Chart plotter for recreational crafts
Garmin GPSMAP 500-series
Recreational craftsInjuries
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
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 taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers. Press release has been issued. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The product is a chart plotter for recreational crafts. NMEA device(s) can be interfaced.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0127/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-4
- Published
- 31 January 2008
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum Notification 0054/08 of week 3 has been removed (the product does not pose a risk of fire and burns and complies with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standards EN 71 and EN 62115).
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