Image via CrunchBaseGPS company Garmin has recalled 1.25 million units due to faulty batteries. The company has found bad batteries in some of their Nuvi line of units which could be fire hazardous.The manufacturer of the batteries has not been disclosed. The batteries when used in some specific PCB design overheated. Out of the 1.25 million units recalled, 800,000 were from US. Faulty Nuvi model numebers are 200W, 250W, 260W, 7xx and 7xxT (where xx is a two-digit number). Overheating was found in only 10 instances. To check if your device is affected, visit www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall. Garmin has said "None of the reported incidents has caused significant property damage and no injuries have occurred,".
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