Dead zumo

[speedo]

I am now on my eigth f..king zumo I seem to get about three months out of them.The dealer has changed everything cradles power supply etc it is wired from the aux socket.I have now come to the conclusion that they are a complete ball of shite as I have had replacements that when taken out of the box have failed I have tried all the usual tricks like taken the batteries out etc.It seem's that garmin know about this problem and are willing to change the units when faulty without quibble.I am now going to buy the bmw gps as i'm f..king sick of this crap.

 

[Deleted account W]

I am now going to buy the bmw gps as i'm f..king sick of this crap.

I think that thats a re-badged Garmin Zumo

 

[speedo]

I think that thats a re-badged Garmin Zumo

No whatton i'm not going near that piece of sh..t i'm talking about the navigator.

 

[simondippenhall]

dead zumo

Seriously impressed....I am only on my 5th in 12 months.

 

[Tim Cullis]

I'm only on my third, but the fourth cradle. I sense another 'failure' thread in the offing.

Tim

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

Had mine for nearly a year, and had no problems whatsoever. What am I doing wrong?

 

[pinkytiff]

I don't want to tempt fate - but 14 months & no snags at all....................

 

[Dave & Val]

I'm on my fouth unit & second cradle, I thought I was the only one with problems I feel better now

 

[JohnB]

...and there was me thinking I'd done all right. My 2720 has been giving me gyp for 2 years, 3 replacement units, and Garmin finally upgraded me last week to a Zumo 550! Perhaps it wasn't such an upgrade.

 

[Howard Millichap]

Could the problem be the way you've mounted the units? BMWs vibrate and if you've got it bolted on yer handlebars the vibes are going to get to the GPS and f@ck it up.
I know about 15 people with Zumos on their Triumphs and not one has had a problem.
Not a dig at BMWs. Just reality.

 

[flash of the gap]

I am now on my eigth f..king zumo I seem to get about three months out of them.The dealer has changed everything cradles power supply etc it is wired from the aux socket.I have now come to the conclusion that they are a complete ball of shite as I have had replacements that when taken out of the box have failed I have tried all the usual tricks like taken the batteries out etc.It seem's that garmin know about this problem and are willing to change the units when faulty without quibble.I am now going to buy the bmw gps as i'm f..king sick of this crap.

that,s because of your big fat hands an little cocktail sausage fingers ya keep droppin em on the ground,gorrilla mits

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

I blame the 1200's

 

[speedo]

that,s because of your big fat hands an little cocktail sausage fingers ya keep droppin em on the ground,gorrilla mits

Thats good coming from you belly of pup's

 

[Leprechaun]

Speedo seems like your having very bad luck but am not two steps behind ya. Am on my second unit and second craddle in 12 months. Seems like the only good thing about Garmin is there support service.

 

[snoopy]

Had mine for a year through some tough conditions and no probs other that rubber bits on mount splitting.

 

[JIm]

HI,

Mine's just died, computer cannot even see it, tried the reset.
Its about 18 months old and shot, funny, I expected it to happen at some point, so not overly suprised.

I had some good use out of it on the bike and in the car but looking at all the "can't swich on" and "freezing" faults...............I won't be recomending them to anyone.

Jim

 

[simondippenhall]

Zumo dead

I hope you'll give Garmin an opportunity to 'make it right'....can't be doing with £500 of kit that only lasts 18 months!

 

[Big Nick]

Add another 550 to the list of deceased Zumo's

I had 11 months of use with about 5000 miles covered with it in use in that time.

Problems started with it needing to have the battery removed before it would fire up and now nothing at all will fire it up

Luckily it was just inside the warranty so its gone back today to Garmin no questions asked.

There seems to be a degree of inevitability that these Zumo units will all eventually fail in a relatively short period of time.

 

[BikerBob]

+1 Mine failed almost 12 months to the day, only the first time it had really been used in anger on the bike, packed-up midway through a trip to France

At least Garmin's Customer Service can't be faulted in organising a replacement but no encouragement to read all these posts

Regards Bob

 

[boatman]

had mine on a pan euro st1300 and f**ing thing failed out in slovenia i think its crap anyway compared to the older streetpilot series