Garmin GPSMAP 498C

[garyc]

I have a small 16 foot flats boat that I run in the Indian and Banana saltwater rivers in Florida. I bought a Garmin 498C about a 1 1/2 years ago and had it installed by the dealer I bought the unit from. The first unit lasted about 14 months. One day when starting the unit it went through the logo screen into the "I agree" screen for maybe 2 seconds and then to "Updating software" . On each restart it did the same. Talk to Garmin and was told to send it back. Since it was out of warranty also send $160.00 dollars. I got the new unit and installed it. This time I added under the console mount a 1/2 inch rubber shock mount hoping to protect the unit. This one lasted about 30 days or 3 trips. I got the exact same problem. Sent it back, didn't cost anything for the replacement since the unit had a 90 day warranty. I just installed the 2nd replacement and got 2 trips out of it before it was giving me the same message.I was wonder if anyone has experienced this problem with their units. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary

Edited July 28, 2009 by garyc

[Florida R227]

Knock on wood, but mine has worked great for almost two years. Sorry to hear of your troubles. I have not had good luck with Garmin Nuvi's (car mount GPS)however and made me wonder about the quality of Garmin products.

[garyc]

Well I got hold of Garmin and they sent me a software update disk. version 3.30 on GPS update is 3.40. Installed and update worked I can not imagine needing an update would shutdown a unit.