GPS maker Garmin has announced a voluntary recall of 1.25 million of their popular units because of a potential battery fire. A little over half of those were sold in the United States. All registered owners will get a letter from Garmin about the recall and how to get their units replaced.
Garmin says that it has found potential overheating issues when a "third party supplier's batteries manufactured within this limited date code range are used in certain Garmin devices". So the problem is limited to a subset of the lines of effected GPS units: the nüvi 200W, 250W, & 260W and the nüvi 7xx (where xx is a two-digit number). (Whew! I have a nüvi 255W
If you have a Garmin in the recalled lines and just want to check the serial number to be sure, Garmin has thoughtfully set up a page just for that purpose right here.
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