Possible Garmin battery issue - recall
Possible Garmin battery issue - recall
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dazren

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22,612 posts

284 months

Sunday 29th August 2010
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Just had an email in from Amazon who I bought my 765T through:

Apologies if it's a repost.

email from amazon said:
Dear Customer,

We are contacting you regarding your Amazon.co.uk order which included the following:

B000TUZVBY
B000SDWGF6
B000Z2UHIS
B000Z3EF7Q
B000Y187KU
B001EYTW82
B001H7T19Q
B001ELJEQU

Garmin Nuvi 200 Widescreen Satellite Navigation System With UK Mapping

Garmin Nuvi 250 Widescreen Satellite Navigation System - Full EU Mapping

Garmin Nuvi 760T Satellite Navigation System

Garmin Nuvi 710 Satellite Navigation System with Traffic

Garmin Nuvi 770 Satellite Navigation System

Garmin Nuvi 765 Traffic Widescreen Satellite Navigation System with Full EU Mapping & Bluetooth

Garmin Nuvi 250 Widescreen Satellite Navigation with Full EU Mapping (Newly Overhauled)

Garmin Nuvi 775 Traffic Satellite Navigation System with UK, Full Europe and North American Mapping

We have been informed about a recall on these products.

Garmin has identified potential overheating issues when the third party supplier’s batteries manufactured within this limited date code range are used in certain Garmin devices with the 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.

This issue has been identified in less than ten cases in total involving certain nüvi models. None of the reported incidents has caused significant property damage and no injuries have occurred.

Garmin strongly urges customers to go online to determine if their nüvi device is one of the few nüvi models affected by this recall and, if so, to participate in the program. Only the 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT (where xx is a two-digit number) model numbers may be affected. These units were sold worldwide.

To determine if a unit is affected, customers can visit www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall

Please visit the link below for more information and to determine whether your product is affected by this recall:
http://garmin.blogs.com/ukpr/2010/08/garmin-announ...

If you purchased this product as a gift for someone, please notify the recipient and provide them with this information.

We regret the inconvenience this recall has caused you.

We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Warmest regards,

Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk

Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this message.

majordad

3,629 posts

220 months

Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Their letter ends " Warmest Regards ". An American sense of humour or just a slip up.