Custom Vehicles

With the Garmin Montana, you can choose which vehicle icon is used to indicate your current position on the Map screen. The Garmin Montana currently supports having up to thirty vehicles loaded on the device at any given time.

Vehicle Selection



Direct Vehicle Installation
  1. Ensure you have the latest Garmin Communicator Plugin installed.
  2. Connect your Montana via USB and enter Mass Storage Mode.
  3. Choose the desired vehicle from the Garmin Garage.
  4. Select [Install Now].
  5. Disconnect and restart the Montana.

Manual Vehicle Installation
  1. Connect your Montana via USB and enter Mass Storage Mode.
  2. Choose the desired vehicle from the Garmin Garage.
  3. Select [Download Now].
  4. Save the file to your computer.
  5. Unzip the saved archive.
  6. Copy the vehicle file (*.srf) to the Montana\Garmin\Vehicle directory.
  7. Disconnect and restart the Montana.

GUI Vehicle Installation
  1. Download and install Garmin Vehicle Manager for Windows PC.
  2. Download the desired vehicle from chosen vehicle source.
  3. Connect your Montana 6x0 via USB and enter Mass Storage Mode.
  4. View and transfer vehicles between your PC and Montana 6x0.
  5. Disconnect and restart the Montana 6x0.


Alternate Vehicle Sources

 Select, download, extract and copy custom Garmin vehicles to your Montana from these sources:
  1. Garmin Garage (Malaysia)
  2. Vehicles for GARMIN nüvi
  3. GarminHeaven
  4. POI Factory Garmin vehicle thread
  5. GPSrChive custom vehicle repository