Depending on the brand.
Garage door intermittently reverses.
This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.
Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes.
A garage door auto reverse is pretty much what it sounds like a system which forces the door to quickly reverse if it encounters an obstacle like your car your cat your chihauhua or your child.
Does your garage door opener stop and reverse.
You push the button to close the garage door.
Reverses on its own if the garage door only travels down an inch or so before reversing something is probably blocking the beam between the two safety sensors at the bottom of the rails or the sensors aren t aligned.
Maybe you have to hold the garage door button down for the door to close.
If there is too much resistance the garage door opener stops and usually blinks it s light once or twice as a warning.
Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.
In 1993 a law was passed in the u s.
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.
You ve probably seen the mechanism in action but haven t given it much thought.
This video will show you a few quick.
It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.
First check the sensor lights.
Photo eyes or safety sensors are mounted to the track on either side of the garage door about 6 inches up from the ground.
Some older garage door openers do not have nicely labeled adjustment screws for force and travel limits.
If the door reverses part way down and you are sure there is no obstruction or binding increase the closing force a small amount and try it again.
Eventual outcome of garage door reversing mechanism failure.
When the garage door opener works intermittently the logic board may be experiencing radio frequency rf interference from nearby sources such as security lights ham radios and some electronics.
