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Ghost Controls Keypad & Intercom Repair: The Garland Owner’s Guide

We stock and install Ghost Controls-compatible keypads and intercoms across Garland, with most replacements running between $295 and $540 installed, including the part, labor, and programming. We typically dispatch same-day or next-day for keypad failures, and we carry the common Ghost Controls keypad and receiver parts on the truck. Most Garland homeowners discover the failure the same way: the gate works fine from the remote, but the keypad has gone dead, or the intercom buzzes but won’t release the latch.

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The telltale picture is usually simple. A homeowner punches in the code, the keypad beeps, and nothing moves. Or the keypad doesn’t light up at all. Sometimes the intercom call button still rings the house unit, but the “door open” button does nothing. We see these failures weekly in neighborhoods from Firewheel to Springpark, and the cause is usually one of three things: a corroded wire harness, a failed membrane switch, or water intrusion into the housing after a hard Garland storm. Before we quote anything, we open the housing, meter the circuit, and photograph what we find. That’s the only responsible way to price a repair like this.

Which Ghost Controls Models This Applies To

Ghost Controls sells keypad and intercom options across its automatic gate opener line, and the parts are not universally interchangeable. The most common units we service in Garland are the Ghost Controls wired keypad (the AXWK model line), the wireless keypad (AXDP), and the wired intercom/doorbell kit bundled with the TSS1 and TDS2 series openers. The single biggest compatibility gotcha: Ghost Controls changed keypad connectors between production runs, so a keypad purchased for a 2018 opener may not plug into a 2021 control board without a pigtail adapter. We match the part by the label on the back of the keypad housing and the wire count at the connector, not by the opener model alone.

For most Garland homeowners, an OEM Ghost Controls keypad is the right call. The keypads are reasonably priced, and the connector and mounting footprint match exactly. Aftermarket universal keypads exist, but in our experience they fail faster outdoors: the silicone buttons harden in Texas heat, and the UV-stabilized housing on the OEM unit simply lasts longer. We stock OEM Ghost Controls keypads and receivers, plus quality aftermarket equivalents for owners who want a lower-cost option with the understanding that the button feel and lifespan won’t quite match. Before we install anything, we confirm voltage, wire count, and mounting pattern, and we write the part number on the invoice so there’s never a question about what went in.

Signs Your Ghost Controls Keypad & Intercom Repair Is Failing

• The keypad has no backlight and no response. This usually means the keypad has lost power from the control board. We meter the terminals first; if the board is outputting voltage and the keypad is dead, the keypad is the failure point.
• The keypad beeps, but the gate won’t open. Most often this is a broken wire inside the low-voltage cable run, or a corroded terminal at the control board. Inside the garage, the terminal strip gets damp and green over time in North Texas humidity, and the signal never reaches the opener.
• Some buttons work, others don’t. Membrane keypads fail button-by-button. The most-used digits die first because the conductive pad under the silicone wears through. A keypad that opens on “1234” but won’t register “9” needs replacement, not repair.
• The intercom rings the house, but the gate release button does nothing. This separates the intercom function from the relay output. The intercom circuit is working; the relay that sends the open command to the control board has failed, and the intercom module must be replaced.
• The intercom has a loud hum or static. Water in the outdoor station housing is the usual culprit. A cracked gasket or a mounting hole that wasn’t sealed lets rain in, and the audio board corrodes. We see this often after hailstorms and heavy spring rains in Garland.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Garland, a Ghost Controls keypad replacement typically runs $295 to $410 installed, depending on whether the keypad is wired or wireless and whether the wire run to the control board is still intact. An intercom module replacement lands between $340 and $540 installed, with the spread driven by whether the outdoor station needs a new housing and whether the existing wire pairs are reusable. The price we write on the scope sheet is the price you pay. No revised invoice at the door.

What’s included in the price: the part itself, removing the old unit, mounting the new one in the same footprint, splicing and sealing every connection with heat-shrink or gel-filled connectors, programming the new keypad to the opener, and testing the full cycle at least three times. We photograph the wiring before and after, and we hand you a written record of what was found and what was installed. Under our 365-Day Done Right Promise, if the repair fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge. And we stock the common keypad and intercom parts on the truck, which is why same-day repair is realistic for most Garland addresses.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check the obvious things before calling: confirm the breaker for the opener isn’t tripped, check that the keypad harness isn’t visibly cut or chewed near the gate hinge, and try a fresh battery if you have the wireless keypad. Those three checks solve a real minority of no-opens, and they cost you nothing. What we’d caution against is opening the outdoor station or the keypad housing and probing wires if you’re not comfortable reading low-voltage circuits. The keypad itself carries low voltage, but the control board inside the opener is connected to household line voltage, and the wrong probe can damage the board. A new Ghost Controls control board costs more than the service call.

Honestly, if the keypad is more than five years old and the buttons are dead, replacement is almost always cheaper than repair. If the issue is a wire run or a connector, a technician can often fix it in under an hour. Either way, we’ll tell you what we found and what it costs before we touch anything. Call (469) 273-6254 and we’ll give you a written price on the phone or at the gate, your choice.

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