kirax2

http://leenks.com/gallery1786.htm

please tell me it only happen to GM

Peydidy

samaritrey

Looks like the owner had a personal gps in car and then it overheated and caught fire.
Could have been this gps http://www.pcworld.com/article/20416...vi_recall.html

anonymousmoose

I doubt it 'explored' probably sparked a small fire that turned into a much larger one.

Peydidy

+1 something in that nature, I don't think a GPS so small exploding alone could cause so much damage

Glyn M Ruck

The only thing that can explode in a GPS is the battery.

ChrisBrown

Maybe my COMAND unit can toast some bread for me in the morning for breakfast.

C230 Sport Coup

MW_ATL

Around where I work - if you leave it on the dash, it won't BE there long enough to explode, or catch fire. I guess our citizens are doing everyone a favor by having them suffer "only" a broken window as opposed to this!!!

(Seriously - we get people all the time that just can't understand why they come back out to their car and the window is broken, etc!!! Big PIA!!)

xijonix

That's crazy, I have mine on my windshield at the bottom corner by the driver side I have it mounted 24/7 and never had anyone break in and I park in the most random places sometimes sketchy. I always here about these horror stories.

pww

lol'd so hard.

MW_ATL

Well, I have to admit, at work I only hear about the ones that get taken, so I can't give an honest comparison on how frequently it happens. But it is often enough to be an issue for us. But lately they have been taking the whole damn car!

speed7

Yeah I second the possibility of the battery catching fire due to too much heat. Look at the pictures see how everything is melted below and above.. definitely didn't "explode" but was a smoldering heat blob. Yay to built in GPS and not using 3rd party stuff. =)

Zac Campbell

Lithium Ion batteries can be like small bombs!