Nav5 not turning on in the cold?

[thanatos1224]

So this winter brings a new puzzle to figure out. I have noticed recently (like 3 times thus far on the day below 30 degrees) if I leave my Nav5 in its mount all day parked outside in the cold it does not turn on when I turn the bike on. If I take it out of the mount it will turn on with the manual button on its back. If I take it off for the day and put it inside one of my gloves and leave it in the pannier it will work later. There is a slight delay like 60 seconds after the bike is on but nevertheless. I found on another forum and on Garmin's site this issue and they attributed it to the need for a software reset and or software update. Anyone else seen this happen? https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=i ... DOWUNdACmA
I am wondering the internal battery is just old and needs replacement even if it shows holding a full charge.

[JimVonBaden]

I have not heard of that before. Mine has always worked well.

Jim

[otium]

Mine has shut down and taken an extra minute or so to boot up on a really cold morning once this season, but it did boot up without my doing anything.

[bdimon]

Could the cold have shrunk parts just enough so that the contacts from the cradle to the GPS are not making a good connection?

[JimVonBaden]

Mine is 5 years old now, and still worked perfectly.

[mark]

My Nav VI does the same thing in the cold.


Mark
RT

[tominer]

I just sent my Nav VI back for replacement (Second time), the tech kept asking if there was big temperature changes when the problems started.

[HMF]

My Nav VI would not work properly after a few days on the bike (in the garage) with a lot of big temperature/humidity swings. It would turn on but not respond to touch and the display would shake or freeze, pins would drop or layers change randomly. I couldn't even shut it off or execute a screen recalibration.

I arranged for an exchange (arriving tomorrow) and the defective unit has been sitting inside for a few days. And, wouldn't you know - the "defective" unit now works perfectly!