According to an industry-leading residential and commercial garage doors provider, garage door openers typically last for between 10 and 15 years.
If you use your opener more than twice a day, it will likely fail before the average lifespan. Here's how to test an opener's power source: If the light bulbs in your garage flicker or burn out within one year, your opener probably uses too much power. If this is the case, you should replace it with a model that operates on less voltage.