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Ghost Controls Gate Motor Replacement: The Colleyville Owner’s Guide

If the motor on your Ghost Controls gate opener has quit, you’re likely looking at an installed replacement between $450 and $850 here in Colleyville, depending on which model you have and whether we replace just the actuator arm or the full control board and motor assembly. Most Ghost Controls motor replacements are completed in one visit, and we carry the common replacement parts on the truck. The way most homeowners discover the motor has failed is simple: the gate makes a humming sound but doesn’t move, or it moves a few inches and stops. Sometimes there’s no sound at all, just a dead keypad and a gate that won’t budge.

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Which Ghost Controls Models This Applies To

Ghost Controls builds gate openers under a few distinct model lines, and the replacement motor has to match the series. The most common in Colleyville driveways are the TSS1 and TDS2 series for swing gates, plus the GTR series for solar applications. You’ll find the model number on a metal plate mounted to the opener chassis, usually near where the arm connects to the gate bracket. Before we order or install anything, we verify that number twice, because a TSS1 motor will not simply bolt into a GTR housing even though they look nearly identical at a glance. That’s the compatibility gotcha that catches people who buy parts online. Ghost Controls sells OEM replacement motors, and for most homeowners in this area, OEM is the right call. The aftermarket equivalents that fit Ghost Controls housings are inconsistent, and the last thing you want on a gate that weighs several hundred pounds is a motor with looser tolerances than the original. We’re an independent service company, not a Ghost Controls dealership, which means we can quote you either option honestly and let you decide.

Signs Your Ghost Controls Gate Motor Replacement Is Failing

• The gate hums but won’t move. This usually means the motor is getting power but the internal gear train has stripped. The motor is trying, but the teeth that transfer force to the arm are gone.
• The gate starts, then reverses or stops mid-travel. Ghost Controls boards use current sensing to detect obstructions. A failing motor draws erratic current, which confuses the board into thinking something is in the way.
• The gate moves noticeably slower than it used to. Motor windings degrade over time, especially in Colleyville heat. A motor that ran a 14-second cycle for years and now takes 25 seconds is telling you something.
• You hear grinding or clicking from the opener housing. That’s mechanical wear inside the gearbox, not an electrical problem. Replacing just the board won’t fix it; the motor and gear assembly have to go.
• The gate runs fine, then intermittently does nothing. This is the one that frustrates people most. It’s often a thermal overload switch inside the motor tripping as the windings heat up, then resetting after it cools. In Texas summers, this shows up more often than in milder climates.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Colleyville, you’re going to see most Ghost Controls motor replacements land between $450 and $850 installed. A straightforward actuator arm replacement on a TSS1 runs toward the lower end. A full motor and control board replacement on a heavier gate, possibly with new wiring or a transformer, runs toward the higher end. We give you the price before any work starts, and that price does not change unless we find something else broken and you approve the additional work in writing first. The price includes the part, the labor, removing the old motor, aligning the new one to the gate, and testing the full cycle several times before we leave. Every Ghost Controls motor replacement we install is covered by the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not right, we come back and make it right. No paperwork, no arguing, no charge.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s one check a homeowner can safely do: verify the outlet or breaker feeding the opener has power. Some Ghost Controls units plug into GFCI outlets that trip without anyone noticing, and a dead outlet looks exactly like a dead motor. After that, this job involves 120V wiring, a heavy gate arm under tension, and a motor that can pinch or crush fingers if the gate moves unexpectedly during the work. We’ve seen DIY attempts where the gate was left off its travel stops and swung free in a gust of wind while the opener was unbolted. The cost to fix that exceeded the cost of the original motor replacement by a wide margin. If you’ve confirmed power is reaching the opener and the gate still won’t respond, call us at (817) 242-5426. We’ll get a technician out to you, and we’ll tell you exactly what we find before we turn a wrench.

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