Garmin takes aside navigators because of the marriage of storage batteries

On Wednesday the company Of garmin began the opinion of some models of the navigators of a series Of garmin Of nuvi. In all there will recalled be more than 1,25 million devices, which present danger to the owners because of the possibility of overheating and explosion of storage battery. The large part of the taken aside models is fallen for the American market - 796 000 devices. In this case it is noted that in the USA occurred already 10 cases of explosions; however, no one suffered and also it was possible to avoid heavy damage.

To opinion they are subject to the model of series 200W, 250W, 260W and 7xx, and also 7xxT (where [khkh] - two-digit number). Fault in the unsuccessful storage batteries, which will be substituted, from Garmin will share the third company, responsible for their production. With what precisely firm the discussion deals - it is not indicated. Users can verify they are placed their navigators in the category of unsafe on the special site.