Garmin on Wednesday recalled 1.25 million Nuvi GPS navigation units worldwide due to a battery problem. Of those, 765,000 were sold in the United States. The recalled units may overheat, leading to a fire hazard, Garmin said. The models affected are some units of the Garmin 200W, 250W and 260W families, and a few in the 7 series. Although the fire hazard was identified in only 10 GPS devices from these families, Garmin is recalling all possibly affected models because “We want to make sure we get all the ones that could possibly be affected,” Garmin spokesperson Jessica Myers said.
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Garmin Directs Users to Send GPS Units Home
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 26, 2010 11:25 AMGarmin on Wednesday recalled 1.25 million Nuvi GPS navigation units worldwide due to a battery problem. Of those, 765,000 were sold in the United States. The recalled units may overheat, leading to a fire hazard, Garmin said. The models affected are some units of the Garmin 200W, 250W and 260W families, and a few in the 7 series. Although the fire hazard was identified in only 10 GPS devices from these families, Garmin is recalling all possibly affected models because “We want to make sure we get all the ones that could possibly be affected,” Garmin spokesperson Jessica Myers said.