Common Garage Door Problems

Start with what your door is doing. These plain-language guides explain likely causes, immediate safety steps, and the repair that usually fits.

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Garage Door Won't Open

You press the remote or wall button and nothing happens — or the motor runs but the door stays on the ground.

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Garage Door Stuck Halfway

The door starts moving, gets part of the way up (or down), then stops dead — sometimes reversing back to where it started.

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Garage Door Making Grinding Noise

Every time the door moves, it grinds, squeals, rattles, or pops loudly enough that you can hear it inside the house.

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Garage Door Won't Close

The door goes up fine, but when you try to close it, it either refuses to move, or travels partway down and reverses back up — often with the opener light flashing.

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Garage Door Opener Not Working

The remotes, keypad, or wall button do nothing — or the opener responds inconsistently, working one minute and dead the next.

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Garage Door Crooked or Off Track

The door is visibly tilted, one side hangs lower than the other, it's jammed at an angle in the opening, or you can see rollers that have popped out of the rails.

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