Garage Door Will Not Open With Remote Or Wall Switch

Well the good news is it may be as simple as pushing a lock button or sliding it to the unlock position.

Garage door will not open with remote or wall switch.

Try resetting the remote. The most common cause of this issue is that your garage door is no longer getting the electricity that it needs to work. Sometimes garage door remote or opener mishaps are minor and a professional can quickly fix them by adjusting your garage door or opener. If your garage door opener came with a wall station rather than the doorbell type button one of the buttons will be a lock.

Simple but true the remote transmitter needs power to send a signal to your opener. When the garage door doesn t budge at all when the remote or wall switch pressed it s almost certain the power source has been disrupted in some way. Begin by checking the outlet where the door opener is plugged in and make sure the cord is plugged in all the way. If the door opens when you press the button on the wall mounted control keypad but not when you use the remote you might have just pinpointed the source of the problem.

In this situation you should investigate the following. When neither the remote nor the wall switch will open a garage door in most cases you should look to the motor unit. As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged. They worked this morning to close the door but would not open for me this afternoon sound familiar.