Garage Door Bounces Back Up When Closing

Garage door opener keeps going back up.

Garage door bounces back up when closing.

Causing the loud rattling. Possible reasons why your garage door hits the floor then goes back up. Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted. The garage door keeps going up and down.

Maybe it stops and starts or goes all the way down only to bounce back up. Your garage door opens immediately after closing. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. The garage door will automatically go in reverse.

As is the case with so many issues at the home there s no one reason why your garage door closes then opens. Your garage door opens when it hits the ground. If you garage door is lowering then reversing. Anyone know how to fix the bouncing when the closing starts.

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. In this video i show in detail how to get your garage to stay shut if it continues to bounce back up. Here are some symptoms of the problem. Here s a rundown of some of the possible reasons this can be happening.

By wade shaddy updated december 19 2018 you push the button to close the garage door. Turn the down limit switch screw clockwise one turn with a flat blade screwdriver if the garage door closes and then begins to open back up. Probably the most common issue you re likely to encounter with your garage door is that it doesn t close correctly. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

This is almost always the result of a dirty. I think the problem is the outer carriage and inner carriage have so much clearance they rock back and forth. Or it might not close at all and you have to tug with all your might to get it to close manually. The garage door goes down then back up.