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Yesterday I pulled the MO inside the garage to clean. Opened the rear hatch. Noticed a very small clearance to the garage door but figured it would be okay as it was not hitting it.
Then I decided to take the trash out...
Clicked on the garage door opener, it went up, and hooked onto the hatch, pulling it up with it, rocking the whole car, and then it slid and got hooked again and this time it did not let go. By the time I got to the garage door opener emergency off switch the garage door opener motor had overloaded and stopped on it own.
You should have seen my face. I was so angry at myself for doing this. Had to use a lot of force to push the garage door away to release it from the hatch, and in the process I cut my finger which later took a few stitches to close-up. But I did not care, I was so worried about the damage I had done to my MO.
I am so happy to report that the only damage my MO suffered was a small scratch on the edge of the hatch which I promptly covered with some touch-up paint. Had this been a metal hatch the damage would have been extensive. The garage door opener motor on the other hand took a a lot more work to reset and finally operational again!
Then I decided to take the trash out...
Clicked on the garage door opener, it went up, and hooked onto the hatch, pulling it up with it, rocking the whole car, and then it slid and got hooked again and this time it did not let go. By the time I got to the garage door opener emergency off switch the garage door opener motor had overloaded and stopped on it own.
You should have seen my face. I was so angry at myself for doing this. Had to use a lot of force to push the garage door away to release it from the hatch, and in the process I cut my finger which later took a few stitches to close-up. But I did not care, I was so worried about the damage I had done to my MO.
I am so happy to report that the only damage my MO suffered was a small scratch on the edge of the hatch which I promptly covered with some touch-up paint. Had this been a metal hatch the damage would have been extensive. The garage door opener motor on the other hand took a a lot more work to reset and finally operational again!