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Chart plotter for recreational crafts – Garmin GPSMAP 500-Series

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 31 Jan 2008In the weekly report of 1 Feb 2008 (week 4, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Chart plotter for recreational crafts
Brand
Garmin GPSMAP 500-Series
Brand as notified
Garmin GPSMAP 500-series
Type / model
Model no 520, 520s, 530, 530s, 540, 540s, 550, 550s.
Description
The product is a chart plotter for recreational crafts. NMEA device(s) can be interfaced.
Risk
The products pose a risk of injuries because they may provide incorrect position information to the user or to interfaced NMEA device(s) in some circumstances. When this happens: 1. a navigation error may result, 2. interfaced NMEA device(s) would not receive correct position information, 3. autopilots utilizing the GPS outputs may navigate to unintended locations.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers. Press release has been issued
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
Taiwan
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0127/08
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0127/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-4 (XML)
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