Genie Garage Door Opens Halfway

Check garage door for binding.

Genie garage door opens halfway.

In a typical situation the motor for your garage door opener should stop running once the door has closed. Explore our product and support offerings today. If the door opens smoothly by hand the problem is with the opener. Door starts down then stops before it is closed.

You should now be able to operate the door using your genie garage door opener. The first image shows the genie chain drive carriage position connected to the garage door. Check the bottom of the door. The slotted gap in the release bar is not visable.

If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. If the door closes almost all the way and then stops there may simply be some kind of obstruction. You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener.

The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote. Doing this can save you some amount of cash. If there s anything stuck to the bottom of the door such as a leaf a small piece of paper. A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.

If the garage door still only opens halfway the problem is with the door. If it still reverses raise the door halfway and stop it. Then manually lift or close the door until the carriage locks into place. This means it is in the engaged position.

Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. If you find that it keeps running this can present a problem in your system.

Yes this one is obvious but you may be surprised how often the culprit is something like a wedged rock or stick.