a local gallery. Name it "State of the Uniom - Listener Reaction 2018"

humor about it and I wouldn't have appreciated your sense of humor. But now I see how clever it is!

...to take them OUT of the car when not being used..esp in the hot summer months.

is one that could explode. I'm sure they will do whatever they can to prevent another exploding one.

https://my.garmin.com/rma/recallLanding.faces

nüvi Battery PCB Recall

Garmin is voluntarily recalling certain nüvi devices that contain a specific battery that was manufactured by the battery supplier within a limited date code range. Garmin has identified potential overheating issues when certain batteries manufactured by the third-party battery supplier within a limited date code range are used in certain Garmin nüvi models with a specific printed circuit board (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. Although there have been no injuries or significant property damage caused by this issue, Garmin is taking this action out of an abundance of caution.

The recalled devices include a small subset of the following nüvi model numbers:

nüvi 200W, 250W, & 260W
nüvi 7xx (where xx is a two-digit number)

You can determine your nüvi model number by looking at the label on the back or bottom of your nüvi.

GPS. So she would have gotten the recall notice. For sure, she would never have given it to me, she would just get rid of it ASAP.

I told my son and he had a garmin which he threw away. I'm wondering where you would safely discard it. Probably a hazardous waste site. They could probably deactivate it safely.

Your local waste collection service should have instructions on how they collect electronics.

Again, this is not an issue which is specific to Garmin devices. Any device with a built-in rechargeable battery is prone to getting bad ones from their supply chain.

This happens with e-cigarette batteries, cellphone batteries, laptop batteries, etc.. It is why people are required to put lithium battery powered devices in their carryon luggage, instead of putting them in checked luggage, since if they do fail then there is the opportunity to get at them with a fire extinguisher in the cabin.

I'm thinking of having her mention it to the station and doing a piece on it in a consumer alert and a public notice to their viewers to check their garmins and how to dispose of the ones that were causing the problem. Here is a case where no consumer alert reached my daughter. So I wonder about that...

and could potentially be lethal to them. Scary.

...instead of creating an uncontrolled fire in the cargo compartment.

That's why they want lithium battery devices in carry on. Yes, there is a statistical risk it can blow up violently, but it's a better situation in the passenger compartment where they can then go after the fire, instead of in the cargo hold where they can't.

If it is in the cargo compartment, everyone on the plane is going to die.

Have a look at around the 1:03 mark in this "exploding battery compilation":



This is what a Samsung Note 7 did to a Jeep:



No rechargeable devices - phones, tablets, ecigs, etc. - should be left unattended in a car.

still hadn't recycled the two GPS systems we took out because of you. I wasn't sure what to do with them when we were leaving so I put them in a pot and left them in the kitchen sink. I figured if they exploded, they might not have much to burn around them.

Wouln't that be OK since it can't explode again? Otherwise, I don't know how I'm going to rid myself of it...

we have electronics recycling but it's only at certain times so I have to hang on to them until then.

If there are parts left, I guess you could recycle but I would think it's just trash at this point.

the car. When I reach the Garmin people they may want it. If they do, they'll have to send someone around to get it. I just tried to reach them but I sat on the phone...I got the "all of our operators are busy assisting other customers..." I got sick of holding for the "next available operator." I can't sit there waiting...I do have other things I have to do...

they probably do need it.

If you want them to answer the phone, get in the shower!

I went out and did food shopping and just got back.

Would you like me to go down there and scold them for you?

At this point, I just want a call back. I want to ask them what they are going to do about it. I want a cash settlement from them for putting my life in danger.

I didn't see your earlier post on this. I hope no one was in the vehicle when that happened.