Garage Door Motor Replacement in Oxon Hill, MD | Garage Door USA
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Garage Door Garage Door Motor Replacement Oxon Hill, MD
Opener motor and gear-assembly replacement when the unit can be salvaged, or full opener swap when it can't. We size the new motor to your door weight (1/2, 3/4, or 1.25 HP).
Garage Door Garage Door Motor Replacement Oxon Hill, MD
Oxon Hill garage door motor replacement runs through our shop constantly. Set in Maryland's humid subtropical region, these doors meet summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, salt-tinged coastal air that accelerates rust near the shore, and corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air, and we choose parts that outlast it.
Oxon Hill's weather writes the maintenance schedule. With a humid subtropical climate — long, hot, muggy summers, mild winters, heavy thunderstorms, and high year-round humidity, doors here face summer heat and moisture that swell wood doors and seize rollers, salt-tinged coastal air that accelerates rust near the shore, and corrosion that creeps across hardware in the muggy air — and we stock the parts that stand up to it.
The short list of what goes wrong on Oxon Hill garage doors: rusted bottom brackets on damp slabs, storm-driven debris and water in the tracks, corroded springs and cables in the humid air, and moisture-tripped openers and sensors after storms. Whatever's on yours, the diagnosis is free on most repairs and the quote is in writing.
Motor replacement is the right move when the opener's motor or gear assembly has failed but the rest of the unit (logic board, rail, sensors, remotes, wall console) is still in good shape. On a 6–9 year old LiftMaster or Genie, motor or gear replacement is typically 40–60% the cost of a full opener swap and gives you another 8–10 years of life. We carry motor and gear assemblies for the major brands and most models from the last 12 years.
Sizing matters. A motor sized for a light non-insulated 8x7 door will burn out fast on a heavy insulated 16x7. We size replacements by measured door weight: 1/2 HP for light residential, 3/4 HP for standard insulated, 1.25 HPS for heavy insulated or oversized doors. If the original opener was under-sized, we recommend an upgrade rather than matching the underspec original.
After motor replacement, we re-program travel limits, re-calibrate force settings, and verify auto-reverse on an obstruction test. The full visit takes 90–120 minutes including these checks. We include a 2-year parts and labor warranty on the motor replacement.
Capacitor failure (cheaper fix) or motor windings (full motor needed). Diagnostic determines which.
Burning smell during operation
Stop using the opener — motor is overheating, possibly due to gear strip or under-sized motor on heavy door.
Audible grinding from motor housing
Gear assembly stripping or bearing failure. Continued use destroys the gear; immediate service preserves a $149 gear swap vs. a $349 motor replacement.
Door moves slower than it used to
Worn motor windings can deliver less torque, causing slow travel. Diagnostic confirms motor vs. unrelated issues.
Smoke from motor housing
Severe motor failure or wiring fault — unplug immediately and call for emergency service.
Common causes & what we fix
Capacitor age
Start capacitors dry out over 7–10 years and stop providing torque to the motor. Often misdiagnosed as motor failure. $25–$89 capacitor swap usually fixes.
Gear assembly wear
Nylon worm gears strip after years of cycles. The gear, not the motor, is failing — gear replacement is much cheaper than motor replacement.
Motor winding burnout
Genuine motor failure from over-load on heavy doors or sustained operation against an obstructed door. Replacement is the fix.
Power surges
Grid events damage motor electronics. Surge protection prevents the most common failures.
Bearing failure
Motor bearings fail at 12–15 years on average. Replacement is possible but often makes more sense as full motor swap.
Our process
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Call or schedule online. Schedule garage door motor replacement on a 2-hour window that suits you. Within five minutes you'll get a confirmation carrying the name and photo of the tech we're sending.
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On-site diagnosis. Our Oxon Hill tech inspects the garage door motor replacement on-site first. Diagnosis is free for most repairs ($39 on minor calls, waived if you proceed), and you see the problem before any work starts.
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Flat-rate quote. Before starting, we hand you a written, flat-rate garage door motor replacement estimate. What you see is what you pay — no hourly surprises, no commission-driven add-ons.
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Same-visit fix. Nine times in ten — 96%, really — the garage door motor replacement is done in one visit. You watch the final test cycle, and we haul off every old part and bit of debris.
How much does garage door motor replacement cost in Oxon Hill, MD?
What you'll pay for garage door motor replacement in Oxon Hill, MD: a flat rate starting at $279, confirmed in writing up front. Senior, military, and financing options are all on the table, and the quote is good for a full 30 days. Pricing garage door motor replacement cost in Oxon Hill, MD? The quote is flat-rate and in writing before any work begins — no hourly creep.
Garage Door Motor Replacement the United States starts at from $279, and the garage door motor replacement number is flat-rate, written, and set before we begin — no hourly billing, no surprise parts charges. We discount labor 10% for seniors (65+) and military, and projects over $1,500 can use 0% APR Synchrony financing for 12 months with no prepayment penalty.
Why homeowners in Oxon Hill, MD choose us for garage door motor replacement
In Oxon Hill, garage door motor replacement done right means a local, licensed crew that understands Prince George's County's housing and climate. That's us — CSLB #1098234, daily dispatch, 96% first-call fixes, and no surprise add-ons. For professional garage door motor replacement in Oxon Hill, MD, Oxon Hill homeowners reach a salaried, background-checked crew, never a call center.
Garage door motor replacement is guaranteed ten years on our workmanship — a promise that sits apart from the manufacturer's parts coverage. If the garage door motor replacement we performed fails because of our install, the fix is free for the full decade. 30,000-cycle springs are lifetime-warrantied for the original homeowner, and parts and accessories run 1–5 years.
The two rules behind every garage door motor replacement quote: don't sell work that isn't needed, and show the customer everything. Our salaried techs have no commission incentive, the diagnostic is fully transparent, and we call repair-versus-replace on the long-term math, not the bigger ticket. Your flat-rate garage door motor replacement quote is written and good for 30 days.
Areas we serve for garage door motor replacement
We provide garage door motor replacement throughout Oxon Hill, MD and the surrounding Prince George's County area. Serving Squires Woods, Rosecroft Park, Apple Grove and surrounding neighborhoods.
Some geography behind our garage door motor replacement: Oxon Hill is one of the communities of Prince George's County, Maryland. Oxon Hill is inside that, and we cover the whole of it.
Beyond Oxon Hill proper, our garage door motor replacement reaches nearby Temple Hills, Friendly, National Harbor, and Forest Heights — same crews, same turnaround, same flat-rate pricing. Need garage door motor replacement near 20744? It's on the daily Prince George's County loop, dispatched to the closest stocked truck.
Garage Door Motor Replacement near you in Oxon Hill, MD
Plenty of results for "garage door motor replacement near me" in Oxon Hill are out-of-area middlemen. We aren't: our trucks already run Squires Woods, Rosecroft Park, Apple Grove and South Lawn, so being close keeps both the wait and the price honest.
Oxon Hill is part of our greater Baltimore, MD metro service area.
We service ZIP codes 20744, 20745 and everything around them. Because Oxon Hill traffic moves garage door motor replacement response times around, we quote your ETA live on the call rather than guessing. Our dispatch number connects to an on-call tech with no voicemail in the way. "Local garage door motor replacement near me" in Oxon Hill should mean a tech who already works your street — with us it does.
Frequently asked about garage door motor replacement
Top questions homeowners searching for Garage Door Motor Replacement near me ask us:
Oxon Hill is one of the communities of Prince George's County, Maryland. We treat all of it as one service area — Oxon Hill and neighbors like Temple Hills, Friendly, National Harbor, and Forest Heights — with trucks staged to keep dispatch times short and the same flat-rate pricing in every community.
In Oxon Hill it is usually rusted bottom brackets on damp slabs — and because the area has mainly suburban houses with attached two-car garages, mixed with some older central-neighborhood homes, we also see a lot of storm-driven debris and water in the tracks. Both are stocked on the truck, so most repairs are one and done.
Light non-insulated: 1/2 HP. Standard insulated: 3/4 HP. Heavy insulated or oversized: 1.25 HPS. We size by measured door weight, not assumptions.
Yes — capacitor test is part of the diagnostic. If it's just the cap, you save the motor replacement cost.
2 years parts and labor on motor replacement. Manufacturer coverage on the motor itself varies (LiftMaster 5–10 years, Genie 5 years).
90–120 minutes including diagnostic, motor swap, travel and force programming, and obstruction test.