Garage Door Opener Have To Hold Button Down

Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed.

Garage door opener have to hold button down.

I have a 1 2 hp craftsman garage door opener that is about 20 years old. So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning. Simply disconnecting the sensors will not bypass this behavior. Having to hold down the button is a classic something has interrupted the beam symptom.

They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting. To open my garage door i have to hold down the button on my wall until the door is at least halfway up. If i lift my finger off the button before that point the door will stop and then i have to. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close.

Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move. Any transmitter like a handheld clicker or outdoor keypad will also not work to close the door if there is a problem with the sensor.

When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down. If it did then a sensor failure would cause the door to work anyway creating a safety issue. You are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing. A small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously. One of the sensor lights will usually be blinking when there is a malfunction.