My Garage Door Won T Open But The Motor Runs

One garage door malfunction that is very frustrating is when it will not open.

My garage door won t open but the motor runs.

Home owners say that they can hear the motor running but the opener simply will not operate the door. If the motor hums but the chain doesn t move that indicates a problem with the motor. This can happen if a track is accidentally struck by a heavy object and bent outward. There are a number of possible causes.

Getting out of the car at the end of a long day to open the garage door can be frustrating especially when the automatic garage door opener sounds like it s working but isn t. How to open a garage door with a broken spring. If it is the door there are several reasons why it won t open. There are a number of reasons why the motor will run but the chain doesn t move.

Usually located towards the front of your garage the manual release is that brightly colored cord hanging down within easy reach. Firstly check that the garage door isn t locked. It opens and closes manually. Terry on march 10 2017.

Instead you ll need to investigate the garage door opener. My garage door remote works great until glad comes on after the light times out it works again please advise me what to do thanks. My garage door won t open or close the motor runs and the shaft turns bur doesn t engage the chain. This repair guide and video show step by step how to replace the drive and worm gears in a chain drive garage door opener.

If the door won t open then it s the door itself which is causing the problem. Press the remote or the wall mounted start switch listen to the motor and watch the movement of the chain. When a roller on the garage door comes off one of the side tracks the opener won t be able to lift the door. I accidentally activated the opening of my automatic garage door even though it was physically locked with the lockbar at the side of the door.