Gate motor repairs in Johannesburg South, from Glenvista to Bassonia

Most calls start with one of these, and each has a guide to the safe checks you can do first:

• It won't open or close at all: power, battery, release lever or board. See gate motor not working.
• It beeps or flashes: the motor is reporting a fault code. See gate motor beeping.
• It opens but won't close: usually beams, or something in the way. See gate not closing.
• It opens or closes by itself: a stuck remote, an auto-close setting or a fault. See gate opens and closes by itself.
• The remote has stopped: its battery, or the receiver. See gate remote not working.
• It dies in a power cut: the battery or its charger. See gate motor battery not charging.

When the safe checks don't sort it out, book us: we find the fault, give you the price and fix it. All our spare parts are genuine, and every repair carries our six-month guarantee on our repairs.

Parts of the south are hilly, Mondeor among them, and a sliding gate on a sloping driveway brings one safety point worth knowing. When you release the motor to open the gate by hand, the gate is free to roll, and on a slope it will want to run downhill. Gemini's manual says to keep hold of the gate once it's released, and never to release or engage the motor while the gate is moving; on a slope that matters twice over. Open it slowly, keep your feet clear, and re-engage the motor before you let go.

A gate that creeps or drags on its own is telling you its track isn't level. That's a gate repair, and it saves the motor, battery and gearbox a hard time on every cycle.

A gate motor sits on the outside of the property, and the makers offer several ways to make it harder to steal or tamper with:

• A steel cage over a sliding motor, such as Centurion's for its D-series motors, bolted down so the motor can't be lifted off its base.
• Anti-lift brackets, set with a gap of under 5 mm above the gate, so the gate can't be lifted off its pinion and pushed open.
• Padlocks on swing motors, such as the Vantage's, fitted on the inside of the property, never the public side.
• Tamper alarms: some motors, such as ET's Drive 500 and 600, can raise an alarm if the gate is lifted or jammed open.

What each one stops, and how they're fitted, is on anti-theft brackets.

A keypad at the gate lets people in without a remote: family who've forgotten theirs, a domestic worker, a delivery. Centurion's SMARTGUARD keypad, for one, takes a master code and separate user codes that can be added and deleted, and has security settings worth using; the details are on the SMARTGUARD keypad manual.

Remotes are coded on the visit, and lost ones removed from the receiver so they can't open the gate any more. For more than a handful of users, ask about a receiver built to manage them.

When a motor isn't worth repairing, we fit a new one sized to the gate. Our installed kits include the motor, battery back-up, remotes and fitting: the Centurion D5-Evo SMART sliding gate kit at R7 999, the Gemini 12 V DC slider kit at R6 999, and for swing gates the ET Wingo double swing kit at R13 999. Prices checked October 2026. 1-year guarantee on every motor kit we supply and install. Your exact price is set in a free quote before any work starts. No call-out fee when we do the work. If no work is done, a R650 call-out fee applies.

We repair gate motors in Glenvista, Bassonia, Mulbarton and Mondeor, in Turffontein, Rosettenville, Townsview and Robertsham, and in Kibler Park, Meredale and the suburbs between. For everything else we do in the south, see Johannesburg South.

On the job card, choose Johannesburg and put your southern suburb in the address. Tell us the make of motor and what it's doing; a photo of the motor and the gate helps. Same-day repairs are part of the week in the south when bookings allow, and the 24/7 emergency repairs across Gauteng cover a gate stuck open at night. No call-out fee when we do the work. If no work is done, a R650 call-out fee applies.