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Garage Door Not Opening Properly

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Date: 01/15/2009 Topics: Readers Request > Repair | Repair > Home  
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Can someone help troubleshoot? Our Sears garage door opener has been going up by itself without anyone pushing the remote or wall buttons. Also when we tried to open door one day it would go up part way and come right back down. I was finally able to get our car in the garage but now am afraid I won't be able to get it out without the door coming down on the car.

Joan from Billings, MT
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By mountainbrd (7) Contact
Those wheels and tracks need to be lubricated every three months.

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By B in NJ (Guest Post)
Here is a weird one, the garage door will only go down. It will only go up about two inches from the ground.

No obstructions, is on track. This is when operating it from a push button on the wall. Any ideas anyone?

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By snail (Guest Post)
Are there any new homes or neighbors in your area? Believe it or not my garage door opener would trigger my neighbors door if i pushed the button as i approched my driveway. We finally discovered that we had both used the same code--our zipcode-for our combination--- just a thought

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By Beautiful1234 (8) Profile Contact
Check the electric eyes on both sides of the door opening, at the bottom, and see if cobwebs or debris is covering over them. Also check the electrical plug and see if it is plugged all the way in or is working loose. Save that service call, that I had to pay for both of these issues.

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By beautiful1234 (Guest Post)
Check for cobwebs around the electric eyes. Check and see if the electrical plug is all the way in the outlet. I have had both of these things to happen - and had to pay service call.

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By themuffster (70) Profile Contact
We have a Sears garage opener and from time to time it does exactly the same thing. Each time it has been that the little door sensor down by the floor. Someone??? keeps bumping it somehow which dislodges the tiny wires that go into it. All I do is tell that someone and HE puts the wires back in. Also, ours has a cord that you pull up by the motor at the ceiling that allows you to open the door manually in case of emergency. You could always pull that cord which releases the auto mechanism and then just open by hand. Watch pinching your fingers though!!!! Been there and done that!

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By ChloeA (93) Contact
Had the exact same set of symptoms--it was a loose wire or short in the wall button.

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By Doris G. (Guest Post)
I just had to call service man as door only went down about a foot. The problem was it needed oil and greasing. It now works fine. Maybe this can help you.

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By MCW (1009) Profile Blog! Contact
We sold our 3-bedroom home this past June and we had a Sears garage door opener. At times we had some similar problems. The garage door opener has an antenna that receives a signal when you press the remote control. You might have to make an adjustment by raising or lowering the antenna.

Give that a try before calling the repair service.

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Request: Garage Door Not Opening Properly

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Our garage door will only go about half way up then stop. We can use the button on the wall in the garage, but you have to stand there and hold it in rather than just push it and go. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we can try to fix this? Thanks!

Klutzymama from Indiana

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RE: Garage Door Not Opening Properly

My garage door has a hand lever on the bar in the middle part of the door (top part). It might help (if you have this) to pull this lever down. It may clear the jam. I am not an expert at this, but mine did the same thing, and this worked. Good Luck. (09/25/2008)

By GrandmaFrances

RE: Garage Door Not Opening Properly

The door probably is not tracking properly. See if it favors one side or the other when it stops. Sometimes it can be pried over to the center again and will operate okay for a while. Usually the spring adjustment can correct this. Try resetting the overload switch to a higher setting also. (09/26/2008)

By bobdog

RE: Garage Door Not Opening Properly

The door appears not to be tracking correctly. One other place you may look is the pulleys. The center hole will become oval over time and the pulley is turning out of round which can cause the problem you describe. If that is the case, the pulleys should be replaced. You can buy pulleys at Home Depot or Lowe's if you want to do it yourself. Other than that, you may want to call in a garage door guy. They are listed in the yellow pages. (09/26/2008)

By Harry

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