STi-Frenchie

...is it time to buy a new one? Or anyone know of a way to make it stick longer? Had an errand to run yesterday and the thing kept falling off every five minutes --- bloody annoying trying to drive and catch it from falling on the floor. Then by some wacky coincidence it took me the wrong way and had me heading straight for work! I think my grabbing it somehow reprogrammed it. Finally resorted to licking the suction cup and putting it on there but 5 or 6 minutes later I arrived at my destination so have no idea how much longer it would have lasted like that.

NotoriousREV

Lick it. It works for me. Also, clean the screen where you mount it really well with an alcohol wipe first to degrease it.

STi-Frenchie

Cheers Rev. I'd just cleaned the car last Monday...including the windscreen and all windows inside and out.

gallois

use screenwash neat to clean the suction cup, and also the area on the windscreen, (also if its a genuine tomtom mount, make sure that the suction mount is 'locked' i.e. twist until resistance, then again until it kinda clicks) failing that, it must be fcuked.

STi-Frenchie

It's a genuine mount for a TomTom ONE. When I put it on the windscreen I get the resistance and click it home but then it just falls off again. I looked on Amazon for a replacement mount and they have one for a ONE but it says Version 1 ONE's -- anyone know how I can tell which version I have? It's just over 2 years old.

gallois

the tomtom one 1st edition is NOT the tomtom one XL or tomtom one europe, or tomtom one GB or tomtom one V3 europe etc etc. it was just called 'tomtom one' i think the 1st edition was all black, NOT silver and black, it is still sold and called a tomtom one classic and looks like this

so the one on amazon will fit this one

STi-Frenchie

Ah I see, thanks for that. Mine is black and silver. I bought it from Amazon France and it came with the map of France not Western Europe so I must be looking at a version 2 TomTom I guess.

Scoobychick

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Drill a hole through the windscreen and another corresponding one in the mount, fix with nut and bolt, job done

Removed.

Another reason might be where on the screen you're trying to stick it, as it were. The sides of the windscreen tend to be slightly more curved than the centre, which can break the seal, and hence you get floppy TomTom problems. I bought an air-vent mount, which is ok, but the screen is tilted slightly up, so can catch the sun at odd times.

STi-Frenchie

Middle of the windscreen is where it is being placed. I'm off out for a curry later so will try the suggestions in the thread so far...but I'll need to wait for daylight before drilling through the windscreen as Sal suggests.

FriarTook

I did this, you should have seen the AutoGlass blokes face when he came to fix the screen afterwards

STi-Frenchie

I tried the suggestions here and it managed to staz stuc k to the windscreen for 23 minutes before falling off again. The lick test is next...

Boro

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lick it

Shark Man

Your windscreen is probably dirty or contaminated: Silicone based dash cleaner being the biggest curlprit if the windscreen is already clean.

Silicone is horrible stuff - ask anyone who works in a bodyshop. And what does almost every cleaning product manufacturer put in the cleaners and waxes?

Screen will need wiping kitchen rolls saoked with methylated sprit then dried with dry kitchen roll - same with the suction cup. Or automotive panel wipe (if you happen to have some )

jods

SuperGlue did the trick for me

The trouble came when I tried to chisel it off to transfer it to the wifes car