Tom Tom One V3 Destroying my car

chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

Earlier this year I bought a Tom Tom One V3. The suction cup which has been replaced twice by tom Tom still falls off the windscreen. I have a brand new car and am getting really Censored

off with this. This unit is chipping the dahboard when it falls off. The Satnav I am sure has had it's little brain damaged and a low volume whistle has appeared. Anybody else suffer from this cheap suction cup?

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lbendlin · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

sorry to hear about the chippery. You may have seen us mention active dashboard mounts a few times. They are more tidy, and more secure than suction cup mounts. Brodit etc make some pretty decent mounts for all car types.
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chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

i wonder if anybody suffers the same trouble and have moaned at tom Tom?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:13 am Post subject:

yes, we have told them numerous times that the suction cups (especially the black ones) are not adequate.
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chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

Did they bother to reply or suggest anything?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

err, no.

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spile · Regular Visitor Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 163

If there is a design fault then this is not going to help but it is worth cleaning the suction mount and relevant part of the windscreen with alcohol/ a screencleaner.

chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

Thanks done all that and still it falls off. It's because there is no lever to expel air between the rubber and the windscreen. Tom Tom have already replaced the holder twice to no avail. you would have thought by now it might have dawned on them there was a problem!

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

the lever is your thumb - you are expected to press the disk against the glass as hard as you can (without pushing the windshield out ...)

Especially for curved windscreens (aren't they all) this method works rather underwhelmingly.
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chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

I seem to be getting no back up from my dealer who sold the item only that they wern't aware like TT of the windscreen mount problem!! also i received this message from TT about a low volume whistle that has occured. bit like DIY they refuse to do anything until this has been carried out. any comments.
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saikee · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 30, 2008 Posts: 21

I don't even know what the bother is all about!

I ran a Magellan for about 4 years on two successive Shogun.

Now I have a TT920. Same kind of suction cup. Never fall off. I moist the cup before sticking it in. The cup needs to be re-applied if left on for a long period in dry and hot weather, say a week. It pays to wipe the glass clean before putting the suction cup holder in. Dust and dirt destroy the suction.

I also purchased a spare suction cup for the wife Golf GTI and the TT is the one going from vehicle to vehicle.

When I got my TT I did a back up copy to the PC. Thereafter I just copy from the PC any thing I need, like map and MP3, and put the information into a SDHC card and TT will read it and use the information.

No need to make it sound more difficult that it is. Between a HP PDA, TT and Magellan TT is a lot easier than the others when communicating with a PC because a MS Windows reads/writes the content of the SDHC card regardless if it is inside or outside the TT.

chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

Thanks but you have missed the point

1 I have a brand new car
2 TT have supplied three windscreen holders all of which fall off!
3 have cleaned them and window to no avail
4 I don't leave cup on windscreen
5 "don't even know what the bother is all about"?
6 I DO

Tom Tom seen to have buried their head in the sand.

Calomax · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:55 am Post subject:

The instruction manual for my 720 says to use the suction cup dry. I've now had mine on the screen over a month and it hasn't fallen off once.
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chajun · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 165

Hello in St Peter Port or wherever. Nice place. As I posted TT sent me two holders all of which sometimes stay on most of the time fall off have tried everything short of Super Glue. Also since fallng off the unit works but has a feignt whisle coming from it. TT now do not reply to support messages.

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