A:Press 2, then 1, then 2.Our free phone can also navigate phone menus to get a live human at Garmin for you.
Q:
Does Garmin offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Thu 8am-6pm, Fri 8am-5pm CST.The least busy day is Friday, and the most busy day is Monday.Schedule a call when the call center is open and when it's convenient for you.
Q:
How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 4 minutes.The longest hold times are on Wednesday, and the shortest are on Thursday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
Consider using our free service that calls and talks to customer service for you, then sends you a report. Or use our free service that waits on hold and tells you when a human rep is on the line. But if those options don't appeal to you, our team has also documented the phone menu for Garmin below.
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this Garmin phone number to document the phone system.
Here is how our research team describes the way the Garmin phone system greets you: For support with watches & wearables, press 1. For fitness products, press 2. For auto, semi-truck, motorcycles, and cameras, press 3. For outdoor products, press 4. For marine and fish finder products, press 5. For dog and hunting products, press 6. For golf and baseball products, press 7. For RV-specific products, press 8. For aviation products, press 9.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest:Press 2, then 1, then 2
Below are some clips we've found from Garmin's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
Heard when the phone system first answers
"Thank you for calling Tharm International's product support department.
Call may be monitored or recorded for quality purposes.
For support of watches and wearables, press one.
For fitness products, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 9:46 PM
They may ask you to enter information with the dial pad
"Thank you for calling. For added security, please enter three nine two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 9:05 PM
The first phone menu
"Thank you for calling Garmin International's product support department.
This call may be monitored or recorded for quality purposes.
For support of aviation products, press nine.
For repeat of this menu, press zero.
For support of watches and wearables, press one.
For fitness products, press two.
For automotive, semi truck, motorcycle, and camera products, press three.
For outdoor products, press four.
For marine and fish finder products, press five.
For dog and hunting products, press six."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Monday, June 17, 2024 3:14 PM
After you press 1
"For automotive, semitruck, motorcycle, and camera For quick and easy access to help with common problems, please visit support dot garmin dot com.
To place an order, check the status of an order, or an RMA, press eight.
For vivo active, vivo smart, vivomove, vivofit, Venue, Bounce, the Index Smart Scale, smart blood pressure monitor, or other fitness trackers, press one.
For Phoenix, EPIC, or Instinct, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 12:37 PM
After you press 2
"For marine and fish finder products for quick and easy access to help with common problems, please visit support dot garmin dot com.
To place an order, check the status of an order, or an RMA, press eight.
For Vivoactive, VivoSmart, VivoMove, VivoFit, Venue, Bounce, the Index Smart Scale, Smart Blood Pressure Monitor, and other fitness trackers, press one."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 12:41 PM
After you press 3
"For outdoor products for quick and easy access to help with common problems, please visit support dot garmin dot com.
To place an order, check the status of an order, or an RMA, press eight.
If you believe you've been incorrectly charged for support or a victim of an impostor website for a map update, press one.
For Garmin Drive series product questions, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 6:48 PM
After you press 5
"For support of autopilot, press seven. For fusion stereo, fusion RV, and digital switch All of our product support specialists are assisting other callers.
For dog and hunting products, if you're calling to check the status of an order or an RMA, press one.
For questions related to software updates, map updates, or product registration, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 4:05 PM
After you press 6
"For golf and bay for all dog tracking and training products, press one.
For the Xero family of products, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Garmin
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 4:39 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Garmin operates the call center for this 800-800-1020 phone number Mon-Thu 8am-6pm, Fri 8am-5pm CT.The short answer is that you should call on a Friday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 731 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
Call when they- and you- are open
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, you can also schedule the call with Garmin at a time when they are open and when it works for you. We will confirm you are ready before placing the call, just in case. That means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Garmin phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Garmin staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Garmin is Friday.The most busy day to call is Monday, which averages 74% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 731 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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Fri
Quietest
The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Thursday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Wednesday.
In summation, the best day to call Garmin is Friday.This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that Garmin staffs the call center well on Friday.
I got a brand new Garmin watch over the holidays, but it doesn't want to sync to the apps I want downloaded. Despite numerous attempts, I can't seem to get the interface to update. So, I decided that I'd call for help. I saw they have a live chat option online, but it doesn't seem to work every time that I try it. Likewise, I had similar problems with the call center which seems to close early in the day and wasn't open over the holidays. While I can understand this, it's always a bonus when a company offers customer service during peak service times.
In my mind, most people are going to call after work, and the holidays would be a peak calling time because people like me will have new items. Either way, I eventually called them in the middle of the week on a Wednesday afternoon and was finally able to get through. They have a lot of products from watches to navigation systems to cameras and outdoor products, so they probably get a fair amount of phone calls. I didn't have to wait a long time, so that's one bonus about giving them a call.
When I called, an automated voice answered, and said, "Thank you for contracting Garmin's support department." It then went on to list a long number of options for me to choose between including refunds, technical support, repairs, map updates, and refund a charge. I chose technical support since I needed help with my watch. It then asked me to select which product I needed help with out of a long list that included watches, fitness products, dash cams, RV accessories, fish finding products, dog and hunting products, and sporting products. Obviously I went with watch products. Next, it asked me a couple more questions to narrow down the type of watch I had, and finally the system asked me to hold.
I was pleasantly surprised that I was only waiting for a few minutes. Being so close to the holidays, I expected to wait in line a lot longer. I had to listen to a few messages that encouraged me to go online to visit support.garmin.com for faster service, but I hung on the line and was able to talk to Ray pretty quickly. Ray spoke clearly and walked me through the initial setup process to identify where the problem was. It took us a few minutes, but Ray was helpful and by the end of the phone call my watch was working correctly.
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Why Customers Call Garmin
If you have time to do a bit of reading before you call Garmin, we recommend you read over some of our problem-specific articles.
Click the link above to get answers to just about any Garmin customer service question, including step by step guides for the most complex issues. You can also detail a new issue and get answers instantly.
Below is a sample of recent calls to Garmin, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Watch battery issue: "It's only working when it's plugged in, and I'm not sure how I can fix that."
- From a call lasting 34m 24s , Jun 23, 2025 6:07 PM
Returning Live Scope unit: "I just wanna make sure how do I get the cable out of the unit?"
- From a call lasting 4m 17s , Jun 20, 2025 12:43 PM
Watch repair inquiry: "My Garmin had it's a four Runner nine four five with a weird ring on the outside of the watch face."
- From a call lasting 12m 46s , Jun 13, 2025 12:44 PM
Information about why customers call Garmin is extracted from issues that customers have reported to GetHuman.
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Conclusion and closing notes
This is Garmin's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Garmin agent. This phone number is Garmin's best phone number because 696 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-800-1020 include Repairs, Device Support, Map Updates, Update Account Info, Refund a Charge and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Garmin first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, Garmin has 2 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Garmin representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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