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FAAC Gate Repair in Grand Prairie: What to Know First

FAAC gate repair in Grand Prairie runs $180 to $480 for most jobs: hinge and post failures, hydraulic leak reseals, control board wiring, and motor replacements. We repair FAAC 400, 412, 415, 750, 770, and E024S series operators in your driveway, usually within one to two days, and we quote the price before the first tool comes off the truck. If you own a FAAC gate that won’t open, won’t close, or has started slipping, grinding, or beeping at odd hours, call (903) 829-4499 and tell us what it’s doing. This page is for Grand Prairie homeowners who want an independent FAAC service provider, not a company that will push a whole new gate because the old one needed a $40 capacitor. Hal Gatewood has been fixing FAAC equipment in Grand Prairie since 2001, and if you’re in Dalworth Park, you’ve likely seen our truck at somebody’s driveway.

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How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds good equipment. No argument there. But every brand has its weak spots, and FAAC has a few that show up again and again in Grand Prairie. Here’s what we actually find when a FAAC gate stops behaving:

• E024S control board relay failure. The E024S is one of the most common FAAC operators we see in Grand Prairie, particularly on driveway swing gates installed in the 2010s. The board’s relay sticks after a few hundred thousand cycles, and the symptom is weird: the gate opens fine, then does nothing on the close command, or it closes halfway and reverses. Homeowners replace the remote, replace the batteries, swear at the gate. It’s the relay. We replace the relay or the board, and we test the whole cycle loop before we leave.
• 412 and 415 hydraulic pump seal leaks. The FAAC 400 series uses hydraulic rams, not the screw-type actuators you see on other brands. When the pump’s internal seals start to go, the first sign is a gate that opens slower as the afternoon heats up. Grand Prairie summers push those seals hard. If you catch it early, a reseal kit is a couple hundred dollars. If you run it until the pump burns out, you’re buying a whole new operator. We’d rather catch it early.
• Limit switch drift on the 750 and 770 series. The 750 and 770 are slide gate operators, and their limit switches are magnetic. Over time, the magnets shift or the reed switch gets gummed up with dust and the gate loses its stopping point. It either over-travels and slams the stops or under-travels and leaves a gap a dog walks through. We reset the limits, clean the switch, and realign the magnet bracket. Fifteen-minute fix if you know where to look.
• Capacitor failure on the 400 series. This is the classic “gate hums but doesn’t move” call. A FAAC 400 that hums on open but won’t actually lift the gate almost always has a dead start capacitor. The part is under $50 most of the time. We’ve replaced plenty of them in Grand Prairie, then watched a neighbor’s gate hum for another six months until they called us and got the same fix. Don’t bring this on yourself.
• Swing gate hinge post sag on heavy FAAC installations. This isn’t a FAAC-only problem, but it’s the most expensive one we see on FAAC jobs because the operator fights the sag until something tears loose. In Grand Prairie’s clay soil, a gate post can shift a half inch in a wet spring. The gate starts dragging, the FAAC motor works harder, the amp draw climbs, and the board trips or the motor cooks. We fix the post first, then the operator. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice.

Our FAAC Gate Repair Process

Here’s what happens when you call us for FAAC gate repair in Grand Prairie:

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   You call, a person answers. Not a voicemail, not a call queue. You describe what the gate is doing. We ask a few questions and schedule a time that works. No trip charge inside the county.
2. 2
   We show up and test the basics. We check the power, the battery, the remote signal, and the board’s diagnostic LEDs before we touch anything. FAAC boards have built-in diagnostics that tell us more than most homeowners realize.
3. 3
   We find the actual fault and show you. You’re standing right there. We’ll point at the relay, the seal, the capacitor, whatever it is, and explain it in plain English. If it’s a judgment call, we’ll tell you the repair-only option and the replace-the-part option and let you decide with real numbers.
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   We source the right part. For FAAC gear, we use OEM parts when the job calls for it, especially boards and hydraulic components. For capacitors, limit switches, and hardware, a quality aftermarket equivalent is often just as good and sometimes better. We’ll tell you which is which and why it matters, and we never mark up the part and call it “parts and labor” while padding the labor.
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   We fix it, adjust it, and cycle-test it. A FAAC gate that’s repaired but not properly adjusted will be back to failing in a month. We set the limits, tune the speed, check the safety edges and photocells if your gate has them, and run the gate through a full cycle at least a dozen times.
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   We hand you the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something about the repair isn’t right within 90 days, one call brings us back. No runaround, no “that’s not covered” surprise.

What FAAC Gate Repair Costs in Grand Prairie

Here are honest price ranges for the most common FAAC repairs we do in Grand Prairie. These are what we’ve charged for similar jobs recently, not a national average pulled from a chart:

• Capacitor replacement on a 400 series: $180 – $260 installed
• Limit switch reset and alignment on a 750 or 770: $140 – $220
• Hydraulic seal replacement on a 412 or 415: $320 – $480
• Control board repair (relay or terminal damage): $260 – $420
• Hinge or post repair with on-site welding: $250 – $550, depending on how much of the post base is gone

What moves the price: whether the part is OEM or aftermarket, how far gone the damage is, and whether we’re also fixing a post or hinge problem that caused the operator to fail in the first place. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts. That’s not a promise we hedge on. And remember: we offer a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve gotten from another company, plus $40 off any repair over $200. Call (903) 829-4499 and we’ll come look.

Why Grand Prairie Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for FAAC Work

Hal Gatewood has been fixing gates in Grand Prairie since 2001. His name is on the shop, his address is published, and his truck is a regular sight around Dalworth Park. We’re an independent FAAC service provider, which means we have no incentive to sell you a new FAAC operator when the old one needs a $45 part. We also service LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, so if your property has more than one brand of gate operator, we don’t hand you a second company’s phone number. Every job gets the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and when you call at 10 p.m. because the gate is stuck open, a live person answers. Hal will come out himself if that’s what the job takes, and he’ll be the one standing in your driveway telling you what he found. Tell me what it’s doing, and I’ll tell you what it needs. No runaround.

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