Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd—Marine cartography data cards known as BlueChart g2 Card and BlueChart g2 Vision Card

PRA number

2009/10857

Published date

Product description

The two products are SD cards. They are electronic marine charts that allow the user to view data such as water depth, channel markers, tides, currents and other marine navigation information on a monitor mounted on the dashboard of a boat. The user inserts the SD card into their navigation device and then views the marine charts for the area they are navigating on the screen.
Blue chart 1
Blue Chart 2
Identifying features
BlueChart g2 Vision cards will bear one of the part numbers listed below and have a “MAR 09” release date on it. BlueChart g2 cards will bear one of the part numbers listed below and have a description that begins with the letter “H” or “HX” (example: HXUS039R). The part number is assigned by Garmin and will always have the prefix “010”. The UPC number is the bar code number of the product. BlueChart g2 Garmin Proprietary Cards Identification: All part numbers listed below are affected (label on card may indicate “MAR 09”). Part Number Description UPC 010-C1014-10 HUS040R - US East g2 753759095796 010-C1015-10 HUS041R - US West g2 753759095802 010-C1016-10 HCA016R - Canada East g2 753759095765 010-C1017-10 HCA017R - Canada West g2 753759095772 010-C0722-10 HUS021R - California-Mexico 753759089177 010-C0728-10 HUS027R - Hawaiian Islands-Mariana Islands 753759089290 010-C0730-10 HUS029R - Southern Bahamas 753759089313 010-C0731-10 HUS030R - Southeast Caribbean 753759089337 010-C0732-10 HUS031R - Southwest Caribbean 753759089351 010-C0738-10 HUS400S - Walkers Cay to Exuma Sound 753759089474 010-C1024-10 HUS401S - Bermuda 753759095543 010-C0742-10 HUS513L - Jacksonville - Bahamas 753759089559 010-C0745-10 HSA003R - Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro 753759089597 010-C0746-10 HSA004R - Natal to Buenos Aires 753759089610 010-C0895-10 HSA005R - Florianopolis to Falkland Island 753759090197 010-C0896-10 HSA006R - Chile and Falkland Island 753759090210 010-C0897-10 HSA007R - Esmeraldas to Valparaiso 753759090234 010-C0898-10 HSA008R - Central America West 753759090258 010-C0760-10 HEU001R - English Channel 753759091439 010-C0761-10 HEU002R - Dover to Amsterdam and England Southeast 753759091453 010-C0762-10 HEU003R - Great Britain, Northeast Coast 753759091477 010-C0763-10 HEU004R - Irish Sea 753759091491 010-C0764-10 HEU005R - Ireland, West Coast 753759091514 010-C0765-10 HEU006R - Scotland, West Coast 753759091538 010-C0766-10 HEU008R - Bay of Biscay 753759091552 010-C0767-10 HEU009R - Portugal and Northwest Spain 753759091576 010-C0768-10 HEU010R - Spain, Mediterranean Coast 753759091590 010-C0769-10 HEU011R - France, South Coast and Corsica 753759091613 010-C0770-10 HEU012R - Italy, West Coast 753759091637 010-C0771-10 HEU013R - Italy Southwest and Tunisia 753759091651 010-C0772-10 HEU014R - Italy, Adriatic Sea 753759091675 010-C0773-10 HEU015R - Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara 753759091699 010-C0774-10 HEU016R - Mediterranean Southeast 753759091712 010-C0775-10 HEU018R - The Netherlands 753759091736 010-C0776-10 HEU019R - Alborg to Amsterdam 753759091750 010-C0777-10 HEU021R - Denmark East and Sweden Southeast 753759091774 010-C0778-10 HEU041R - Oslo-Skagerak-Haugesund 753759091798 010-C0779-10 HEU042R - Oslo to Trelleborg 753759091811 010-C0780-10 HEU043R - Iceland and Faeroe Islands 753759091835 010-C0782-10 HEU046R - Oregrund, Aland to Malmo 753759091859 010-C0783-10 HEU047R - Gulf of Bothnia - Kalix to Grisslehamn 753759091873 010-C0784-10 HEU048R - Stockholm, Malaren, Vanern and Vattern 753759091897 010-C0785-10 HEU049R - Stockholm to Aland and Turku 753759091910 010-C0786-10 HEU050R - Aland to Vyborg 753759091934 010-C0787-10 HEU051R - Lista - Sognefjorden 753759091958 010-C0788-10 HEU052R - Sognefjorden - Svefjorden 753759091972 010-C0789-10 HEU053R - Trondheim - Tromso 753759091996 010-C0790-10 HEU054R - Vestfjd-Svalbard-Varanger 753759092016 010-C0791-10 HEU055R - Finnish Lakes 753759092030 010-C1001-10 HEU058R - Greenland West 753759090302 010-C1002-10 HEU059R - Greenland East 753759090333 010-C0794-10 HEU450S - Athens and Cyclades 753759092054 010-C0795-10 HEU451S - Ligurian Sea, Corsica and Sardinia 753759092078 010-C0796-10 HEU452S - Adriatic Sea, North Coast 753759092092 010-C0797-10 HEU453S - Adriatic Sea, South Coast 753759092115 010-C0798-10 HEU454S - Barcelona and Valencia 753759092139 010-C0799-10 HEU455S - Alicante to Cabo de Sao Vicente 753759092153 010-C0800-10 HEU456S - The Solent and Channel Islands 753759092177 010-C0801-10 HEU457S - Bretagne 753759092191 010-C0802-10 HEU458S - Goteborg to Fyn 753759092214 010-C0803-10 HEU459S - Arhus-Kiel-Koszalin 753759092238 010-C0804-10 HEU460S - Sicily to Lido di Ostia 753759092252 010-C0805-10 HEU461S - Thames Estuary 753759092276 010-C0806-10 HEU462S - English Channel East 753759092290 010-C0807-10 HEU463S - Bristol Channel and England S/W 753759092313 010-C0808-10 HEU464S - Penmarch to Les Sables d'Olonne 753759092337 010-C0809-10 HEU465S - La Baule to San Sebastian 753759092351 010-C0810-10 HEU466S - Golfe Du Lion to San Remo 753759092375 010-C0811-10 HEU467S - Blackpool to Cardiff 753759092399 010-C0812-10 HEU468S - Sodertalje to Trelleborg 753759092412 010-C0813-10 HEU469S - Stockholm and Malaren 753759092436 010-C0814-10 HEU470S - Stromstad to Halmstad 753759092450 010-C0815-10 HEU471S - Gulf of Bothnia, South 753759092474 010-C0816-10 HEU472S - Gulf of Bothnia, Center 753759092498 010-C0817-10 HEU473S - Gulf of Bothnia, North 753759092511 010-C0823-10 HEU479S - Portugal 753759092559 010-C0826-10 HEU482S - Wexford to Dingle Bay 753759092610 010-C0827-10 HEU483S - Galway Bay to Cork 753759092634 010-C0828-10 HEU484S - Ireland North-West 753759092658 010-C0829-10 HEU485S - Fuenterrabia to Gijon 753759092672 010-C0830-10 HEU486S - Galicia and Asturias 753759092696 010-C0832-10 HEU488S - Keitele-Paijanne-Tampere 753759092733 010-C0833-10 HEU489S - Kupio-Lappeenranta 753759092757 010-C0834-10 HEU490S - Greece West Coast and Athens 753759092771 010-C0835-10 HEU491S - Kotka to Hanko 753759092795 010-C0836-10 HEU492S - Kristinestad to Hanko 753759092818 010-C0844-10 HEU500S - Blyth to Lowestoft 753759092979 010-C0846-10 HEU502S - Azores Islands 753759093013 010-C0849-10 HEU505S - Baltic Sea, East Coast 753759093037 010-C0850-10 HEU506S - Crete To Cyprus 753759093051 010-C0851-10 HEU704L - France 753759093075 010-C0852-10 HEU705L - Hamburg to Brest 753759093099 010-C0853-10 HEU706L - UK & Ireland 753759093112 010-C0855-10 HEU708L - North Norway 753759093136 010-C0856-10 HEU709L - South Norway 753759093150 010-C0857-10 HEU710L - Denmark, Skagerrak & Kattegat 753759093174 010-C0858-10 HEU711L - Sweden South 753759093198 010-C0859-10 HEU712L - Sweden East 753759093211 010-C0860-10 HEU713L - Finland 753759093235 010-C0861-10 HEU714L - Iberian Peninsula, Azores and Canaries 753759093259 010-C1025-10 HEU718L - Mediterranean Sea 753759096243 010-C0747-10 HAF001R - Eastern Africa 753759089634 010-C0748-10 HAF002R - South Africa 753759089658 010-C0749-10 HAF003R - Western Africa 753759089672 010-C0750-10 HAF450S - Madeira and Canary Islands 753759089696 010-C0751-10 HAF451S - Namibia to Knysna, SA 753759089719 010-C0752-10 HAF452S - Knysna, SA to Beira, MZ 753759089733 010-C0876-10 HAE001R - Japan 753759089993 010-C0877-10 HAE002R - Yellow Sea 753759090012 010-C0878-10 HAE003R - Taiwan 753759090036 010-C0879-10 HAE004R - Hong Kong/South China Sea 753759090050 010-C0880-10 HAE005R - Philippines-Java-Mariana Islands 753759090074 010-C0881-10 HAE006R - New Guinea North 753759090098 010-C0882-10 HAE007R - New Guinea South 753759090111 010-C0883-10 HAE008R - Timor Leste 753759090135 010-C0884-10 HAE009R - Bay of Bengal to Kupang and Manado 753759090159 010-C0884-20 HAE009R - Bay of Bengal to Kupang and Manado 753759090166 010-C0755-10 HAW003R - Indian Subcontinent 753759091378 010-C0924-10 HAW005R - The Gulf and Red Sea 753759093273 010-C0758-10 HAW450S - The Gulf 753759091392 010-C0759-10 HAW451S - Red Sea 753759091415 010-C0865-10 HPC018R - New Caledonia to Fiji 753759089795 010-C0866-10 HPC019R - Polynesia 753759089818 010-C1020-10 HPC024R - Australia and New Zealand 753759095482 010-C0868-10 HPC410S - Esperance to Exmouth Bay 753759089832 010-C0869-10 HPC411S - Geraldton to Darwin 753759089856 010-C0870-10 HPC412S - Admiralty Gulf WA to Cairns 753759089870 010-C0871-10 HPC413S - Mornington Island-Hervey Bay 753759089894 010-C0872-10 HPC414S - Mackay to Twofold Bay 753759089917 010-C0873-10 HPC415S - Port Stephens-Fowlers Bay 753759089931 010-C0874-10 HPC416S - New Zealand North 753759089955 010-C0875-10 HPC417S - New Zealand South 753759089979 BlueChart g2 microSD with SD Adapter Identification: Only 2009 cards listed below are affected (label on packaging will be dated “MAR 09”). 010-C1019-20 HXCA015R - Canada g2 753759095758 010-C1018-20 HXUS039R - US g2 753759095789 010-C0722-20 HXUS021R - California-Mexico 753759089184 010-C0728-20 HXUS027R - Hawaiian Islands-Mariana Islands 753759089306 010-C0730-20 HXUS029R - Southern Bahamas 753759089320 010-C0731-20 HXUS030R - Southeast Caribbean 753759089344 010-C0732-20 HXUS031R - Southwest Caribbean 753759089368 010-C0738-20 HXUS400S - Walkers Cay to Exuma Sound 753759089481 010-C1024-20 HXUS401S - Bermuda 753759095550 010-C0742-20 HXUS513L - Jacksonville - Bahamas 753759089566 010-C0745-20 HXSA003R - Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro 753759089603 010-C0746-20 HXSA004R – Natal to Buenos Aires 753759089627 010-C0895-20 HXSA005R - Florianopolis to Falkland Island 753759090203 010-C0896-20 HXSA006R – Chile and Falkland Island 753759090227 010-C0897-20 HXSA007R - Esmeraldas to Valparaiso 753759090241 010-C0898-20 HXSA008R - Central America West 753759090265 010-C0760-20 HXEU001R - English Channel 753759091446 010-C0761-20 HXEU002R - Dover to Amsterdam and England Southeast 753759091460 010-C0762-20 HXEU003R - Great Britain, Northeast Coast 753759091484 010-C0763-20 HXEU004R - Irish Sea 753759091507 010-C0764-20 HXEU005R - Ireland, West Coast 753759091521 010-C0765-20 HXEU006R - Scotland, West Coast 753759091545 010-C0766-20 HXEU008R - Bay of Biscay 753759091569 010-C0767-20 HXEU009R - Portugal and Northwest Spain 753759091583 010-C0768-20 HXEU010R - Spain, Mediterranean Coast 753759091606 010-C0769-20 HXEU011R - France, South Coast and Corsica 753759091620 010-C0770-20 HXEU012R - Italy, West Coast 753759091644 010-C0771-20 HXEU013R - Italy Southwest and Tunisia 753759091668 010-C0772-20 HXEU014R - Italy, Adriatic Sea 753759091682 010-C0773-20 HXEU015R - Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara 753759091705 010-C0774-20 HXEU016R - Mediterranean Southeast 753759091729 010-C0775-20 HXEU018R - The Netherlands 753759091743 010-C0776-20 HXEU019R - Alborg to Amsterdam 753759091767 010-C0777-20 HXEU021R - Denmark East and Sweden Southeast 753759091781 010-C0778-20 HXEU041R - Oslo-Skagerak-Haugesund 753759091804 010-C0779-20 HXEU042R - Oslo to Trelleborg 753759091828 010-C0780-20 HXEU043R - Iceland and Faeroe Islands 753759091842 010-C0782-20 HXEU046R - Oregrund, Aland to Malmo 753759091866 010-C0783-20 HXEU047R - Gulf of Bothnia - Kalix to Grisslehamn 753759091880 010-C0784-20 HXEU048R - Stockholm, Malaren, Vanern and Vattern 753759091903 010-C0785-20 HXEU049R - Stockholm to Aland and Turku 753759091927 010-C0786-20 HXEU050R - Aland to Vyborg 753759091941 010-C0787-20 HXEU051R - Lista - Sognefjorden 753759091965 010-C0788-20 HXEU052R - Sognefjorden - Svefjorden 753759091989 010-C0789-20 HXEU053R - Trondheim - Tromso 753759092009 010-C0790-20 HXEU054R - Vestfjd-Svalbard-Varanger 753759092023 010-C0791-20 HXEU055R - Finnish Lakes 753759092047 010-C1001-20 HXEU058R - Greenland West 753759090319 010-C1002-20 HXEU059R - Greenland East 753759090340 010-C0794-20 HXEU450S - Athens and Cyclades 753759092061 010-C0795-20 HXEU451S - Ligurian Sea, Corsica and Sardinia 753759092085 010-C0796-20 HXEU452S - Adriatic Sea, North Coast 753759092108 010-C0797-20 HXEU453S - Adriatic Sea, South Coast 753759092122 010-C0798-20 HXEU454S - Barcelona and Valencia 753759092146 010-C0799-20 HXEU455S - Alicante to Cabo de Sao Vicente 753759092160 010-C0800-20 HXEU456S - The Solent and Channel Islands 753759092184 010-C0801-20 HXEU457S - Bretagne 753759092207 010-C0802-20 HXEU458S - Goteborg to Fyn 753759092221 010-C0803-20 HXEU459S - Arhus-Kiel-Koszalin 753759092245 010-C0804-20 HXEU460S - Sicily to Lido di Ostia 753759092269 010-C0805-20 HXEU461S - Thames Estuary 753759092283 010-C0806-20 HXEU462S - English Channel East 753759092306 010-C0807-20 HXEU463S - Bristol Channel and England S/W 753759092320 010-C0808-20 HXEU464S - Penmarch to Les Sables d'Olonne 753759092344 010-C0809-20 HXEU465S - La Baule to San Sebastian 753759092368 010-C0810-20 HXEU466S - Golfe Du Lion to San Remo 753759092382 010-C0811-20 HXEU467S - Blackpool to Cardiff 753759092405 010-C0812-20 HXEU468S - Sodertalje to Trelleborg 753759092429 010-C0813-20 HXEU469S - Stockholm and Malaren 753759092443 010-C0814-20 HXEU470S - Stromstad to Halmstad 753759092467 010-C0815-20 HXEU471S - Gulf of Bothnia, South 753759092481 010-C0816-20 HXEU472S - Gulf of Bothnia, Center 753759092504 010-C0817-20 HXEU473S - Gulf of Bothnia, North 753759092528 010-C0823-20 HXEU479S - Portugal 753759092566 010-C0826-20 HXEU482S - Wexford to Dingle Bay 753759092627 010-C0827-20 HXEU483S - Galway Bay to Cork 753759092641 010-C0828-20 HXEU484S - Ireland North-West 753759092665 010-C0829-20 HXEU485S - Fuenterrabia to Gijon 753759092689 010-C0830-20 HXEU486S - Galicia and Asturias 753759092702 010-C0832-20 HXEU488S - Keitele-Paijanne-Tampere 753759092740 010-C0833-20 HXEU489S - Kupio-Lappeenranta 753759092764 010-C0834-20 HXEU490S - Greece West Coast and Athens 753759092788 010-C0835-20 HXEU491S - Kotka to Hanko 753759092801 010-C0836-20 HXEU492S - Kristinestad to Hanko 753759092825 010-C0844-20 HXEU500S - Blyth to Lowestoft 753759092986 010-C0846-20 HXEU502S - Azores Islands 753759093020 010-C0849-20 HXEU505S - Baltic Sea, East Coast 753759093044 010-C0850-20 HXEU506S - Crete To Cyprus 753759093068 010-C0851-20 HXEU704L - France 753759093082 010-C0852-20 HXEU705L - Hamburg to Brest 753759093105 010-C0853-20 HXEU706L - UK & Ireland 753759093129 010-C0855-20 HXEU708L - North Norway 753759093143 010-C0856-20 HXEU709L - South Norway 753759093167 010-C0857-20 HXEU710L - Denmark, Skagerrak & Kattegat 753759093181 010-C0858-20 HXEU711L - Sweden South 753759093204 010-C0859-20 HXEU712L - Sweden East 753759093228 010-C0860-20 HXEU713L - Finland 753759093242 010-C0861-20 HXEU714L - Iberian Peninsula, Azores & Canaries 753759093266 010-C1025-20 HXEU718L - Mediterranean Sea 753759096250 010-C1021-20 HXEU800X - The Nordics 753759095505 010-C1022-20 HXEU801X - Europe, N/W Atlantic and Iberian Peninsula 753759095505 010-C1023-20 HXEU802X - Mediterranean Sea and Iberian Peninsula 753759095529 010-C0747-20 HXAF001R - Eastern Africa 753759089641 010-C0748-20 HXAF002R - South Africa 753759089665 010-C0749-20 HXAF003R - Western Africa 753759089689 010-C0750-20 HXAF450S - Madeira and Canary Islands 753759089702 010-C0751-20 HXAF451S - Namibia to Knysna, SA 753759089726 010-C0752-20 HXAF452S - Knysna, SA to Beira, MZ 753759089740 010-C0876-20 HXAE001R - Japan 753759090005 010-C0877-20 HXAE002R - Yellow Sea 753759090029 010-C0878-20 HXAE003R - Taiwan 753759090043 010-C0879-20 HXAE004R - Hong Kong/South China Sea 753759090067 010-C0880-20 HXAE005R - Philippines-Java-Mariana Islands 753759090081 010-C0881-20 HXAE006R - New Guinea North 753759090104 010-C0882-20 HXAE007R - New Guinea South 753759090128 010-C0883-20 HXAE008R - Timor Leste 753759090142 010-C0755-20 HXAW003R - Indian Subcontinent 753759091385 010-C0924-20 HXAW005R - The Gulf and Red Sea 753759093280 010-C0758-20 HXAW450S - The Gulf 753759091408 010-C0759-20 HXAW451S - Red Sea 753759091422 010-C0865-20 HXPC018R - New Caledonia to Fiji 753759089801 010-C0866-20 HXPC019R - Polynesia 753759089825 010-C1020-20 HXPC024R - Australia and New Zealand 753759095499 010-C0868-20 HXPC410S - Esperance to Exmouth Bay 753759089849 010-C0869-20 HXPC411S - Geraldton to Darwin 753759089863 010-C0870-20 HXPC412S - Admiralty Gulf WA to Cairns 753759089887 010-C0871-20 HXPC413S - Mornington Island-Hervey Bay 753759089900 010-C0872-20 HXPC414S - Mackay to Twofold Bay 753759089924 010-C0873-20 HXPC415S - Port Stephens-Fowlers Bay 753759089948 010-C0874-20 HXPC416S - New Zealand North 753759089962 010-C0875-20 HXPC417S - New Zealand South 753759089986 BlueChart Demo Cards Identification: Only 2009 cards are affected (label on packaging will be dated “MAR 09”). Part Number Description UPC 010-C0929-40 DEU713L-Finland DEMO 010-C0929-41 DEU714L-Iberian Peninsula, Azores & Canaries DEMO 010-C0929-42 DEU715L-Mediterranean West DEMO 010-C0929-43 DEU716L-Mediterranean, Central DEMO 010-C0929-44 DAF002R-South Africa DEMO 010-C0929-45 DAW005R-The Gulf and Red Sea DEMO 010-C0929-46 DPC020R-Brisbane SW to Geraldton DEMO 010-C0929-47 DPC021R-Mackay NW to Esperance DEMO 010-C0929-48 DPC022R-East Coast Australia DEMO 010-C0929-49 DPC023R-New Zealand DEMO 010-C0929-50 DUS037R-Vancouver - San Diego DEMO 010-C1034-00 DHXAF002R-South Africa g2 DEMO 010-C1034-01 DHXAW005R-The Gulf and Red Sea g2 DEMO 010-C1034-02 DHXCA015R-Canada g2 DEMO 010-C1034-03 DHXUS039R-US g2 DEMO 010-C1034-13 DHXEU043R-Iceland and Faeroe Islands g2 DEMO 010-C1034-14 DHXEU800X-The Nordics DEMO 010-C1034-15 DHXEU801X-Europe, N/W Atlantic and Iberian Peninsula DEMO 010-C1034-16 DHXEU802X-Mediterranean Sea and Iberian Peninsula DEMO 010-C1034-26 DHXPC024R-Australia and New Zealand DEMO 010-C1034-30 DHXSA003R-Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro g2 DEMO 010-C1034-31 DHXSA004R-Natal to Buenos Aires g2 DEMO 010-C1034-32 DHXSA005R-Florianopolis to Falkland Is. g2 DEMO 010-C1034-33 DHXSA006R-Chile and Falkland g2 DEMO 010-C1034-34 DHXSA007R-Esmeraldas to Valparaiso g2 DEMO 010-C1034-35 DHXSA008R-Central America West g2 DEMO

Other identifying numbers

Migrated data too large, see un-migrated data field.

Reasons the product is recalled

In certain waters, there are potential inaccuracies in the way that the products’ charting presents depth contours and depth areas, resulting in the depiction of water depth as deeper than the actual depth under certain display conditions.

The hazards to consumers

The inaccuracies described below could theoretically lead to boats going aground which, in certain circumstances, could lead to risk of personal injury.

What consumers should do

Persons should not use the 2009 version of BlueChart g2 or g2 Vision cards identified above for navigation.
Any person who owns a 2009 version of a BlueChart g2 or g2 Vision card identified above will be given a replacement BlueChart g2 or g2 Vision card v2008.5 (dated July 2008) free of charge by contacting Garmin Australasia directly. Once a valid proof of purchase has been provided, Garmin Australasia will provide a free Reply Paid postal address to which the card should be sent. Garmin Australasia will then send a replacement card free of charge.
Alternatively, persons may obtain a full refund from the dealer where the BlueChart g2 or g2 Vision card identified above was purchased. A valid proof of purchase will be required.
In the case of dealers or retailers, Garmin Australasia will issue a 100 per cent credit for the value of a g2 or g2 Vision card.

Supplier

Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd

Traders who sold this product

Bargain Boat Bits (ph (03) 9553 3451); Whitworths Marine (ph (02) 9939 1055); Bias Boating (ph (02) 4325 1822); Johnny Appleseed (ph (07) 3717 8555).

Where the product was sold

Nationally

Dates available for sale

-

Recall advertisements and supporting documentation

Responsible regulator

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is the responsible regulator for this recall.

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