A TikToker shares her broken garage door in a TikTok video, hoping to get useful advice from the community. In the video, you can see the garage door closing, hitting the floor, then popping back up and stopping halfway, followed by two beeping sounds.
The TikToker stated that she came back from vacation to a broken garage door and asked for someone smart to help her fix it. Did it help her repair the garage door? Let’s find out.
Some users pointed out that there might be a problem with the door safety sensors, commenting:
- “Hear me out, this happened to me. There was a big bug dead on my door sensor. Removed it and it worked.”
- “Yes ours does that if it has the sensors on the bottom and the light shines just right. We just took the sensors off.”
- “Our sensor wasn’t able to see the other one. I bent the metal a bit and it fixed it lol.”
- “If light is shining on the sensor, that can cause the door to do that as well.”
Well, would you take advice from the TikTok community about repairing or maintaining your garage door? Neither would we. The door sensors are a safety device designed to prevent the garage door from closing if there are objects blocking them or during a malfunction. In the video, the door is closing just fine, thus ruling out any issue with the safety sensors.
While some TikTokers were just guessing, others were a bit more helpful, commenting:
- “Why not call the company who installed it??”
Later in the video, the TikToker is seen climbing on the side of her car after she “Googled” the problem. She then tries to use a screwdriver, sticking it in all the wrong places.
So, what should the TikToker have done? First, use the manual release cord to open the door manually and pull the car out of the garage. Second, read the error code from the broken garage door opener and refer to the OEM owner’s manual, not an internet search engine. Third, find the solution from the owner’s manual troubleshooting chart and fix the garage door. Problem solved in less than 15 minutes.
