Lights for door opener do not come on when door is opened or closed. Where do I find switch that controls this. The wall-mounted control does not appear to function. It is a Liftmaster professional model NO. 2265-267C reply to [email protected]

If the remotes will still open the door but it will only close if you hold the button down on the wall control continuously then you likely have an issue with the safety sensors.

There is a safety sensor mounted near the floor on either side of the door, these sensors have electronic "eyes" that have to "see" each other or the door control stops the garage door from closing. The idea is to prevent the door from closing on something or someone who may be in the way. When you continuously hold down the close button in the garage you are over-riding this system.

An intermittent alignment issue with the sensors or damaged sensor wiring or a failing sensor could sometimes make it impossible for the system to determine if anything is under the door and, again, it will prevent the door from closing normally.

Each sensor has an LED on it, if one LED is off or faint or flickering the sensors are out of alignment. The mount bracket might have loosened or bent, or maybe the nuts holding it have loosened. Either way, fix the mount or tighten the nuts so the sensors are aligned and both LEDs are bright.
If neither sensor has an LED lit, you may have damaged wiring to the sensors. Often this happens if the wires were mounted with a standard stapler and the wire is pinched. The wire eventually breaks internally and the sensors stop working.

The overhead lights might also flash 10 times if you try to close the door and there is a sensor problem. Your opener may also have a

Lock Feature

that could stop the remotes from working, indicated by a flashing light on the wall control, but normally this feature would not require continuously holding the button to close the door.

If everything checks out, it is possible there is a problem with the control in the opener itself, but normally a problem here will not allow the door to open normally or allow you to over-ride the controls to close it.

f the remotes will still open the door but it will only close if you hold the button down on the wall control continuously then you likely have an issue with the safety sensors.

There is a safety sensor mounted near the floor on either side of the door, these sensors have electronic "eyes" that have to "see" each other or the door control stops the garage door from closing. The idea is to prevent the door from closing on something or someone who may be in the way. When you continuously hold down the close button in the garage you are over-riding this system.

An intermittent alignment issue with the sensors or damaged sensor wiring or a failing sensor could sometimes make it impossible for the system to determine if anything is under the door and, again, it will prevent the door from closing normally.

Each sensor has an LED on it, if one LED is off or faint or flickering the sensors are out of alignment. The mount bracket might have loosened or bent, or maybe the nuts holding it have loosened. Either way, fix the mount or tighten the nuts so the sensors are aligned and both LEDs are bright.
If neither sensor has an LED lit, you may have damaged wiring to the sensors. Often this happens if the wires were mounted with a standard stapler and the wire is pinched. The wire eventually breaks internally and the sensors stop working.

The overhead lights might also flash 10 times if you try to close the door and there is a sensor problem. Your opener may also have a

Lock Feature

that could stop the remotes from working, indicated by a flashing light on the wall control, but normally this feature would not require continuously holding the button to close the door.

If everything checks out, it is possible there is a problem with the control in the opener itself, but normally a problem here will not allow the door to open normally or allow you to over-ride the controls to close it.

Try adjusting the down force adjustment. Also lube all the tracks and roller with white lithium grease.

I had this problem as well with the door opening just fine but was not closing when using the remotes or when breifly pressing the wall mounted control. The door would close only when using the wired wall mount control. I have experienced this problem with other garage door openers I've had in my previous homes and it was always caused by sensors at the bottom of the door tracks being either misaligned or the lenses were dirty. In this case, and it was just a moment ago today, I simply cleaned the sensor lenses and then the door began to function properly. Give it a try.

Sounds like a problem with the safety photocells, to confirm locate the where the safety input is on the opener and bridge out the terminals ( not the supply voltage terminals) if the door then closes the photocells are the problem.

Check the aiming of the sensors at the bottom of the door. The little led lights shoud come on when aimed properly.

thanks w/d for getting right on my problem,my closer doesnt have lights at the bottom, it's a garage sale deal. works good otherwise exept I have to hold closer button on the wall to close.

On the wall control with the flashing light press and hold the button with the lock icon for 3 seconds and release.

Press and hold for 3 seconds the button on the wall control with the lock icon.

Sure sounds like the wall control is bad. Very common problem.