can anyone recommend somewhere that can repair a Garmin Edge 1000? Mine has stopped charging via USB and is no longer recognised by my PC. Everything else appears to be working fine, but as I can't charge it the battery is gradually running out.
I've had the back off and a repair is definitely beyond my soldering abilities. Garmin have offered a refurbed replacement for £200 ish, but I was hoping to get this one repaired for less!
any suggestions?
Is it not in warranty? They did extend the warranty from 1 to 2 years recently
unfortunately not 🙂
I’m sure you’ve checked but I’ll mention it anyway...is the charging port clean? Doesn’t take much dirt in there to cause issues.
I’m sure you’ve checked but I’ll mention it anyway…
Different cable...?
yeah tried multiple cables and cleaning the USB port, but no luck.
Good morning
I had the same issue.
Garmin in my view were less than helpful, I believe that this is due in no small part to a design flaw in these units. My 1000 was 3yrs old.
I replaced it with a Garmin Explore at the Bike Show, I'm not a racer and the explore has all the functions I require.
One thing you will notice with the current range is battery life. One of the Garmin team told me that the previous versions of Bluetooth drained the batteries. The first version of the Garmin Radar and the battery life was terrible. I have the new Radar (excellent) and the battery life on both units is very good, I used to carry a USB battery on long rides.
Currie
I have done it a few times, it is fiddly but not impossible. I am helped by having some nice thin soldering irons at work.
The replacement socket cost a couple of quid (had to order a few before I found the correct one). I have only repaired 800s and 820s, you need to reseal around the charging PCB with sealant after the repair (not sure if that is the same for 1000s).
I think it's just connected with a ribbon connector, so just presses on or pulls off. I've replaced a battery on an 810 and as Eskay says it's fiddly, but not difficult (fortunately didn't need a soldering iron).
