2008 Can-Am Spyder RT

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed May 27, 2019NC

08 CAN AM SPYDER .PARK BRAKE WARNING ON .PARK BRAKE NOT HOLDING . BUT BRAKES LOCKED UP AFTER BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. WAITED ABOUT 20 MIN AND THEY RELEASED. BUT LOCKED UP AGAIN WHEN APPLIED FOOT BRAKE . EACH TIME I USED FOOT BRAKE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN.HAVE NOT RIDDEN SINCE PROBLEM.

Engine
Filed Oct 29, 201424,000 milesNC

MAIN SHAFT BEARINGS FAILED AT 24,000 MILES CAN AM TECHNICAL ADVISORIES HAVE DECREASED ATTENTION ON MAIN DRIVE BELT TWICE. MONTHS DELAY ON REPLACEMENT PARTS MAKES ME THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE FAILING. UNABLE TO GET ADEQUATE EXPLANATION FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE OUT OF CANADA. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2013
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261100Routine
20250100Routine
20245110Routine
20231100Routine
20222100Routine
20216100Routine
20206200Routine
20196200Routine
201812200Routine
20177300Routine
20169101Fatalities reported
20154100Routine
201413010Routine
2013102240Routine
201241120Routine
201129250Routine
201024400Routine
20091000Routine
2008 — this page2000Routine

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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.