turbosaaber
Well Known Member
Hello,
Well my rv became a plane last december and I purchased a gns530 new from a builder that decided to another route. Well I missed the boat on the 1500 waas upgrade and I thought it would be fine since if the wx was bad I would just shoot an ILS. Well after a total of 60 hrs on the unit the internal battery died and GS requires service message appears. I called GARMIN and they said it will be a 1000 charge plus shipping. Upgrade to WAAS for 3000+. I guess the lesson is to wait until the last possible moment to order avionics!!!!! It just really sucks that this unit is has 60 hours on it with a failure, seems to me that it is a manufacturer defect and GARMIN will not do anything about it. I have GARMIN products all over my plane other than the skyviews, I just thought their products are great and I thought their customer service would be equally as good.
Well just wanted to share my experience and hope it helps someone.
Well my rv became a plane last december and I purchased a gns530 new from a builder that decided to another route. Well I missed the boat on the 1500 waas upgrade and I thought it would be fine since if the wx was bad I would just shoot an ILS. Well after a total of 60 hrs on the unit the internal battery died and GS requires service message appears. I called GARMIN and they said it will be a 1000 charge plus shipping. Upgrade to WAAS for 3000+. I guess the lesson is to wait until the last possible moment to order avionics!!!!! It just really sucks that this unit is has 60 hours on it with a failure, seems to me that it is a manufacturer defect and GARMIN will not do anything about it. I have GARMIN products all over my plane other than the skyviews, I just thought their products are great and I thought their customer service would be equally as good.
Well just wanted to share my experience and hope it helps someone.