Another possible problem could be the sun.
One garage door sensor light is yellow.
What color should the lights be on garage door sensors.
Door will close to about 1 foot remaining and then reverse as liftmaster sending sensor is yellow and receiver light is green.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
If you find the lights turned off in one or both the sensors it indicates that there is a problem in power supply.
If you see that the sender sensor is not yellow and the receiver sensor is not green then this means that your sensors are probably off.
A simple fix would be to block out the sun by fixing a piece of cardboard in.
Garage door sensor light is yellow not letting door shut.
I reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door i reprogrammed my genie opener after that was done the door will only go down by holding the wall button down until the door is completely down.
A common cause of a malfunctioning garage door sensor is lack of power supply.
So how do you fix this issue.
The garage door sensor yellow light and the green light together create a solid illumination.
If you own a garage door opener by lift master chamberlain or craftsman you ll notice that the sender sensor will usually shine a yellow light and the receiver sensor will usually shine a green light.
Front of the sensor.
If the sun shines on the sensors it may hit it in such a way as to block the light.
If they re turned on in both the sensors then there is no issue with the power supply.
You ll need to first equip yourself with a wrench of some sort and a tape measure.
Look for small led lights on the sensors.