GPS Prone Cars Burned

Watch Telenovelas - Exercise caution in your car GPS user. Because this device can cause a fire in the car. At least in the U.S., two car manufacturers namely Suzuki and Nissan had to pull the cars that use GPS device with Garmin brand.

Should attract more than 20,000 car among other SX4 car output from 2008 to 2010, the Grand Vitara and Equator in 2010 equipped with navigation units Garmin Nuvi 750, 760 and 765.

While the Nissan Altima pulled seven models namely, Frontier, Pathfinder, Rogue, Sentra, Versa and Xterra.

As reported by Leftlane news, Monday (14/09/2010), Garmin GPS that can potentially cause overheating and a fire in the cabin. Until this story down there has been no report hangusnya car due to fire from a GPS navigation system.

However, to anticipate, instruct the U.S. Nissan Nissan car owners who intended to contact the nearest Nissan dealership to get a replacement.

While Garmin in the explanation on the official website tells potential fires can occur because of the use of a battery that is supplied by a third party battery manufacturers on some models by Garmin nüvi PCB (Printed Circiut Board) specific.