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FAAC Gate Motor Replacement: The Denton Owner’s Guide

If your FAAC gate motor has quit, we stock FAAC-compatible replacement motors and parts on our trucks for same-week installs across Denton, Argyle, Sanger, and Aubrey. A typical FAAC gate motor replacement runs $650 to $1,200 installed depending on your model and whether the control board goes with it, and we quote the exact price before any work begins. Most folks discover the motor has failed on a Monday morning when the gate won’t budge, or after a storm when it grinds once and goes silent. You’ll hear the relay click, maybe a hum, but that arm won’t move.

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Which FAAC Models This Applies To

We work on the full FAAC swing-gate lineup you’re likely to see in Denton County: the 400, 402, 412, 415, 422, 760, and 770 series, plus the 391 and 770 sliding gate operators on commercial jobs. The quickest way to identify yours is the silver label on the motor housing or the data plate inside the control box. It’ll list the model number and the voltage, and that matters more than people think. A 24V FAAC 402 won’t take the same board as a 115V 400, even though the housings look near-identical, and guessing wrong on that is how you smoke a brand-new board in twenty minutes. On OEM versus aftermarket, we’re honest about it: FAAC’s own motors and boards hold up better in Texas heat, but for gear kits and limit switches, a quality aftermarket part costs half and does the same job. We’ll tell you which is which on your specific gate before you spend a dime. We’re an independent Denton shop, not affiliated with FAAC, but we’ve been servicing their operators since the early 2000s and we keep the common parts for them stocked locally.

Signs Your FAAC Gate Motor Replacement Is Failing

• Motor hums but the gate doesn’t move. That’s usually a failed capacitor or a stripped gear, not the motor itself. We can often replace just the capacitor for under $100, and we’ll always try that before quoting a full motor.
• Gate opens halfway and reverses. This is typically a dying limit switch or a control board sending false obstruction signals. It’s especially common after Denton’s spring storms when moisture gets into a cracked seal.
• You have to push the remote three or four times before it responds. The receiver in the control board is going, or the board itself has cold solder joints. A new board resolves it, and we carry FAAC-compatible boards for the common models.
• Burning smell near the motor. That’s an overheating capacitor or a motor winding that’s shorted. Power the gate down at the breaker and leave it off. We’ll come diagnose before you spend money you don’t need to.
• Gate moves slower every week. The gear reduction inside the motor housing is wearing out, or the motor is losing torque. In Denton’s summer heat, a motor that’s already weak will fail fast. We recommend addressing it before it strands the gate half-open.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For a residential FAAC swing gate in Denton, a full motor replacement runs $650 to $1,200 installed. That includes the motor, a new gear kit if needed, wiring check, limit switch adjustment, and a full cycle test. The range breaks down like this:

• FAAC-compatible motor (400, 402, 412 series): $380 to $650 for the part
• Control board (if the old one took damage with the motor): $180 to $320
• Labor and setup: $90 to $180, typically 1.5 to 3 hours on site

Every quote is written, fixed, and agreed before we touch a screw. And every job, parts and labor, carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. No trip charge inside the county, plus $40 off any repair over $200. Hal Gatewood’s name is on the invoice, and we live by that.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check the basics: confirm the breaker hasn’t tripped, test the manual release, and make sure the gate itself hasn’t sagged on the hinges so badly the motor’s fighting it. But once you’re inside that FAAC housing, it’s a different conversation. These units carry a charged capacitor even with power off, and if you touch the wrong terminal or miswire the limit switch, you’re looking at a board replacement on top of the motor. That’s not scare talk, it’s just the trade. If you’re not sure which version of the FAAC you have or what’s actually failed, call (940) 394-8744. We’ll come look at it, tell you straight what it needs, and give you a written price before anything gets opened.

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