Garage Door Bounces Up When Closing

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.

Garage door bounces up when closing. This is almost always the result of a dirty. Your garage door sensor works by having two photo sensitive devices on either side of the garage door. Get logic board replacement. When the logic board wears out it can cause your garage door to close then open and vice versa without explanation.

By wade shaddy updated december 19 2018 you push the button to close the garage door. A careless or rushed parking job can cause the car s bumper to block the sensor. To adjust the switch there is usually a screw on the motor unit that when turned will increase or decrease how far the door descends when closing. The garage door will automatically go in reverse.

Sometimes the sensors will be in alignment and just as the door gets close to being shut it will vibrate enough to push one sensor off. After clearing any obstruction from the track try lubricating the rollers using wd 40. Since then the garage door was intermittently bouncing when the door is closing. The bounce occurs at the 1 3 or 1 2 mark.

If the pressure reaches a dangerous level caused by blocked rollers the door will reverse. If these can t see each other when the door is almost shut it will send a signal to the garage door motor to open back up. Garage door seal is loose or broken a leaky. Your garage door s logic board is the brain of your garage door opener.

Most garage doors contain a secondary safety mechanism to sense undue stress while closing. 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. Turn the down limit switch screw clockwise one turn with a flat blade screwdriver if the garage door closes and then begins to open back up.