I have a garmin etrex legend thats turns off, goes blank,has screen flutters, and sometimes goes to nothing but a thin vertical line. It's only a $100 GPS so, is it worth fixing? Any idea on cost to fix? Gotta send it to garmin to fix? or?? Damned thing only made it a year Thanx Tony
Super common problem for that unit. tried this: http://www.gpsxchange.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=338 I saved 3 units using these instructions. I didn't write them, I just host the file.
Standard charge for GPS repair, no matter whats wrong, according to G... is...... 200 clams. Chunk it.
Not true, each model has it's own garanteed repair price check this page: http://www8.garmin.com/support/outofwarranty.html Etrex is $59, still not worth it, but not $200
If it were me, I would just chuck it and sheel out the $189 for a 2610 from the e-tailer in another thread on Advrider that so many forum members have had good luck with. The ~$100 difference in price would be SOOOO worth it for all the benefits the 2610 offers over the legend. Heck, I keep hoping my LegendC will die so I can do just this!!!!! Cheers! GovDog
The etrex legend repair is $99. OR, I could just buy a new 1 for the SAME FRIGGIN PRICE!:huh Damn electronic gizmo's. Tony
Garmin doesn't repair the GPS, they just replace it with a refurbished unit, and ship the defective ones to Taiwan for "refurbishing". I sent in my dead 2610 and they sent me a unit that when turned on, the map showed its last location being in Taiwan.
Thanks for the link to the Garmin repair site. This was the information I was looking for. $225 for the NavII. I cooked it at 115 F for 8 hours.
