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Garmin Oregon 450 Freeze

Former Member
Former Member
About a month ago the unit started freezing up when I was geocaching. By freeze I mean that the arrow stops moving, the cookie trail stops, but the distance to the cache updates seem to keep up. I have to turn the unit off and then back on to get it to work again.

I first noticed this error when I had the unit guiding me to a cache while I was driving. I would get to within walking distance and then get out of the car. At that point the unit would freeze. The arrow would remain right where I got out of the car.

Now I don't even have to be actively routing to a cache. The 450 will be keeping up with my route until I step out of the car. At that point the route and map updates stop.

I have updated to the latest software. This still has not helped.
Has anyone seen, or better yet solved, this issue?
  • oregon 550t lockup

    did you find a solution?
    my new oregon 550t shows the same behaviour!
    regards
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 14 years ago
    Everything I did failed. All Garmin's suggestions failed. In the end I had to return the unit to Garmin for exchange. It was within the warranty so I got a new one. Wish I could give you better news.
  • Yes I have the same problem

    Everything I did failed. All Garmin's suggestions failed. In the end I had to return the unit to Garmin for exchange. It was within the warranty so I got a new one. Wish I could give you better news.

    I have the same problem with my Oregon 450. Very frustrating. MY unit, more specifically, will freeze while following a walking direction for no apparent reason what so ever.
  • I have the same problem with my Oregon 450. Very frustrating. MY unit, more specifically, will freeze while following a walking direction for no apparent reason what so ever.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 11 years ago
    Not freezing anymore

    I was having the same problem with my 450t freezing. So I got looking at the settings and one caught my attention and that was under settings, routing and then I turned off lock on road and I have not had an issue with my gps freezing since then. Hope this works for others