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FAAC Gate Motor Replacement: The Tarzana Owner’s Guide

We stock and install FAAC-compatible gate motor replacements throughout Tarzana, with most swaps running between $850 and $1,850 depending on your model and the scope of the job. A failed FAAC motor usually announces itself in one of three ways: the gate stops mid-travel and reverses, it hums without moving, or it moves at a crawl and trips the breaker. We carry FAAC repair parts on the truck for common 400, 412, 760, and 844 series operators, so the fix is often completed the same visit. If you are reading this at 6 a.m. with a gate stuck open and a dog that has opinions about the front yard, call (925) 263-6107 and a live person will answer.

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Here is what we know after 42 years of working on Tarzana gates: FAAC builds a solid operator, but the electronics and the capacitors fail long before the gearbox does. The good news is that a motor replacement rarely means buying a whole new operator. The better news is that you do not have to guess which part failed. We do that part for you, on site, before we touch a single bolt.

Which FAAC Models This Applies To

FAAC has been building gate operators since 1965, and the models we see most often in Tarzana driveways are the hydraulic 400 series (400, 402, 412), the electromechanical 760 and 770, and the sliding-gate 844 series. Each takes a different motor configuration, and matching the wrong motor to the wrong board is the most common mistake we fix from previous handyman attempts. The motor label is the honest source of truth: it carries a FAAC part number, a voltage rating, and usually a date code on the housing. If the label is sun-bleached beyond reading, the control board model number is our fallback identifier.

On the OEM-versus-aftermarket question, our position is simple. For FAAC hydraulic pumps and capacitors, we use OEM parts from FAAC’s distribution network whenever the lead time allows. For motors on the 760 and 844 series, a quality aftermarket unit with matching RPM and capacitor spec performs as well as the FAAC-branded version, and we install aftermarket when it saves the homeowner real money without shortening service life. The one place we do not compromise is the capacitor. In Tarzana’s summer heat, a cheap capacitor fails in a season. We stock the correct microfarad rating, because that $25 part is what usually kills the motor in the first place.

Signs Your FAAC Gate Motor Replacement Is Failing

• Gate hums but does not move. The capacitor has failed or the motor windings are shorted. The humming is the motor trying to start and being unable to. This is the most common failure we see in Tarzana, and it usually starts in late summer after months of heat stress.
• Gate starts, then reverses before closing. The motor is overheating and the board is shutting it down as a safety measure, or the limit switch has drifted. Replace the motor now and you usually save the board. Keep running it and you will replace both.
• Gate moves noticeably slower than it used to. On hydraulic FAAC units, this means the pump motor is losing pressure or the fluid is low. On electromechanical units, it means the capacitor is weak or the gears are binding. A slower gate is not “just getting old.” It is telling you something specific.
• Circuit breaker trips when the gate runs. The motor is drawing more current than the circuit allows, which points to winding damage or a seized bearing. Continuing to reset the breaker and run the gate is how a $400 motor job becomes a $1,200 motor-and-board job.
• Burning smell or visible scorch marks near the motor housing. The motor has overheated. Do not run the gate again. Call us, and we will bring the replacement motor with us on the first visit.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Tarzana, a FAAC gate motor replacement runs from $850 to $1,850 installed, and the number varies by model series, whether we are also replacing the capacitor and limit switches, and whether your gate is a single-swing or a dual-swing setup. A 400-series hydraulic unit lands on the lower end. A dual-motor 844 slide setup lands on the higher end. You will know your exact price before we turn a wrench, and that price does not change unless we find something that genuinely cannot be left alone, in which case we stop and talk to you first. We never run up a bill without your say-so.

Every motor replacement we do includes the new motor and capacitor, new mounting hardware where needed, limit switch calibration, force setting adjustment, and a full cycle test with the safety edges and photocells. The work is covered by our written 90-Day Done Right Promise, and we have a standing $50 Off Any Repair Over $250 offer for Tarzana homeowners. Active-duty and retired military, and seniors, always get an additional 5% off.

DIY or Call Us?

The honest split is this. You can safely check a few things yourself: make sure the breaker is on, check that the manual release lever is seated, and look for obvious debris in the gate track. That takes ten minutes and costs nothing. What you should not do is open a FAAC operator and start probing wires. These units carry 120 volt or 240 volt power into the motor, and the capacitor holds a charge even after the breaker is off. A capacitor discharge is not a small buzz. It is a genuine injury risk, and for the cost of a service call, you are buying the one thing YouTube cannot give you: a technician who has done this hundreds of times and knows what the inside of your exact FAAC model is supposed to look like.

We would rather you call us before the gate gets opened up than after. Victor Salinas grew up right here in Tarzana, off Reseda Boulevard, and he has been told more than once that a homeowner “just wanted to try it himself first.” We come out, we diagnose, we give you the straight number, and you decide. Call (925) 263-6107 and a real person answers, day or night.

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