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title: "Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5” Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps"
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# Live traffic alerts without phone 5-inch bright touchscreen Preloaded US & Canada maps Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5” Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps

**Brand:** garmin
**Price:** ₨5092
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚗 Navigate smarter, drive safer, and never miss a beat on the road!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5” Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps by garmin
- **How much does it cost?** ₨5092 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/106470388-drive-52-gps-navigator-with-5-display-simple-on-screen)

## Best For

- garmin enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted garmin brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Smart Driver Alerts:** Stay safer with speed limit warnings, sharp curve alerts, and wrong-way notifications.
- • **Comprehensive Coverage:** Preloaded detailed maps of the US & Canada with free updates keep you ahead of the curve.
- • **Live Traffic Without the Hassle:** Get real-time traffic updates and rerouting—no smartphone needed, saving you data costs.
- • **Effortless Navigation at a Glance:** Bright 5” touchscreen with intuitive menus keeps your route crystal clear.
- • **Road Trip Ready with Insider Info:** Explore historic sites, national parks, and millions of Foursquare & TripAdvisor points of interest.

## Overview

The Garmin Drive 52 is a sleek 5-inch touchscreen GPS navigator preloaded with detailed US and Canada maps, offering easy-to-use menus and bright, clear visuals. It features smart driver alerts for speed limits and hazards, plus live traffic updates without requiring a smartphone connection. Perfect for daily commutes or epic road trips, it includes access to historic sites, national parks, and millions of points of interest, making every journey informed and stress-free.

## Description

With its simple menus and easy-to-read maps, Garmin Drive 52 lets you view turn-by-turn directions at a glance on a bright 5” touchscreen display. Offering preloaded detailed maps of the U.S. and Canada — with map updates plus helpful driver alerts to encourage safer driving — this GPS navigator complements any road trip or daily commute.

Review: Invaluable piece of kit - I live in the UK and needed it for travel in USA/Canada - Really excellent piece of kit that proved totally invaluable for our trip from the UK to Canada. After years of working from paper maps and internet screen shots - we rented a vehicle in Florida (back in 2019) that came with a dash mounted Garmin as a free upgrade and immediately realised it was taking a huge amount of stress and pre-planning away from us. Post pandemic and travelling again I decided to buy this unit to make life much easier. Living in the UK - I was able to order this GPS (SatNav) on desertcart.com (rather than desertcart.co.uk) and have it delivered to me in the UK direct from the USA. It is a great sized unit that is very very easy and intuitive to use and for the driver to see and read as you are driving. Like all GPS (SatNav) units it can very occasionally get small things wrong - but 99.999% it was very accurate. Anyone travelling to Canada - be warned that mobile/cell phone costs in Canada are unbelievably high - therefore EVEN with a USA/Canadian sim card in our phone - it would have cost a fortune to buy enough data in Canada (not necessarily the same in the USA which had much cheaper mobile/cell phone charges) to use a smart phone as a GPS/SatNav. Therefore we found it much more cost effective to buy the GPS/SatNav outright and it will work for years for future visits. One last thing about this model - after doing loads of research online - it tells you that this model is designed to work in tandem with a connected mobile/cell phone in order to receive traffic updates. It tells you this model works perfectly well as a GPS/SatNav on its own - but will not give live traffic updates without a connected mobile/cell phone - I considered this before buying - but decided that route guidance was enough and more important to me that anything else. HOWEVERE - after arriving in Canada - this device WAS giving us live traffic reports and rerouting to take the least congested routes - and we did NOT pair it with a mobile/cell phone - but still received live traffic reports. Great unit - Highly Recommended
Review: Beautiful Screen, Amazing Features (Ex: Beep at 5-MPH- OVER the Speed Limit), Finds 98% - I got this when I started a pizza delivery job. I drive 75% in the city and 25% in the country (Southern Illinois). I LOVE the subtle-ding the Garmin gives me when I hit 5mph over the speed limit (optional feature I enabled). It also displays the speed limit in most cases. The Voice Recognition is roughly what I expected. If I could rate the voice recognition on a 1-100 scale, I'd give it a 87. It recognizes well used streets well...but not quite as accurate on lesser known or said streets (or streets that could easily sound like something else). I always turn off the radio when I speak to allow it to hear me better. (But in most cases it can recognize with the radio on low). The SPEED at which I speak to the Garmin is Roughly 10-15% SLOWER than the Normal/Natural rate I would use if I were talking clearly to a Person. This seems to make it easier for the Garmin to read...But it could be slightly irritating to the impatient. Also the SPEED at which the Garmin Speaks to me (after I speak to it) will say something like, "Did you say, '123 Park Street".....Then I'll reply, 'Yes'....then then Garmin will say to me, 'WIll you like to begin Navigation', then I'll say, 'Yes' then it'll Beep/Chirp and say, 'Please Drive to the Highlighted Route'.... The conversation of the paragraph above could be better....and could be worse....Once again (I only use the voice activation if I sense that it's an, "Easy' Street for it to recognize like Main Street or Park Street...not 'Chataqueaua Street' (That it mistakenly thinks I said, 'Choctaw Street' as an example) It finds roughly 98% of the addresses I look for. Usually is it doesn't find it...its because it's a new subdivision or street. It also occasionally happens when when it's WAY out in the country. Despite me griping about a few things...I only do so to highlght what I've noticed. Overall it not only have achieved my expectations...but it slightly exceeds it (Minus the voice activated aspect/Which I'd say it only reached my expectations) The other thing I'll say I love...Is How/When the Garmin decides to zoom in on the screen/Zig Zag Pattern of the Road as you get CLOSER to the destination. AS you get closer to the destination the Garmin Zooms in on the REMAINING portion of the route which REALLY helps out on knowing what to expect further down the road. My lights are about to be replaced (Older Mini-Van) BUT...If I were driving in the country (Little to No Street Lights)...It is a LIfesaver to be able to SEE/KNOW sharp curves ahead of time by looking at the Garmin. Also...if you're in an older part of town (With a lot of one way streets)...It's nice to have an audible voice Warn you as a backup, "You are going the WRONG way down the Steet"...Haha Things that could be better...And it could be worse: The ability of the Garmin to find the exact apartment number (In an apartment complex/Mobile Home Community). If I could rate that on a 1-100...I'd give it only a 35. (Granted it's not something they claim to have) Small gripe I have. I drive a GM vehicle and I have to sometimes turn the headlights on/off twice before my headlights go off...Sometimes when I do this the Garmin will say, "Say a Command" and while it's speaking it sounds like somebody pulled the plug on it WHILE it was speaking...it sounds a little harsh WHEN this happens (Which isn't ALL the time/But it DOES happen occasionally). It's not something that can't be dealt with (and isn't Too loud...but it's slightly irritating when it happens) If Garmin could eventually master knowing all the apartment numbers/mobile home communities and on which face/side of the building they're located on...it'd make things MUCH easier though (Delivering Pizza's). Believe it or not....Sometimes it takes less time to get to an apartment complex vs finding the right building. Less people have addresses well lit/Visible on their homes/mailboxes than you'd think. Overall I'm VERY happy with the purchase. On the rare 2% of the time I couldn't find an address....my cellphone would always get me there. **Also, I bought the Backup Camera from Garmin** It's DIRT-Simple to install (A child/elderly person) could install it themselves unassisted. The 2 Lithium AA batteries I purchased (**NOT**-Included-by-the-Way)...lasted Roughly a month (Jan-Feb 2020).

## Features

- 5” GPS navigator with driver alerts and travel data.External memory storage: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows XP or newer and Mac OS X 10.4 or later..Control Method:Touch.Special Feature:Touchscreen.
- Easy-to-use 5” GPS navigator includes detailed map updates of the U.S. and Canada
- Simple on-screen menus and bright, easy-to-see maps
- Garmin Traffic is ready to use right out of the box — without use of a smartphone
- Road trip-ready with The HISTORY Channel database of notable historic sites, a U.S. national parks directory, TripAdvisor traveler ratings and millions of Foursquare points of interest (POIs)
- Included Components: Garmin Drive 52, Vehicle Suction Cup Mount, Vehicle Power Cable, Usb Cable, Quick Start Manual

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07MMZNLHG |
| Additional Features | Touchscreen |
| Are Batteries Included | Yes |
| Audio Output Mode | Mono |
| Battery Average Life | 1 Hours |
| Brand | Garmin |
| Built-In Media | Garmin Drive 52, vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, USB cable, quick start manual |
| Compatible Devices | Smartphone |
| Compatible with Vehicle Type | Car |
| Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Control Method | Touch |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 18,689 Reviews |
| Display Type | WQVGA color TFT with white backlight, resistive touch |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00753759211776 |
| Human-Interface Input | Touchscreen |
| Item Dimensions L x W x H | 6.18"L x 4.33"W x 2.78"H |
| Item Type Name | Car GPS |
| Item Weight | 13.6 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Garmin |
| Map Types | City Tour, Street |
| Mfr Part Number | 010-02036-06 |
| Model Name | Garmin 008-04-0713 |
| Model Number | 010-02036-06 |
| Model Year | 2018 |
| Mounting Type | Suction Cup Mount |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Resolution | 480 x 272 |
| Screen Size | 5 Inches |
| Special Feature | Touchscreen |
| Sport Type | Snowboarding |
| Supported Satellite Navigation System | GPS |
| Touch Screen Type | Resistive |
| UPC | 753759211776 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Vehicle Service Type | Car |
| Warranty Description | 1 year limited warranty |

## Product Details

- **Audio Output Mode:** Mono
- **Battery Life:** 1 Hours
- **Brand:** Garmin
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Included Components:** Garmin Drive 52, vehicle suction cup mount, vehicle power cable, USB cable, quick start manual
- **Map Type:** City Tour, Street
- **Model Name:** Garmin 008-04-0713
- **Screen Size:** 5 Inches
- **Special Feature:** Touchscreen
- **Vehicle Service Type:** Car

## Images

![Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5” Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51rQE1UDWiL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: For the DriveSmart 55 and 65 models, do they come with free Lifetime map updates?**
A: This is a paste from Garmin's website: 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.
If your device includes "Traffic", "LT", or "LMT"  it will continue to receive traffic content without being charged.
  The dezl OTR500, dezl LGV/OTR700, dezl LGV/OTR800, dezl LGV/OTR1000, Garmin Drive 51 EX, Garmin Drive 61 EX, Garmin DriveSmart 55 & Traffic (EX), Garmin DriveSmart 65 & Traffic, Garmin DriveSmart 65 with Amazon Alexa, Garmin DriveSmart 65 Traveler's Edition, Garmin DriveSmart 71 EX, Camper/RV 780 & Traffic, Camper/RV 785 & Traffic, Camper/RV 890, Camper/RV 1090, CamperVan, Overlander, Tread, and zumo XT devices receive map updates and traffic without being charged.

**Q: For garmindrive 55, does it have us&canda map? does it have speed camera & red light warning ?**
A: Yes, the Garmin Drive 55 includes mapping of the United States and Canada and has Red Light and Speed Camera warnings.

**Q: I just purchased a smartdrive 65.  i already have a gtm 60 hd digital traffic receiver.  is there an advantage to use it with my new 65?**
A: I use the GTM 60 with my DriveSmart 55 and it works wonders. nearly as good (and in some regards better...) than WAZE. Now, even though the DS 55/65 comes with built in traffic, thats only the standard traffic, for the HD traffic you need the GTM 60. And yes, the HD is much much more up to date and detailed. Safe Travel everyone!

**Q: Does this come with the Traffic Cable?**
A: The cable that comes in the box with the GPS should give you traffic.  Mine does.  We live in the sticks so we only see that when we head to more urban areas, which is very rare.  Cattle crossings don't show up!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Invaluable piece of kit - I live in the UK and needed it for travel in USA/Canada
*by B***Y on July 2, 2024*

Really excellent piece of kit that proved totally invaluable for our trip from the UK to Canada. After years of working from paper maps and internet screen shots - we rented a vehicle in Florida (back in 2019) that came with a dash mounted Garmin as a free upgrade and immediately realised it was taking a huge amount of stress and pre-planning away from us. Post pandemic and travelling again I decided to buy this unit to make life much easier. Living in the UK - I was able to order this GPS (SatNav) on Amazon.com (rather than Amazon.co.uk) and have it delivered to me in the UK direct from the USA. It is a great sized unit that is very very easy and intuitive to use and for the driver to see and read as you are driving. Like all GPS (SatNav) units it can very occasionally get small things wrong - but 99.999% it was very accurate. Anyone travelling to Canada - be warned that mobile/cell phone costs in Canada are unbelievably high - therefore EVEN with a USA/Canadian sim card in our phone - it would have cost a fortune to buy enough data in Canada (not necessarily the same in the USA which had much cheaper mobile/cell phone charges) to use a smart phone as a GPS/SatNav. Therefore we found it much more cost effective to buy the GPS/SatNav outright and it will work for years for future visits. One last thing about this model - after doing loads of research online - it tells you that this model is designed to work in tandem with a connected mobile/cell phone in order to receive traffic updates. It tells you this model works perfectly well as a GPS/SatNav on its own - but will not give live traffic updates without a connected mobile/cell phone - I considered this before buying - but decided that route guidance was enough and more important to me that anything else. HOWEVERE - after arriving in Canada - this device WAS giving us live traffic reports and rerouting to take the least congested routes - and we did NOT pair it with a mobile/cell phone - but still received live traffic reports. Great unit - Highly Recommended

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful Screen, Amazing Features (Ex: Beep at 5-MPH- OVER the Speed Limit), Finds 98%
*by D***7 on February 3, 2020*

I got this when I started a pizza delivery job. I drive 75% in the city and 25% in the country (Southern Illinois). I LOVE the subtle-ding the Garmin gives me when I hit 5mph over the speed limit (optional feature I enabled). It also displays the speed limit in most cases. The Voice Recognition is roughly what I expected. If I could rate the voice recognition on a 1-100 scale, I'd give it a 87. It recognizes well used streets well...but not quite as accurate on lesser known or said streets (or streets that could easily sound like something else). I always turn off the radio when I speak to allow it to hear me better. (But in most cases it can recognize with the radio on low). The SPEED at which I speak to the Garmin is Roughly 10-15% SLOWER than the Normal/Natural rate I would use if I were talking clearly to a Person. This seems to make it easier for the Garmin to read...But it could be slightly irritating to the impatient. Also the SPEED at which the Garmin Speaks to me (after I speak to it) will say something like, "Did you say, '123 Park Street".....Then I'll reply, 'Yes'....then then Garmin will say to me, 'WIll you like to begin Navigation', then I'll say, 'Yes' then it'll Beep/Chirp and say, 'Please Drive to the Highlighted Route'.... The conversation of the paragraph above could be better....and could be worse....Once again (I only use the voice activation if I sense that it's an, "Easy' Street for it to recognize like Main Street or Park Street...not 'Chataqueaua Street' (That it mistakenly thinks I said, 'Choctaw Street' as an example) It finds roughly 98% of the addresses I look for. Usually is it doesn't find it...its because it's a new subdivision or street. It also occasionally happens when when it's WAY out in the country. Despite me griping about a few things...I only do so to highlght what I've noticed. Overall it not only have achieved my expectations...but it slightly exceeds it (Minus the voice activated aspect/Which I'd say it only reached my expectations) The other thing I'll say I love...Is How/When the Garmin decides to zoom in on the screen/Zig Zag Pattern of the Road as you get CLOSER to the destination. AS you get closer to the destination the Garmin Zooms in on the REMAINING portion of the route which REALLY helps out on knowing what to expect further down the road. My lights are about to be replaced (Older Mini-Van) BUT...If I were driving in the country (Little to No Street Lights)...It is a LIfesaver to be able to SEE/KNOW sharp curves ahead of time by looking at the Garmin. Also...if you're in an older part of town (With a lot of one way streets)...It's nice to have an audible voice Warn you as a backup, "You are going the WRONG way down the Steet"...Haha Things that could be better...And it could be worse: The ability of the Garmin to find the exact apartment number (In an apartment complex/Mobile Home Community). If I could rate that on a 1-100...I'd give it only a 35. (Granted it's not something they claim to have) Small gripe I have. I drive a GM vehicle and I have to sometimes turn the headlights on/off twice before my headlights go off...Sometimes when I do this the Garmin will say, "Say a Command" and while it's speaking it sounds like somebody pulled the plug on it WHILE it was speaking...it sounds a little harsh WHEN this happens (Which isn't ALL the time/But it DOES happen occasionally). It's not something that can't be dealt with (and isn't Too loud...but it's slightly irritating when it happens) If Garmin could eventually master knowing all the apartment numbers/mobile home communities and on which face/side of the building they're located on...it'd make things MUCH easier though (Delivering Pizza's). Believe it or not....Sometimes it takes less time to get to an apartment complex vs finding the right building. Less people have addresses well lit/Visible on their homes/mailboxes than you'd think. Overall I'm VERY happy with the purchase. On the rare 2% of the time I couldn't find an address....my cellphone would always get me there. **Also, I bought the Backup Camera from Garmin** It's DIRT-Simple to install (A child/elderly person) could install it themselves unassisted. The 2 Lithium AA batteries I purchased (**NOT**-Included-by-the-Way)...lasted Roughly a month (Jan-Feb 2020).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ still a good car GPS but with some drawbacks compared to older Garmins
*by Z***Z on December 2, 2023*

If you still use a stand alone car GPS, Garmin remains the last strong hold making stand alone units, thus I bought another as my older one is acting up, but I will repair my older one to use as backup as this new one is a step back in some respect. They are also good for domestic rentals, as you can bring presets and customs with you rather than relearning the nav unit in a rental. Garmin also pioneered car GPS, so the UI and design are optimal for drivers compared to free Google maps navigators; I use both when driving. For under $100, Garmins are still a steal. This review is after 1 week of daily road use. Pros Coming from a Garmin nuvi since 2010 and 2013, you can functionally do all older unit do and its overall like a slightly bigger and faster version of the nuvi, otherwise the same. However, moving from a 2010 unit to a 2013 nuvi, there were all improvements. But moving from 2013, to 2022 is a step back in some functions Build quality is the same, high, since 2010, no longer rubber coated to make it easier to grip, but still works the LCD screen has a tighter dot pitch and is clearer, and this unit is larger than my nuvi the touch seems more responsive the directions are spoken clearly and enunciated with emphasis in critical areas, like when a turn is about to happen updates online are faster download and install, but work similarly as older units Garmin Express is simple and easy to use, and offers more functions now than older versions, see photo able to carry forward my custom POI and locations, moving them from my nuvi to the 52 max volume is very loud, and so is brightness to see in full sunlight, I had to tone both down, a good thing, using Google maps to navigate on my phone, the phone is neither loud enough and would be useless if not being able to send the audio the car infotainment the newer design mounting clip uses the standard suction cup base, and takes getting used too but it allows me to use other Garmin accessory mounts Garmin has never gotten me lost in 1000mi+ trips, but some detours in backcountry, had some odd round abouts, for a country ride during the day it can be entertaining, at night it can be scary. However, Google Maps has taken me to bad detour routes, so I don't trust it for detours but it great for speed traps, alerts, and real time traffic. Cons custom POI do not migrate automatically, and there are no instructions. Open the POI folder in your older Garmin once the Garmin is attached to the PC, copy the POI to your PC, and remove the old Garmin, attach the new Garmin and drag that POI to the same folder in the new Garmin The color scheme for speed and limit is more bland and less alerting, and there is only one trip setting appearing on the right border, in the older units you could customize it in many ways to maximize the delivery of data on the small screen .. see photo on the fly detour requires up to 4 clicks, compared to one in the nuvi. One to hide the current trip setting, one to bring up the menu, one to select 'route', which is what detour is now called, then clicks again to select how far to detour. Luckily it does do the same thing, but getting to it is very annoying, being able to reroute on the fly when an accident or issue appears ahead of you is a key value a Garmin is for me, and they made it harder to use. The amount of custom voices is reduced, the voice sounds more mechanical and less natural, and is not as smoothly generated, there is a harshness to the voice synthesis, compared to older Garmins The killer to this model is the battery is only 1 hour, if at all, and mine barely got 15 minutes. Older garmins were are least 2 hours. Even after 1-2 recharges, I couldn't get it to last over 15 minutes, and later returned my unit as defective, and I already reduced the brightness and volume to under 50%. This means if you try adjusting it without the car adapter power, it will rapidly eat the battery down, and it also slowly eats the battery when the unit is off. You can conserve battery power by holding the Power button down until the TURN OFF dialog appears, cutting standby power to minimum. I often started the trip with the unit dead, and it wouldn't start until a minute or two for the battery to charge from zero. I bought another unit and returned my first, and it got 1 hour, but again, its barely enough. Garmin 52 with Traffic If you live in a well populated place, OTA Traffic has more options than older Garmins and is free and will save you a lot of time in wasted traffic. It uses the same cable as older Garmins that have Traffic. Its plug and play and what I changed my 52 too, and the ads don't say, upgrade maps are lifetime of the unit. It uses as much of the onboard memory as it can, then offloads stuff to the SD Card. For over 10 yrs, Garmins still have a max of 32GB SD cards, and been more than enough for decades. The OTA Traffic has less data than the upgraded model Garmins with bluetooth connect to your phone, to use its data for traffic updates, but reliability of the connection varies with your phone model, while the OTA is trouble free out of box.

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