You’ve probably heard that already but we’ll just go by 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 that won’t affect its financial results

Here is Garmin’s statement:

Garmin is voluntarily recalling convinced nüvi devices that contain a specific battery that was manufactured by the battery supplier within a limited duration cipher range. Garmin has

identified potential overheating issues when convinced batteries manufactured by the third-party battery supplier within a limited date cipher range are used in undoubtful 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 that issue, Garmin is taking that action out of an abundance of caution.

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Original post by Dave Rubert