After i hold the button down to close it the sensor lights come back on.
Have to hold garage door button down to close.
There are a pair of little plastic things at the bottom of the rail pointing at each other usually between 6 and 12 off the floor.
I ve made sure there are no obstacles and that the sensors are aligned properly.
Tuesday june 26 2018 you are overriding the infrared beam sensor when you hold down the wall button continuously while the garage door is closing.
My genie garage door closes fine on all occasions but it won t open unless i hold the wall button down.
Garage door won t close using the remote but closes if you hold down the button on the wall.
But seems to be unable to close all the way.
If i let go of the bottom the door stops.
So if you have to do this to close the door it means the sensor is malfunctioning.
Garage door won t close using the remote but closes.
Hold your transmitter up near the selected button pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in car transmitter button simultaneously.
This sets the in car transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter but you are not done.
Why do i have to hold down the button to close the garage door.
My garage door will not close unless i hold the button down.
Hold down on the buttons until the in car red light flashes rapidly.
When it is fully open or close left sensor solid red right sensor solid green.
The problem starts when you hit the button to close it and the door starts to close.
Eye on both side of the door is not on i have to hold down the bottom in the garage to bring the door down.
This causes real hassle as i can t use my remote opener to open the door as well.
It could be something small.
I can immediately think of 3 possibilities.
Woman uses makeup mirror to help fix garage door.