2011 Can-Am Outlander

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering
Filed Jul 27, 20171,900 milesNY

THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND YANKED THE BIKE TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING ON A PATH IN THE WOODS. THE LIGHT CAME ON DASH THAT READ DPS (DYNAMIC POWER STEERING). IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS EXACT BIKE. HOWEVER, CANADA GOES BY A CERTAIN NUMBER AND OUR BIKE WAS LESS THAN 100 NUMBERS AWAY SO THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. IT COST US ALMOST $1000.00 . I AM VERY UPSET AND BELIEVE OUR BIKE SHOULD BE IN THE SAME RECALL. IT WAS FOR 2011 CAN-AM OUTLANDERS, YELLOW IN COLOR WITH A TWO UP SEAT. EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST ONCE EITHER. AFTER GETTING IT FIXED BY THE DEALER, WE HAD IT ABOUT A MONTH AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 30, 20121 milesMT

BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL TO ILLUMINATE OR ARE HARD TO ILLUMINATE WHEN APPLYING HAND/FOOT BRAKE PRESSURE. *JS

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2011
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20151010Routine
2011 — this page2000Routine
20071000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.