2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT Complaints

Upon cruising down the highway about 60 MPH,my powered windshield support arm broke and the windshield fell back toward me in between the handle bars. Upon inspection,arm broke in half leaving the windshield unsupported. Our safety was put at risk because windshield was laying flat instead of upright for protection from winds and bugs or debris as designed. We had to prop it up with a coat to finish our ride. Doing research on Spyder owners forum,we discovered it is an ongoing problems with this support arm and we are not the lone incident. BRP should recall this for safety reasons. BRP sells a replacement unit for $800, totally unexceptable as this is a part that should not fail.no warning lights could predict this. Parts are available for inspection.

I HAVE A 2012 CAN AM SPYDER RT LIMITED WITH EXTREME HEAT ON MY RIGHT FOOT AND AROUND THE SEAT. ALSO HAVE OVERWHELMING GASOLINE FUMES AFTER PARKING THE BIKE. MAKING IT UNUSABLE AND NO FUN AND DANGEROUS TO RIDE. PURCHASED JULY 14 2017. 7,200 MILES. HAD CONTACT SEVERAL TIMES WITH LOCAL DEALER ABSOLUTELY NO HELP!

DYNAMIC POWER STEERING FAILURE AT 5,900 MILES. NO POWER STEERING AT SLOW SPEEDS.

ON 7/11/2019 MY 2012 CANAM RT SE5 STARTED THROWING OUT VSS FAULT CODE, I TOOK IT HOME AND CONTACTED MY LOCAL CANAM SERVICE COMPANY. THEY ASKED ME TO BRING IT IN WHICH I DID THE NEXT DAY. ENROUTE TO THE SHOP IT BEGAN SHOWING ABS LIMP HOME MODE BUT WAS NOT IN LIMP HOME MODE. ONCE CONNECTED TO THE SHOP COMPUTER I WAS ADVISED THE BIKE WAS THROWING OUT NUMEROUS CODES AND FALSE CODES. THEN I WASXADVISED THIS BIKE HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE 2013 IP TO AND INCLUDING REPLACING THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT 15000+ MILES. SINCE PURCHASING THW BIKE IT CONSTANTLY SHORTS THE HORN OUT AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE FUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE VSS/ABS CODES THE SHOCK COMPRESSOR HAD STARTED COMING ON AND OFF.

MY WIFE AND I WERE RIDING TO HAWKS NEST STATE PARK IN WEST VIRGINIA, MY CAN-AM SPIDER CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE FUEL CAP AREA WE WERE COMING TO A STOP GOING ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR TO 0. I FELT HEAT ON MY LEFT LEG LOOKED DOWN AND SAW FLAMES AND TOLD MY WIFE TO GET OFF THE BIKE AND WE GOT OFF AND THE BIKE, IT BURNED FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE SOMEONE PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. WE HAD FUELED UP ABOUT 35 MILES PRIOR TO THIS STOP. THERE ARE RECALLS ON THIS MOTORCYCLE BUT NOT MY SPECIFIC VIN #- WHY? I SEE THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER 2008 TO 2012 CAN-AM SPYDERS WITH VAPOR LEAK OR FUEL LINE LEAK RECALLS. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAN-AM FOR THREE MONTHS I AM GRATEFUL WE ARE NOT HURT BUT THIS COULD'VE BEEN REALLY REALLY BAD THESE ARE KNOWN FOR CATCHING FIRE AS I AM LEARNING AND READING I AM FORTUNATE YES- PLEASE STOP THESE BIKES FROM BEING SOLD!! THE ROAD WAS HILLY 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD. SUNSHINE 85 DEGREES. RUINED OUR DAY AND BIKE!

WHILE STOPPING AFTER 25 MILES. THE REAR BRAKES EMITTED A BURNING ODOR AND FAILED. THE REAR CALIPER AND ROTOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND REAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED 4 TIMES SINCE NEW WITH ONLY 6500 TOTAL MILES ON VEHICLE. ROTORS BECOME WARPED AND DISCOLORED FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT OCCASIONALLY GLOWING ORANGE AT NIGHT. THESES BRAKES HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES WITH FACTORY PARTS AND CERTIFIED MECHANIC REPAIRS. TAKEN TO AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES REQUESTING TO OPEN A CASE WITH BRP THAT IS QUICKLY IGNORED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO RIDE AND OBVIOUSLY HAS A FACTORY DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OR DEATH IS LIKELY TO RESULT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE IN FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT GOT OFF THE MOTORCYCLE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE SECONDS LATER. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TOTALED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,600.

JUST PURCHASED MY SPYDER RT ......NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL AFTER A DRIVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES. I OPENED MY FUEL CAP AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL WAS WAY HOTTER THAN IT SHOULD BE. ALSO REAR BRAKES ARE VERY NOISY, AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

WHILE RIDING MY SPYDER THE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE GETS SO INTENSE THAT IT CAUSES THE GAS TO BOIL AND THE ENGINE LETS OFF GAS VAPOR. THIS VAPOR IS RELEASED UNTIL THE BIKE COOLS. I HAVE WORRIES THAT THIS WILL IGNITE SO I MUST LEAVE THE SPYDER OUTSIDE OF MY GARAGE UNTIL THE SMELL DISSIPATES. .

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WITH FACTORY TRAILER ATTACHED THE LIGHT CONNECTION FROM TRAILER TO VEHICLE FAILED. THE LOCK ON VEHICLE BROKE ALLOWING THE TRAILER CORD TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. THIS MEANS THERE ARE NO LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL OR BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE TRAILER. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO DETERMINE UNTIL THE DRIVER STOPS AND DISMOUNTS THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT BRP (THE MANUFACTURE) IS AWARE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BUT HAVE ISSUED AN UPDATED PART NUMBER FOR REVISED PARTS. BRP FEELS IT IS THE CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBLITY TO PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS AT A COST OF APPROX. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT BECAUSE THE OWNER HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM UNTIL IT OCCURS AND IT BECOMES AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY ISSUE BRP SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT ON ALL EFFECTED VEHICLES. I FEEL THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE, BRP KNOWS IT IS DEFECTIVE AND CHOOSES TO PROFIT FROM SELLING UPDATED PARTS RATHER THAN RECALLING THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES FOR UPGRADE.. THIS PUTS THE RIDER AND HIS PASSENGER IN A DANGEROUS, ILLEGAL AND LIFE THREATENING POSITION. I AM ASKING FOR THE NTSB TO LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF IT. YOU CAN REFERENCE MY CASE WITH BRP. CASE # [XXX] THE DEALER WHO SOLD THIS VEHICLE NEW ALSO BELIEVES THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT MANUFACTURES COST. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CONNECTION FAILED, ALTHOUGH THE FIRST TIME APPROX. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO I THOUGHT I HAD FAILED TO PROPERLY LOCK CONNECTION. THIS TIME WHEN IT FAILED THE LOCK WAS COMPLETELY MISSING. BRP RESPONSE TO MY CLAIM WAS THAT THE PLUG WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. IT WAS A FACTORY INSTALLATION. NOTHING HAD BEEN CHANGED FROM NEW. *TT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT