Thread: Humminbird 998

I was having trouble with my 998 not wanting to turn off. It didn't happen all the time and worked great otherwise but I called HB about sending it in. They said $370 service fee so I sold it to a friend with him fully aware of the issue. The service fee I saved and the sale price were just short of the cost of a new Helix 10. No brainer for me. With your unit dead, I would think you had no choice like I did.

I had the same problem....
I removed the power and restarted it and works find now.
Jim

What's with the $370.00 service charge before they even look at it. That is about all that it cost humminbird to have them made to start with. Like everything else there is a big mark up. At that price they should just send you a new unit.

I had a problem with my lowrance 12 turning on and off in a continuous loop and they told me they don't work on them...break out another thousand and add $800 and we will replace it with a gen 3 ...let us take away your Merry Christmas and you have a Happy New Year

Humminbird and Lowrance both need to be ashamed of themselves...they are ripping people off I'm on the phone with a fellow right now who is headed to Eufaula in the morning to get Humminbird to fix his unit.

Originally Posted by seafoxx1

I had the same problem....
I removed the power and restarted it and works find now.
Jim

Tried that several times but no dice.

Tried that several times but no dice.

Originally Posted by quick

Humminbird and Lowrance both need to be ashamed of themselves...they are ripping people off I'm on the phone with a fellow right now who is headed to Eufaula in the morning to get Humminbird to fix his unit.

What can we do but pay through the nose.

It really is a shame the things they tell you especially when they tell you we don't work on them we just replace them, knowing it could be something as simple as a power supply .... but oh no give us half the cost and we will give you another refurbished unit... so how did it get refurbished you just said you don't work on them they can only be replaced..so why didn't you send mine back when you sold me another one at half price. LOWRANCE SHAME ON YOU ...I'm thinking about seeing if I can buy back my LMS 522 from my buddy at least it was working fine and for what I get from the additional info of the HDS units I can make out quite well with a good chart and 2D