Does Garmin Have Lifetime Map Updates?

NOTE: Lifetime Maps entitle you to receive map updates when and as such updates are made available by Garmin® during the useful life of one compatible Garmin product or as long as Garmin receives map data from a third party supplier, whichever is shorter. Go to Follow the on-screen instructions.

Does Garmin provide free map updates?

A Garmin device is eligible for a free update within 90 days of the first time it connects to a satellite. Garmin units with LMT, LM or LT in their model names are eligible for free lifetime map updates.

Map updates are activated automatically and immediately available for download when purchased in Garmin Express. The purchase can be manually activated if this happens.

How long do Garmin lifetime maps last?

A product will be deemed to be out of service and its useful life to be ended if no updates have been downloaded for such product for a period of 24 months or more.

Garmin has removed “Lifetime, Free, and Unlimited” from the description of our map and traffic updates and other services. This has been done to streamline the naming of our products and services. If your device includes “M”, “MT”, “LM”, or “LMT” it will continue to receive map updates without being charged.