Garage door openers are one of the blessings on modern science and technology. Thanks to them, we can open our garage doors by remote, without having to get off the car. On rainy days, we surely appreciate that a lot. However, like all moving parts, garage door openers break, even if we perform routine maintenance operations as indicated by the manufacturer.

Here are a few of the common problems of garage door openers and some possible causes. Keep in mind that this is only a rough troubleshooting guide, just for you to make yourself an idea of what may be broken or damaged. Each garage door opener manufacturer offers specific troubleshooting guides, which means that you need to see if your garage door opener is Genie, or Liftmaster, or Chamberlain, or whatever other brand, then seek for instructions from the respective company.

The garage door is moving without me touching the remote

If the garage door goes up and down at times, with nobody pushing the remote control buttons, it is possible that you have a short in your wiring. The first thing you could check is the wall button. If you’re lucky, the short is there, so all you have to do is replace it and your repair is done.

The garage door goes only in one direction by remote

If you can remotely open the door, but it closes only manually, you could check the infra-red sensors. It is possible that one of them has a malfunction and needs replacement.

The opener seems to be dead, the door doesn’t move

This can be a good one: check the batteries inside your remote control. This is a frequent incident many people go through, because these batteries have a very long lifetime, therefore we usually forget about them and don’t even think that they are the ones that make it possible to communicate with the garage door opener.

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