Garmin Avis Nuvi 760, Garmin Avis/Budget Nuvi 780, Garmin Europcar Nuvi 760, Garmin Hertz Nuvi 765, Garmin Honda Nuvi 760, Garmin Landrover Nuvi 750, model year 9999. Filed by Garmin International, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 August 2010. 736,343 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Garmin is recalling certain nuvi model portable automotive gps products sold for use as aftermarket equipment and sold and installed as original equipment in certain passenger vehicles that contain third-party lithium-ion batteries manufactured in a certain date range. in rare circumstances the batteries contained in …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10E039 cover?
- Garmin Avis Nuvi 760, Garmin Avis/Budget Nuvi 780, Garmin Europcar Nuvi 760, Garmin Hertz Nuvi 765, Garmin Honda Nuvi 760, Garmin Landrover Nuvi 750, Garmin Mazda Nuvi 760, Garmin Mercedes Nuvi 760.
- What is wrong with them?
- GARMIN IS RECALLING CERTAIN NUVI MODEL PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE GPS PRODUCTS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT AND SOLD AND INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IN CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES THAT CONTAIN THIRD-PARTY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES MANUFACTURED IN A CERTAIN DATE RANGE.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. GARMIN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND TECHNICIANS WILL REPAIR THE GPS UNITS BY REPLACING THE BATTERY AND INSERTING A SPACER ON TOP OF THE BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.”
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| Campaign | 10E039 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 August 2010 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | GARMIN AVIS NUVI 760, GARMIN AVIS/BUDGET NUVI 780, GARMIN EUROPCAR NUVI 760, GARMIN HERTZ NUVI 765, GARMIN HONDA NUVI 760, GARMIN LANDROVER NUVI 750, GARMIN MAZDA NUVI 760, GARMIN MERCEDES NUVI 760, GARMIN MOPAR NUVI 250, GARMIN NISSAN NUVI 750, GARMIN NISSAN NUVI 760, GARMIN NUVI 200W, GARMIN NUVI 250W, GARMIN NUVI 260W |
What the notice says today
The consequence
OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
GARMIN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND TECHNICIANS WILL REPAIR THE GPS UNITS BY REPLACING THE BATTERY AND INSERTING A SPACER ON TOP OF THE BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE. GARMIN ALSO PLANS TO LAUNCH A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION CAMPAIGN THAT WILL INCLUDE PRESS RELEASES AND WEBSITE POSTINGS, AMONG OTHER MATERIALS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 23, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GARMIN'S NUVI BATTERY RECALL INFORMATION LINE AT 1-866-957-1981.
What it said before
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This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10E039, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10e039/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
0636373f - Consequence
779a3cbc - Remedy
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