inputs.text: fan - using bu353 previous car approximately 4 years always worked great placed rear window car directly brake light end died wasnt big deal since planning replacing car well replaced car created new computer car bought new bu353 back april 2010 handle gps used little bit testing project put back burner months came time get started gps no longer worked either pcs ordered new one october 2010 sure wasnt driver problem new one worked immediately no changes proceeded install new one car computer worked 2 weeks longer died environment isnt issue weather mild gps inside vehicle im not sure happened quality control recent times ive 3 die within last year im shopping different brand usb gps lost confidence device note others wondering thing happening none gps devices actually stopped mapping com port pc every single time com port would still created problem no software could find existence gps com port not even software available us globalsat testing gps