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garmin’s major recall

Aug 27, 2010 garmin, gps navigation, nuvi

You’ve probably heard this already but we’ll just go over a few of the details:

• Garmin is recalling 1.25 million nuvi GPS navigation systems (796K of them in the U.S.)
• there are issues with overheating batteries
• they’re blaming a third party battery supplier
• affected models are 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx, and 7xxT
• however not all of these are affected, go here and check
• battery supplier agreed the cost of replacing battery packs
• Garmin says this won’t affect its financial results

Here is Garmin’s statement:

Garmin is voluntarily recalling certain nüvi devices that contain a specific battery that was manufactured by the battery supplier within a limited date code range. Garmin has identified potential overheating issues when certain batteries manufactured by the third-party battery supplier within a limited date code range are used in certain Garmin nüvi models with a specific printed circuit board (PCB) design. It appears that the interaction of these factors can, in rare circumstances, increase the possibility of overheating, which may lead to a fire hazard. Although there have been no injuries or significant property damage caused by this issue, Garmin is taking this action out of an abundance of caution.

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