2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT Complaints

RIDING MOTORCYCLE RIGHT LEG GETS VERY VERY HOT ALMOST BURNING...NEED RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THE SPYDER WOULD NOT START. WE WOULD BE RIDING AND THEN STOP SOMEWHERE AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER A FEW TIME OF TRYING TO START IT, IT WOULD FINALLY START. OUR CONCERN OF COURSE IS WE ARE NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE AT A STOP. IF IT DOES HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE AT A STOP, IT COULD CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

WE HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES OUR SPYDER WOULD NOT START. WE WOULD BE RIDING FOR ONE TO THREE HOURS AND STOP THEN GET BACK ON TO RIDE AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHILE AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. MAY CAUSE ACCIDENT IF THE DRIVER BEHIND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO US AND JUST THE LIGHT. WE CAN NOT TRUST. IT TO RIDE ANYMORE. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAY THAT HAVE FIXED WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE PROBLEM BUT STILL NO LUCK. *TR

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH DOES NOT CANCEL PROPERLY (MANUALLY). WHEN SIGNALING A RIGHT TURN (FOR EXAMPLE), DEFINITIVELY PRESSING THE SWITCH TO CANCEL FREQUENTLY CAUSES THE LEFT SIGNAL TO FLASH. IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THE LEFT SIGNAL BEGINS TO FLASH AS IF IT WAS PRESSED TO SIGNAL A LEFT TURN. THE ISSUE CAN BE REPRODUCED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, SAFELY ENSURING THE SWITCH IS BEING PRESSED PROPERLY. WHEN DRIVING, THIS RESULTS IN A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IT IS NECESSARY TO LOOK AT THE DASH TO VERIFY THAT THE SIGNAL HAS BEEN PROPERLY CANCELED; TAKING THE RIDER'S ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC AHEAD. OFTEN TIMES, GETTING THE TURN SIGNAL TO CANCEL TAKES SEVERAL TRIES; AND CONSUMES SEVERAL SECONDS WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP HAS ALREADY REPLACED THE SWITCH ONCE. IT IMPROVED FOR A SHORT TIME - NOW ITS BACK TO MALFUNCTIONING REGULARLY. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *TR

WHEN MANUALLY TURNING THE TURN SIGNALS OFF AFTER CHANGING TRAFFIC LANES, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WILL FLASH OR TURN ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS BRAND NEW. SOMETIMES IT BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE TURN SIGNALS OFF BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU MASH THE BUTTON THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON. AT THE 4500 MILE CHECKUP I HEAD THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH REPLACED AND IT WORKED FOR 5 MILES AND THEN STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN AND IS NOW DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS DOING BEFORE. I CARRIED IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SWITCH REPLACED AGAIN AND EVERY CAN-AM WE TESTED ON THE LOT DID THE SAME THING. EVEN IF THE TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT ON AND YOU MASHED THE BUTTON IN THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WOULD BLINK. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED THE OEM AND THEY ASSIGNED IT A TROUBLE TICKET NUMBER AND SAID IT WAS AN ON-GOING ISSUE AND WHEN THEY FOUND A SOLUTION THEY WOULD FIX IT. IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THIS TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM OR ANY WORD FROM THE OEM THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. WHEN GOING THROUGH A MAJOR CITY LIKE DALLAS OR AUSTIN AND CHANGING LANES AND HAVING THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COME ON OR REFUSE TO GO OFF AND THEN HAVING TO MESS WITH IT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC POSES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE DRIVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80.

BRP OF CANADA MAKES & SELLS THEIR CAN-AM SPYDER THREE WHEELED TRIKE MOTORCYCLE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS WELL KNOWN BY THIS VEHICLE'S OWNERS THAT THIS TRIKE PRODUCES A LARGE AMOUNT OF HEAT WHICH IS DIRECTED AT THE DRIVERS RIGHT SIDE FOOT REST AREA MAKING IT AN EXTREMELY HOT AREA ON SAID VEHICLE. SINCE THIS IS ALSO WHERE THE ONLY METHOD OF BRAKING THE VEHICLE RESIDES, I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND HAVE BEEN TRYING ( UNSUCCESSFULLY ) TO GET THE BRP CAN-AM PEOPLE TO CORRECT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS PERMANENTLY INJURED. THEY HAVE DECLINED MY EFFORTS AND REQUEST FOR A FIX TO THIS ISSUE IN A LETTER I RECEIVED. SPOKE WITH A MS. NATASHA 1-888-272-9222 AT BRP REGARDING MY CASE # [XXX] ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AND RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HER DATED 30-JAN-2013 STATING THAT THE DEALERSHIP ( CENTRAL FLORIDA POWER SPORTS - KISSIMMEE FLORIDA ) HAS EXAMINED THE TRIKE AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE IS FUNCTIONING WITHIN THE MANUFACTURERS GUIDELINES. I TOLD HER THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW AS WELL AS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR