In today's ultra-fast paced world, recalls have become somewhat of an usual event, since it's sometimes a bit difficult for the manufacturers to cover pretty much all of their angles in a very comprehensive manner, right from the start.

And now, Garmin has just issued such a recall, which apparently affects approximately 1.25 million nüvi personal navigation devices (of which approximately 796,000 units were sold in the United States) that contain batteries manufactured by a third-party supplier within a defined date code range and that have a specific printed circuit board (PCB) design.

The reason behind the recall is that Garmin has identified potential overheating issues when the third party supplier’s batteries 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, but none of the reported incidents has caused significant property damage and no injuries have occurred.

Only the 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT (where xx is a two-digit number) model numbers may be affected.

The owners of Garmin nuvi PNDs can determine if their product is among the affected ones by checking the serial number online, at www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall.

Garmin will replace the battery and insert a spacer on top of the battery next to the PCB before returning the nüvi to affected customers free of charge.


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