garmin nuvi recall

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) announced a recall of over one million Nuvi navigation units due to potential battery overheating.

“We…take this opportunity to re-emphasize that Garmin’s existing product literature for Nuvi devices instructs and warns customers not to expose the products to extremely high temperatures by leaving Nüvi units in the windshield while unattended because of the extremely high temperatures that can be reached on a car dashboard on a hot, sunny day,” Garmin officials wrote in a letter.

Yesterday Garmin issued a voluntary recall of 1.25 million Nuvi GPS navigation devices, out of which around 800,000 were sold in the USA.
The Garmin Nuvi recall affected models are very easy to identify, these are models 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT, where xx is a two-digit number.

GPS device maker Garmin is voluntarily recalling 1.25 million of its Nuvi personal navigation devices, nearly 800,000 of which were sold in the United States.

Affected owners can visit Garmin's recall site to verify whether or not their device is subject to recall.
Recalled devices will not be replaced and device owners should not attempt to replace the battery on their own.