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Nuvi 255w Turns off (screen goes to black) after a few seconds to a few minutes. No consistency on amount of time. "Turn Off" may be incorrect - screen goes blank/black Sometimes i can immediately turn it back on- and same thing happens. Sometimes i cannot turn it back on for a long time. Regardless -same result every time. This happens regardless if it runs off of its battery or if it is connected to cigarette lighter. i have tried using different cars and different car charger cables - same result

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I have a Garmin 255 myself. And what I have found is, MOST of the time, the problem is that the CHARGER CABLE has an intermittent connection in it! So, when the cable moves, flexes, or stretches, the battery charge STOPS, and the (mostly discharged) battery cannot support the load, so the unit blacks out and turns off. Try S-L-O-W-L-Y moving the cable while connected with the unit on, and watch for evidence of a bad cable! Sometimes a DIRTY (trapezoid- shaped) connector will do the same thing!

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sharcnet

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  • Posted on Nov 13, 2008

SOURCE: the sound on my nuvi

The fact that it appears on speaker, FM & headphone jack, tells me its a problem in the audio output stage.

- Jim

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 12, 2009

SOURCE: garmin nuvi does turn on when connected to power in car

Hi

I had the same problem. My Nuvi 350 did not power up for a couple of days. I suspected moisture to be the culprit. So I took my wife's hair dryer and blew hot air(in the intermediate setting) into the SD card slot in the GPS for a couple of minutes. Take care not to overheat the GPS or Screen.
Pronto my GPS powered up without any issues.
Hope this helps

ginko

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  • Posted on Apr 10, 2009

SOURCE: Garmin Nuvi 255 won't charge with the car charger.

You may need to replace the battery.

The video on the link below shows how to replace the battery in a Garmin Nuvi:

How To Change The Battery On A Garmin Nuvi 760

emissionwiz

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  • Posted on Sep 30, 2009

SOURCE: My Nuvi 650 does not seem to be charging from the

u need to have a new battery put in it.

sharcnet

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  • Posted on Mar 19, 2010

SOURCE: Garmin Nuvi Doesn't turn on

Try resetting the unit. The procedure can be found here:

http://www.sharc.net/discus/messages/6/313.html?1268661443


- Jim

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