Garmin Drive 53 & Traffic 5" GPS
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Overview
Garmin Drive 53 & Traffic
No matter your journey, Garmin Drive 53 & Traffic keeps you on track and focused on the road ahead. With its sleek 5" high-resolution touchscreen display, easily pinch and zoom --- then let this GPS navigator take you all the way.
Features:
BRIGHT TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
A bright 5" high-resolution glass touchscreen display makes viewing your route clear and easy. And the modern, beautiful design looks good on any dash.
DRIVER ALERTS
To encourage safer driving and increase situational awareness, driver alerts warn you of upcoming sharp curves, speed changes, school zones and more. Red light and speed camera warnings are not available in all regions.
TRIPADVISOR
View Tripadvisor traveler ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions along your route or near your destination.
GARMIN REAL DIRECTIONS FEATURE
Easy-to-understand, spoken turn-by-turn directions guide like a friend, using street names, store names and recognizable landmarks.
GARMIN TRAFFIC
Outsmart traffic jams or slowdowns with alerts that suggest alternate routes. Garmin Traffic comes ready to use right out of the box with the included vehicle power cable with traffic antenna.
CHECK UP AHEAD
View food, fuel and rest stops along your route --- and even see upcoming cities and milestones as you go.
NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTORY
Discover and enjoy some of America's most treasured natural resources. Easily navigate within the parks to visitor centers, picnic areas, campgrounds and more.
MAP COVERAGE
Your navigator includes preloaded street maps and map updates for North America, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Bahamas. Update maps and software by using Garmin Express.
Specifications
Screen Type/Size
5.0" Hi-Res Wide Screen LCD
Map Updates
Includes Always Up to Date Maps of North America
Traffic Information
Real-Time Traffic Information
Touch Screen
Yes
Accessories Included
Vehicle suction cup mount, Vehicle power cable with traffic antenna, USB cable, Documentation
Additional Information
Bright touchscreen display: A bright 5 high-resolution glass touchscreen display makes viewing your route clear and easy. And the modern, beautiful design looks good on any dash. Garmin Traffic: Outsmart traffic jams or slowdowns with alerts that suggest alternate routes. Garmin Traffic comes ready to use right out of the box with the included traffic cable. Driver Alerts: To encourage safer driving and increase situational awareness, driver alerts warn you of upcoming sharp curves, speed changes, school zones and more. Red light and speed camera warnings are not available in all regions. Check up ahead: View food, fuel and rest stops along your route and even see upcoming cities and milestones as you go. Tripadvisor: View Tripadvisor traveler ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions along your route or near your destination. National Parks directory: Discover and enjoy some of America s most treasured natural resources. Easily navigate within the parks to visitor centers, picnic areas, campgrounds and
Dimensions
4.9(w) X 3.3(h) X .6(d)
Reviews
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Edwin 454 from
Garmin is the greatest
To have this drive buddy is fantastic. What people did before Garmin is unimaginable.
Date published: 2024-12-03
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Hotajax from
Very Well Designed Product
I bot this one because I've had Garmin in my boat, airplane, and car. Garmin is great stuff. Unfortunately, the batteries in my Garmin car GPS crapped out after about 10 years, and that's OK because the unit didn't owe me anything after being in service for 10 years. It is fast, accurate, and very intuitive. Don't bother with WAYS and other map software on your stinking iPhone. Get a Garmin and join the Pepsi Generation. Highly recommended unit.
Date published: 2024-11-21
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Cornhusker from
Big Improvement!
I love all the new features added since my Nuvi 56.
Date published: 2024-11-19
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Art 73 from
Great features
Have had it for 2 weeks, any function I have used works perfectly
Date published: 2024-11-13
Rated 5 out of
5
by
d268h from
All the features needed
I bought this a month and a half ago so, I had plenty of time to check it out. I am very well, pleased. It does everything that I need it to do.
Date published: 2024-10-13
Rated 5 out of
5
by
C3Vetteman from
Very Good GPS
I bought this to replace my Garmin 50ML. I like this one as it operates similar to my other one but also gives me the traffic option for cameras, etc.
Date published: 2024-09-17
Rated 5 out of
5
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N / A from
Does everything I need it to do in my car.
My 53 is great I’m a professional driver and have a 65 for that . Don’t leave home without either
Date published: 2024-08-18
Rated 5 out of
5
by
fuji from
garmin drive 53 traffic
it work perfect the other one die--------------------------------
Date published: 2024-08-13
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Tucsonmax1 from
Testing on a Trip
Bought this unit to replace an older Garmin GPS. Works Better. Loads up faster.
Date published: 2024-08-03
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Jennifer2024 from
Bright screen, very clear
Great GPS that I finally got to use. The delay in trying it out was in finding the correct dash board telescoping holder. This Garmin is better than the one I had in 2008. It’s more compact and also easy to hear the directions!
Date published: 2024-07-08
Rated 5 out of
5
by
ProudVet from
Love It!
It gets me there and gets me back. The traffic function works well.
Date published: 2024-05-09
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Voyager from
Replacement to my old one
Great product, works better than my old one. Seems faster
Date published: 2024-03-30
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Colorado81089 from
Garmin Drive 53
Purchased about 3 months ago. Downloaded updates. Everything works great. For people that are rural where 4G or 5G fades out, satellite GPS is best.
Date published: 2024-03-17
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Rickaroo22 from
Surprise feature for me
While driving across country my Garmin Drive 53 prompted me to take a break. What a wonderful feature. I like the clarity of the screen and the other expected features but as I have gotten older the breaks are more and more important.
Date published: 2024-02-26
Rated 5 out of
5
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Radarbarb from
Love the Red Light Camera info
I have been a loyal Garmin user (prefer it over the indash map!) for many years. The addition of the Red Light Camera notification is amazing!!! Good to know that there are cameras ahead of me. The one thing I'd like to see now is traffic signal indicators - it really helps to know that my turn is coming up within "so many" traffic lights!
Date published: 2023-12-26
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Benoit from
Very good product
I am happy with trafic shown and good quality and fast
Date published: 2023-12-06
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Jonesy from
Marvelously accurate!
I've had factory installed Garmin products in my previously owned autos. Now, in my new auto without GPS, i was pleased to find free-standing Garmin GPS products available. The latest software updates are amazing. I used this Garmin 53 to drive from Canada to Florida and back. Friggin' amazing device!
Date published: 2023-12-05
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Joe43 from
Real Maps
The maps displayed are more like the traditional maps we all are used to reading.
The screen selections respond better than ever to one's finger pad pressure.
Date published: 2023-12-01
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Fingers from
Great features.
I bought this a little over a month ago to replace my Garmin nuvi 265w that I had for over 12 years.
Date published: 2023-10-25
Rated 5 out of
5
by
PeteB from
Excellent performance
Just purchased the Drive 53. The keyboard entry with clicks is just brilliant.
Clear screen and easy to use.
Date published: 2023-10-15
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Marcywm42 from
An excellent pocket/travel GPS
I bought this for hiking/travel. It will fit in my shirt pocket. I pack a suction cup mount for use in rental cars. I use a small external battery pack that has 2 18650 lithium ion batteries for a with a total of 19800 MAH capacity for hiking. The current drawn is 900 MA. This will power the 53 GPS for 22 hours.
Date published: 2023-10-13
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Mc57 from
Nice unit
Picks up satellites quickly. Finds address easily and quickly. Has been working perfectly since I bought it.
Date published: 2023-09-19
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Lakesan from
A solid HPS
Generally this unit functions very well, like every Garmin I have or have had. The one item that I would encourage Garmin to tweak is the lag time in city driving is a tiny bit slow. Otherwise form, function and accuracy are 5 star. I highly recommend this model.
Date published: 2023-09-04
Rated 5 out of
5
by
DEJohns from
Love the features
These work great, longevity is the only downfall
Other than that there great
Date published: 2023-05-30
Rated 4 out of
5
by
NEW2024 from
New Garmin
Little different from my old one, but still getting use to the newness.
Date published: 2024-12-17
Rated 4 out of
5
by
LJM47 from
suggestion
I had a Drive 53 with SD card. I cannot move the saved data on this Drive 53 SD card to the new Express 53 traffic unit. What do I do to accomplish this? Also you need an option to have you set up the new unit, of course for a fee. Those of us who are boomers, nearly 80, do not really understand the process to set up the new unit.
Date published: 2024-11-19
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Texas-Explorer from
No voice command feature
I didn't notice as I was reading the description online, but voice command is not included. I got so use to that feature that I guess I just assumed it was a feature on all models. Makes it real hard when you need to find a place or select from saved places while driving. But.... this is still a very good device, cleaner look when looking at maps. Does everything else I've come to expect and appreciate from Garmin. When the next time rolls around and I need to buy another, I will pay better attention to be sure voice command is included. My experience so far with Garmin is these last a long time, so it might be a while. I prefer Garmin to the phone maps/directions. Garmin just feels more in tune with how people drive and need solid directions.
Date published: 2024-11-09
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Bubba9 from
Good GPS, slow satellite acquisition
I have owned various Garmin GPS devices for 20+ years. I like them. However my latest device, Garmin 53 with traffic is really slow to acquire satellites. Slowe than my Nuvi 50, which is, quite frankly old! Slow in the US and really slow in the EU. By slow in the EU, I mean like 6 minutes! Garmin, if you fix this, you get 5 stars!
Date published: 2024-09-21
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Mike and his beagle from
So much for new features
The screen is much better than older units, but the trip advisor is junk, it shows the most expensive places within an hour drive and ignores the places that are close.
Date published: 2024-08-24
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Jim88 from
Misdirection
I updated my Drive 53 about 30 days ago 4/26/24, since driving an various express ways,
the Garmin will talk and show an exit that is not there, tell me I am going the wrong way against traffic. Otherwise the unit works very well.
Date published: 2024-05-26