When you can close the door with the wall button by holding it down until it completely closes and the remotes only make the door move a small amount and the door returns that is the sign of the safety sensor system.
Garage door will not close unless i hold the button.
It is a craftsman.
Does anyone know how to fix this.
The first was checking and removing the light in the opener certain lights or looseness of fittings can cause frequencies that can disrupt the remote signal and is in play when the door is freshly opened but not when it has been closed for a while which explains the asymmetry.
Clutter or obstructions that block the sensor are the first problems to look for if your door won t close or in extreme cases open at all.
If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.
First check the sensor lights.
They can easily become mis aligned due to bumping twisting and loose mounting.