Garmin on Wednesday announced that it is voluntarily recalling about 1.25 million Nuvi personal GPS navigation devices, about 796,000 of which were sold in the U.S.
Till now over 800,000 Nuvi devices have been sold in the US. The Faulty units include those with model numbers 200W, 250W, 260W.
Reason or fault in Device : The overheating which might have caused a fire hazzard is dude to faulty batteries which the company got from an unknown supplier.
How To Check If You Have Garmin Nuvi GPS device
To determine if your Garmin Nuvi GPS device is involved in the recall — models 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT, where xx is a two-digit number, are affected.
You can visit Garmin’s website and plug your unit’s serial number in.
You May Contact on These Customer care Number
- In the United States and Canada, call ? (At press time, Garmin omitted this number. -Ed)
- In North America and South America outside the U.S. or Canada call +913 397-8200
- In Europe, Middle East, and Africa, call (At press time, Garmin omitted this number. -Ed)
- In Asia, call 886/2.2642.9199
- In Australia, call 1800 113 738; and in New Zealand call 0800 427 652