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Garmin Service Alerts are published to warn users of potential safety issues concerning Garmin products or software and specify corrective action. Garmin encourages its customers to contact their avionics dealer or their company's field-service engineering staff with any questions or concerns regarding these alerts.

Service Alerts
Subject Date Download
Users of the Garmin AT legacy Model 819, Model 820 Flybuddy GPS, and TSO-C115b Model 2001/2101 Systems with GPS sensors have been experiencing degraded operation since Sunday, August 17, 2008. August 29, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has discovered an issue that may cause the system to select and display an incorrect course indication when activating an instrument approach procedure. August 19, 2008 Download PDF
Under certain conditions with Synthetic Vision System (SVS) activated, traffic symbols displayed on the PFD may appear to be partially or fully obscured by other elements of the display. August 11, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an issue, whereby the large (outer) BARO knob and the small (inner) CRS knob may interfere with each other. August 5, 2008 Download PDF
LPV and LNAV/VNAV Approaches With Three-Character Airport Identifiers July 22, 2008 Download PDF
Rev B with Service Letter attached. Garmin has identified an issue concerning the Terrain Database, whereby Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA) alerts are not available when flying over the open ocean/sea (specifically any body of water at sea level). The TERRAIN/TERRAIN-SVS feature functions properly in all other locations. June 24, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified that GMX 200 TERRAIN (Non-TAWS) alerts are not available when flying over the open ocean/sea (specifically any body of water at sea level). The TERRAIN Function operates properly at all other locations. June 5, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an issue, whereby the GNS 400/500 COM receiver may become garbled. June 3, 2008 Download PDF
Rev B with Service Letter attached. Garmin has identified an issue concerning the Terrain Database, whereby TAWS-B Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance (FLTA) alerts are not available when flying over the open ocean/sea (specifically any body of water at sea level). TAWS-B functions properly in all other locations. June 2, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an issue where the G1000/G900X/GNS 400W Series/GNS 500W Series units may suspend automatic flight plan leg sequencing. April 21, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an issue that is infrequently encountered when entering or changing a G1000 Transponder Flight Identification (ID) number using the Primary Flight Display (PFD) entry method. March 28, 2008 Download PDF
Some G1000 Pilot's Guides suggest that Jeppesen NavData can be loaded onto Garmin supplemental data cards. Due to issues encountered with loading Jeppesen NavData database information onto Garmin 010-00330-41 or 010-00330-42 supplemental data cards, Garmin no longer recommends this procedure. February 6, 2008 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an issue where a G1000/G900X interfaced to a non-Garmin analog autopilot can incorrectly NAV-couple and/or remain NAV-coupled to a VOR signal that is flagged. This condition is limited to VOR tracking. January 28, 2008 Download PDF
430W/530W Series and G1000 WAAS GPS CDI Scaling December 19, 2007 Download PDF
Setting the ILS CDI CAPTURE to 'Manual' on the CDI/ALARMS AUX page of the Garmin 400W/500W unit is recommended to disable the automatic switching of the navigation source (as when the ILS CDI CAPTURE setting is 'Auto'). October 17, 2007 Download PDF
Garmin has identified an internal component that may cause failure of the GRS 77 resulting in the loss of attitude and heading information in G1000-equipped aircraft. This failure condition, should it occur, will be immediately recognizable by the accompanying red "x" that is displayed in the absence of attitude and heading data. August 16, 2007 Download PDF
Affected aircraft use a Calculated Fuel Range Field that works correctly only when the Distance/Speed Display Unit Field on the AUX - System Setup Page is set to NAUTICAL (NM, KT). August 15, 2007 Download PDF
Garmin has identified a condition whereby the GWX 68 weather radar provides underestimated storm intensity display data. April 24, 2007 Download PDF
All G1000 Series units with GDU software Version 2.02 through 7.01. All GNS 400W and 500W Series units with Main Software Version 2.00. Garmin has identified a condition whereby failing to remove an active arrival or departure prior to loading a new arrival or departure can cause erroneous course deviation indications and a loss of some navigation cues on the map display. February 28, 2007 Download PDF
The G1000 system provides a list of available transitions when loading an instrument procedure to a flight plan. The transition list contains a choice of vectors, published transitions, and initial approach fixes (IAF). In rare cases, the list contains two IAFs with the same identifier. January 9, 2007 Download PDF
Garmin would like to remind pilots flying with GDL 69/69A equipped aircraft that TFRs are advisory in nature only and are not a replacement for a thorough preflight briefing on TFR times and locations. August 9, 2006 Download PDF
Current serial number effectivity list for service alert 050321-01 February 8, 2006 Download PDF
Data required to completely define the affected ILS approaches has been incorporated into the Jeppesen Navigation Database. As such, this alert does not apply when using Jeppesen Data cycle 0506 or later. November 7, 2005 Download PDF
In certain limited circumstances, conflicting navigation information can be provided when a selected Direct-to waypoint is also a waypoint in a loaded terminal/approach procedure. July 26, 2005 Download PDF
Garmin has identified a condition in Version 2.01 of the G1000 Series Terrain Database that can result in incorrectly depicted topography in parts of Canada and Mexico. June 10, 2005 Download PDF
Garmin has identified a condition in Version 2.01 of the Terrain Database that can result in nuisance terrain alerts in parts of Canada and Mexico in the 500 Series TAWS products. June 6, 2005 Download PDF
Owners and operaters of aircraft equipped with G1000 systems should not use the OBS mode until GDU 1040 software version 4.01 or higher is installed. December 13, 2004 Download PDF
G1000-equipped aircraft with GIA 63 units, serial numbers 46901800 through 46902817, are limited to "VFR DAY ONLY" until an inspection is performed. September 13, 2004 Download PDF
Mandatory service bulletin requires aftermarket customers and OEMs to install v3.06 for GTX 330, 330D, 33 and 33D Mode S transponders to address a potential air-to-air safety issue. August 27, 2004 Download PDF

 

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