Each sensor has an led light on the exterior of the sensor.
Sensors green garage door wont close.
Garage door opener safety sensors can go bad due to age excess sun.
If your garage door won t close after aligning the safety sensors you might need to replace them.
Garage door won t close safety sensor troubleshooting video lights blink 10 times.
If necessary you can close the garage door by pressing and holding the door control push bar until down travel is completed.
By sears partsdirect staff.
If you have to press and hold the inside wall button to close the garage door your safety sensors are either misaligned or may need to be replaced.
Depending on the brand of garage door you have one of the sensor lights may flash dim or go out completely when.
3 fixes for a garage door that won t close.
Garage door light flashing but won t close.
First check the sensor lights.
If your garage door opener won t open and the motor unit lights blink 10 times it usually means you have a problem with your safety sensors.
When you see you garage door opener lights flashing and the garage door will not close it could be the lock button or the safety reversing sensors.
Look at both the garage door sensors.
Start by checking if.
The sensors are designed to detect the presence of a car or object and not squash it but defective sensors could cause a garage door not to close as the garage door opener programmed to do so if it believes that something is blocking its path.