Garmin 53 is advertise to be use with car and truck but, does not have the correct information truck routes, roads to avoid or streets not suited for trucks. May be a good fit for cars not for trucks!

I have the Drive 51 and replaced it with the Drive 53 that boasts about traffic is included. The cable for it is Not included. Directions for traffic in the manual are vague as well as any YouTube reports in the 53. The update was run first thing before use. The directions to Port Huron was fine until we got off the freeway to turn towards the Comfort Inn. Just off the freeway ramp at the traffic light, it tells me to turn left and then changes to turn right instead. We crossed over two lanes from a stop at the red light and we turned right which was wrong per the audible directions. Very inconvenient from the left turn lane and honking going on!

I recently bought this because I found out I couldn't get updated maps for my TomTom. I went out this morning and tried it out and it was also missing a recently finished highway. I-295,the western bypass around Fayetteville, NC was recently finished and it does not show up on the Garmin. I did update the map just after buying it. Also, it would be nice to have a clock on the display.

I was given this as a gift to replace my 9 yr old still working Garmin 1350. It works great with solid directions. Yet on cold days it flashes dark light dark light for the first 10 to 15 min of driving. Very annoying! Once warm it stays lit. It seems it has something to do with the battery getting cold. My old 1350 never had any issue.

They took the shorter distance option out. This was a dumb decision. They put in a straight line option which makes no sense. I called and they said they do not know why they did this. I went on a route I knew before on a garmin with shorter distance and it kept rerouting me on the longer distance which was out of the way. Please tell me why you did this? The phone gps that are out there are better. Why,Why.why. They ruined a great product

Out in the country, the 53EX tells you to move right or left of an oil well that is not visible from a paved Farm-to-Market highway. It will not show the time of day once you enter a route. It does darken the screen when it thinks it is dark outside.

This garmin keeps going out on me. I charged it first and it only lasted about 10 minutes I brought it in and charged it again and it only lasted about 12-15 minutes before it went out. Shows green battery is charged. The second time I was able to get it back on so I did have directs to get home

No instruction manual

It's easy to use.

It powers off too often.