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Old 06-04-2009, 09:42 PM
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Unhappy Garmin Zumo 550 suddenly quit

Bummer - my husband was going to borrow my bike for a quick trip tomorrow while his was in the shop. Wanted me to program in a camp ground in Fort Davis and it wouldn't power up. I rode it last night and everything worked fine. Changed seats and today its dead.

Doesn't work on battery, in craddle or come to life when I plug it back into ubs port. Fortunately I have a year left on my warranty.

I checked cables under seat and don't see anything pinched.

Has anybody else had problems with GPS cratering? I've enjoyed thousands of miles with it so I guess I'm surprised it suddenly quit without warning.
 
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Old 06-04-2009, 09:44 PM
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Remove the battery from the back of the 550, wait 10 seconds, reinstall and turn on the Zumo. It should start back up.
 
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Old 06-04-2009, 09:49 PM
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I'll try that - if I can find some little enough allen wrenches to get the back off
 
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It worked!!! Thanks a million! I love this place.
 
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Old 06-04-2009, 09:58 PM
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Glad it worked for you. How did you mount the unit to your bike?
 
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Your welcome. Now how did I know the fix???
 
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Old 06-04-2009, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by StL Mike
Remove the battery from the back of the 550, wait 10 seconds, reinstall and turn on the Zumo. It should start back up.
Originally Posted by crfranklin65
It worked!!! Thanks a million! I love this place.
Mine has done that several times. It has been a long time since I've had to do that, though...probably 10-12k miles since the last time. I thought sure I would have to replace the unit, but it's working great. I've put almost 47,000 miles on the bike and it has been almost 25,000 since I reset the gps mileage. It has rarely been on the bike in town, mostly on the road...
 
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Old 06-04-2009, 10:17 PM
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ditto on KDietz recommendation, join the Zumo Forum for much more info on your 550
 
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Old 06-05-2009, 03:12 AM
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It's happened to me, now I keep an allen wrench in the zumo case.
 


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