Fire Hazard from Garmin Nuvi Prompts Recalls from Suzuki and Nissan

After Garmin announced a voluntary recall of 1.25 million units of its popular Nuvi GPS system at the end of August amidst concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire, Suzuki and Nissan followed with a recall on several vehicles equipped with the affected Garmin Nuvi navigation systems including the 750, 760, or 765 models for the same reason.

The recalled Garmin units can be found on certain Suzuki vehicles including the 2008-2010MY SX4 crossovers, 2010MY Grand Vitara SUVs, and 2009-2010MY Equator vehicles, and the 2008-2010MY Nissan Altima, Frontier, Pahtfinder, Rogue, Sentra, Versa and Xterra vehicles.

In both cases, the automakers will notify owners of the affected models, and the repairs will be performed by Garmin technicians who will replace the battery and insert a spacer on top of the battery free of charge.

Fuel Efficiency in the 2010 Nissan Altima

Each year, the Nissan Altima is one of the world's best selling mid-size sedans. The automobile sells well largely because of its reputation for reliability and also because of its competitive fuel economy. The 2010 version of this car comes with various engine and style options, each of which comes with different fuel economy ratings.

One of the best selling versions of the 2010 Nissan Altima is a four-door sedan which comes with 4 cylinder 2.5 liter engine, and an automatic transmission. This version of the car gets an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated 23 miles per gallon in the city and 32 miles per gallon on the highway. If the sedan with automatic transmission is upgraded to a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine, EPA estimated efficiency drops to 20 miles per gallon in the city and 27 miles per gallon on the highway.

The 2010 automobile can also come as a two-door coupe. The coupe comes with the same engine options as the four-door sedan and it receive similar gas ratings. If either version of the Altima is matched with a manual transmission, highway gas mileage will remain the same, but city fuel efficiency will fall off by about 10%.

For those looking for even more impressive fuel efficiency, the 2010 Nissan Altima can come as a hybrid. The hybrid version of this year's model get a very impressive EPA estimated 35 miles per gallon while driving in the city and 33 miles per gallon while driving on the highway. The hybrid Altima comes standard with a 2.5-liter, four cylinder engine and an automatic transmission.

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