2010 CAN-AM SPYDER Complaints

BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS, CAN-AM ROADSTER DYNAMIC POWER STEERING UNIT WHEREIN A FORCE GREATER THAN EXPECTED TO INITIATE THE TURNING OF THE STEERING HANDLEBAR OF THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT ITS TRAJECTORY MAY STEER THE VEHICLE OUT OF LANE WHICH INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH WITH OTHER TRAFFIC OR OF A DRIVE OFF THE ROAD SITUATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPYDER ROADSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS EXHIBITED THREE DIFFERENT COLORS AND WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FLASH WHILE ON LOW BEAM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE LIGHTS WERE CHANGED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THE LIGHTS WOULD APPEAR AS IF HE WAS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND OTHER VEHICLES WOULD QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF HIS WAY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT FEARED THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPYDER RT SE5 AUDIO ROADSTER. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SQUEALLING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V232000 (POWER TRAIN: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY). WHILE AT THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 900.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPYDER RT MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V232000 (POWER TRAIN: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY). THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER; HOWEVER, THE TELEPHONE LINES CONTINUOUSLY REMAINED BUSY. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE, TO INCLUDE THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE ARRIVAL DATE FOR THE PART. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPYDER RS MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND FELL OVER AND SLID A FEW INCHES WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. THE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT A MORE EXPERIENCED DRIVER WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE PERSON WHO DROVE THE VEHICLE THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY STATED THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FAILURES IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPIDER MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM THIRD GEAR TO FIRST. THE VEHICLE THEN SURGED FORWARD SO THE CONTACT APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 610. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 640.

HAD TROUBLE PUTTING IT INTO NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPED. THIS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY (DAILY). COMING TO A STOP IT ACTED LIKE THE CLUTCH WAS NOT ENGAGING AND THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. COULD NOT GET IT STARTED UNTIL I JUST HELD THE STARTER SWITCH, LET THE BIKE JERK ALONG AND THEN START. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CERAMIC CLUTCH BEARINGS, AND THEY WOULD CHANGE THEM OUT WITH STEEL BEARINGS. ARE THEY ALL LIKE THIS? COULD FIND NO RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR