Brand new Nuvi 2539 Went Bad
Wed, 02/14/2018 - 10:51pm
   6 years
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I purchased a brand new Nuvi 2539 last September. I just sent it back for warranty repair. I got the replacement last week. The replacement unit seems ok. The micro usb plug became very contrary. It would not receive traffic signals and would charge intermittently leaving me a stone dead battery. Has anyone else had problems with their micro usb ports?
None Here
No issues here. I've been using Garmins for 10+ years now and never had that problem.
A couple thoughts
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Two thoughts:
For the future, consider buying a GPS with a powered mount rather than one that requires connecting/disconnecting the cable from the GPS:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/45200
For now, look through the Garmin forum here. There have been several discussions of the benefits of configuring the cable in the vehicle to reduce strain on the USB plug/socket.
Powered mount
It seems that inadvertantly all my GPS's had/have that feature. Having said that though the Nuvi 855's mount is becoming a bit wonky now.
Nuvi 2797LMT, DriveSmart 50 LMT-HD, Using Windows 10. DashCam A108C with GPS.
I had the same problem.
If it's like the one I had, the cable sticks out the back and jiggles the port around, eventually causing the solder to crack. Seems like a poor design to me...
Never ...
... had a power mount and never had any issues with the connector.
Where there's a will ... there's a way ... DriveSmart51LMT-S, DriveSmart50LMT-D, Nuvi 2508LMT-D, 1490LMT, 1310, Montana 650T, Etrex 20