Either in one of your transmitters or in the wall button or its wiring.
Genie garage door only opens a few inches.
This short is most likely to be in one of two places.
My garage door only opens a couple of inches and stops posted by ali tyler on wed oct 01 2014 01 07 pm tweet.
Garage door will only open about 3 inches then stops this morning i opened my garage door drove out tried to close it but it refused to close.
This is another very common problem we hear described by customers.
My garage door will open only a few inches and then stops.
Genie garage door opener opens and closes from switch on genie unit closes with remote and wall switch doesn t open with remote or wall switch.
Same result with remote or wall switch.
Routinely oil the bearings cleaned eye sensors etc.
If you re genie excelerator just stops when either trying to open or close your garage door check out this video.
Genie garage door only moves a few feet and stops and when you push the button again it moves a few inches or a foot down.
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I have a genie garage door opener model sd9000.
Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse.
Unfortunately this problem is not usually a do it yourself fix like the safety photo sensors we talked about in a previous blog post.
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This issue can be an easy fix.
Clicking the remote at that point just closes it.
Garage door only opens a few inches then stops.
Problem the same regardless if using wall or remote opener.
The door opens as usual but upon closing struggles and about every few feet i have to engage opener.
When you hit the wall button or remote control button it only goes a short distance and stops without completing the cycle.
In most cases when a garage door opens or closes by itself or when you find your door open upon returning home the problem is due to a short somewhere.