Zumo 450 and 550 repair

[dave_wells]

My Garmin 550 is shot the touch screen is not working

Finding out I can not do the refurbish with Garmin

 

After deciding to pony up some money for a new one

I sent a few emails trying to sell off the parts for mounting the old one

 

 

We a friend emailed me and said wait don't do anything

 

He referred me to PalmDR.com

 

I called and its looking like a 60.00 repair including return shipping

 

Maybe i can put off buying a new one for a few more years

 

 

Sending it out today

I will update when I get it back

[frankd]

Dave,

Thanks for the info. I've contacted them to see if they can repair a Garmin Nuvi for me.

 

Frank D.

[dave_wells]

This is what they sent me

They just received it yesterday

I am having them put maps on for 28.00

 

Dave,

 

We have received and completed the evaluation of your Zumo 550, we

installed a new digitizer and this solved the problem with the

touchscreen. I removed several unnecessary files from the unit to

clear up some space, not sure if this will solve the problem with the

waypoints. The total will be $52.90 plus $7 for Priority Mail return

shipping bringing the total to $59.90. Another consideration is to

put the map file on an SD card, we can include a 4GB SD card and the

2015 maps for an additional $28. We found some of your rubber

buttons are starting to tear free, eventually they will fall out, we

highly recommend having our button repair service for an additional

$17.95 - at this time the small cracks are able to allow moisture to come in.

 

Please let me know if I should proceed with the repair. If paying by

check(preferred method) just let us know when the check has been

mailed and we will send out the unit prior to receiving the payment.