AnxietyRanger
Well-Known Member
This doesn’t explain why the door only open about 8”
Oh but it most certainly does.
Click your fob a few times to open the door - and the click it again, and it will stop where it was at that stage. 8" would be very feasible in a scenario where the fob gets pressed in your pocket a random number of times to first initiate the opening and then a moment later to stop it... and then if you move away from range quickly enough (or it doesn't get the requisite number of clicks in time), it won't initiate a close.
Getting stuck by ice and then freeing up - or being blocked by ice when opening - might explain it too, but those seem less likely at 8".