Troubleshooting Garmin GPS Won't Turn On 877-773-5390

Like any other electronic device, Garmin GPS device is also prone to malfunction. There are few common queries people seek help with or explore the internet to get the quick fix for Garmin GPS support. Some common searches tracked by Google are:

• ·        Garmin GPS won't turn on even when plugged in
• ·        Garmin Nuvi 2597 won't turn on
• ·        Garmin Nuvi 2589lmt won't turn on
• ·        Garmin Nuvi reset button
• ·        Garmin drive 50 won't turn on
• ·        Garmin Nuvi won't charge. 

You might relate to any of these search strings, well nothing surprising. As we mentioned before, you are not alone there are many people who explore the internet for looking Garmin Tech support for their Garmin devices. 

Through this article, we are trying to contribute a little to help/ educate people more and trying to provide easy Garmin support help guide. That you can refer in troubleshooting your Garmin GPS device; when next you encounter some problem.

Keep reading the article to learn more on Garmin GPS charging and turn-on issues. 

Garmin GPS won't turn on even when plugged in

Troubleshooting this situation is not difficult but remembers, if you get back your Garmin GPS devices back in working after following these tricks; you are lucky. Because if after trying all these fixing tricks your Garmin GPS won't turn on even when plugged in; simply indicate you got a critical problem that needs to be addressed by Garmin tech support experts. Let's check out what you can try in this situation:

Use another Power Outlet

Just to make sure your power outlet is supplying power properly, try to plug in your power cable to another power outlet.

Try another charging Cable

If you have got an extra charging cable; try using it to check if your devices start charging and turn on.

Check with charging jack 

Try to adjust the charging pin when inserted in the charging jack, sometimes charging jack gets dislocated thus fails in charging your device.

Check Room temperature

Many Garmin devices do not get charged in quite low or high temperature, they also do not get charged if placed in direct sunlight. For example, Garmin Nuvi doesn't get charged if placed in temperature below 32 degrees and above 113 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Soft Reset

Turning OFF and On your Garmin device can get your device back in working state. You can also press and hold the power key to trigger the "Soft Reset", the device will automatically turn on.

Garmin Nuvi reset button

The power button of the Garmin GPS device is the Garmin Nuvi Reset button. There are 2 types of Reset options you can follow to troubleshoot various problematic situations with your Garmin devices.

Garmin Device Soft Reset: Basically, a soft reset is the first choice of everyone to try when dealing with the frozen device, slow device or stuck while doing Garmin GPS update. Refer to above-written section "Garmin GPS won't turn on even when plugged in" to learn more one "Soft Reset" process.

Garmin Device Hard Reset: The hard reset or also known as the “Factory Reset “or “Default Reset” or “Master Reset” is an option that we suggest to follow when nothing worked and you feel like awestruck in any bad situation.  You can perform the "Hard Reset" in 2 ways, following we shall be explaining each of this one by one. Keep Reading.

Note: This reset process will work with 2509, 2609, 2709, 3400, 3500, 3700 series, and Nuvi Cam

Option 1 Hard Reset Garmin GPS device:

* Make sure your device is turned off and not in standby mode.

* Take out the power cable.

* Power on the device.

* Once you see the first copyright screen on the device, press and hold the lower right-hand corner of your device (display area). 

* Next, you will see a warning message “Erase all user data?"

* Now remove your finger and hit the "Yes" button.

Option 2 Hard Reset Garmin GPS device:

• ·        Go to View Map option.
• ·        Tap the Speed icon.
• ·        Now tap and hold the speedometer for 5 seconds at least.
• ·        When you will see Diagnostics Page, remove your finger.
• ·        Now tap the "Clear all user data" option.
• ·        Then you will be asked "Erase all user data?” tap "Yes" option.

Your device is reset now, the master reset will erase all saved favorites and local settings but all of your downloaded stuff is still available on the cloud. You can get access to them easily. 

Garmin Nuvi won't charge

There could be many possible reasons which can result in “Garmin Nuvi won't charge “situation. Following lets gander over these possible reasons:

Dead Battery

Every device has its life. If your device batteries are dead, they will stop working instantly and will not even get charged further. No options left just replace the batteries.

Environment Temperature

The room temperature or outdoor temperature effects GPS device performance to a great extent. Scroll up to read more on this under section "Garmin GPS won't turn on even when plugged in".

Software Problems

Any software "bug", "glitch", Garmin Map updates issues or similar sort of issues may result in frozen screen and charging issues. It's better to keep your software up to date to ensure a smooth working and avoid sudden breakdowns. Check if you have got any software update waiting for you.

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