Can-Am Spyder RT

Owners filed 272 complaints across 19 model years of the Can-Am Spyder RT. The 2013 drew the most (102).

Model years19
Complaints272
Recalls26
Fires13
Deaths1

Which Can-Am Spyder RT years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Can-Am Spyder RT model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Can-Am Spyder RT model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
1——Power TrainRoutine
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20246
11—Unknown or OtherRoutine
20231
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
20222
1——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20216
1——EngineRoutine
20206
2——Exterior LightingRoutine
20196
2——Service BrakesRoutine
201812
2——Power TrainRoutine
20177
3——Power TrainRoutine
20169
1—1SteeringFatalities reported
20154
1——SuspensionRoutine
201413
01—Power TrainRoutine
2013102
24—Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201241
121Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201129
25—EngineRoutine
201024
4——SteeringRoutine
20091
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
20082
0——EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.