental car. When any part of the device fails no matter how small it can affect the entire door.

Thought about this after having a rental car for a week that rang our wireless doorbell also in the wee hours. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. Scan the safety sensors. Replace the wiring if needed with garage door opener wiring.

If the door stops short of closing lengthen the close limit by turning the control knob in the direction indicated usually counterclockwise. You push the button to close the garage door. Here s a rundown of some of the possible reasons this can be happening. Garage doors use radio frequencies to open and close.

In garage door operators made after 1993 there are required safety features that open the door during the close cycle when they detect something blocking the door. A ghost opening garage door is one problem that may indicate a problem with the mechanism. Your garage door is programmed to travel a certain distance before it closes. For series ii wall console you can remove the wires from the back of the wall console and touch them together to see if the garage door moves.

They can also cause the opener to reverse or pull back up when you attempt to close it which can seem like a malfunction or that someone else is using a garage door opener remote that is on the same frequency as yours. Incorrectly set limit switches may prevent your garage door from closing completely or opening all the way. The motor continues to run after the garage door is closed. If you find that it keeps running this can present a problem in your system.

It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Staples can cut insulation and short out the wires.