Garmin recalls around a total of 1.25 million units of portable GPS units over a possible fire risk issue. Consumer Reports claims to be caused from faulty battery, making the unit to overheat while in use. There have been no injuries or property damage due to the defect thus far, and fewer than 10 units have been reported with the problem. Well we can just hope that the number will remain of that.

The recall covers Nuvi 200W, 250W, 260W and a scarce model in the 700 series that land in a certain date-code range and that use a specific type of printed circuit board design. The easiest way to tell if your unit falls under the recall is to head over to Garmin’s site and enter in your model’s serial number. If yours comes up as one of the unlucky few that has to be returned, Garmin will provide you with all of the basic mailing instructions.

Garmin does not only sell their products through retailers though. There’ve been several automakers that offer cradled Garmin products as optional in place of pricey in-dash navigation system. Thus, some of them might need to contact their customers if their Garmin products fall under the ‘unlucky’ category. Suzuki has confirmed with Autoblog that some of their models uses the said system, and will be working with regulator to deduce which vehicles that are shipped with the faulty Garmin Nuvi system, and will soon contact their customers for the recall procedures.

[Consumer Report via Autoblog]