Can-Am Spyder. Published by Transport Canada as 2012422 on 12 December 2012. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the fuel cap may not seal properly on the fuel tank filler neck and could allow fuel vapours to escape. Fuel vapours, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Owners will be sent an updated fuel cap.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Can-Am SPYDER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Can-Am SPYDER is named on 7 American notices, 3 British and 7 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall RSPV/2023/002: Brp-Can Am Spyder F3-S, Can-Am Spyder F3 and Spyder F3 (The rearview mirror lenses may dislodge from the mirror housing)
- DVSA recall RM/2024/002: Brp-Can Am Can-Am Spyder F3 and Can-Am Spyder F3-S (Rearview mirror lenses may dislodge – decreased visibility)
- DVSA recall R/2024/386: BRP Can-Am Spyder F3 and Spyder RT (Engine Output – Potential Loss of Drive Power)
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012422
- Recall date
- 12 December 2012
- Make
- Can-Am
- Models
- Spyder
- Model years
- 2008 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- Motor Tricycle
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 9,400
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the fuel cap may not seal properly on the fuel tank filler neck and could allow fuel vapours to escape. Fuel vapours, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Owners will be sent an updated fuel cap.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2012422.
Can-Am elsewhere in this register
Can-Am is named on 56 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2012421 · 12 December 2012 · Spyder · Fuel System
- 2012440 · 21 December 2012 · Commander · Steering
- 2012361 · 23 October 2012 · Commander · Other
- 2012126 · 10 April 2012 · Spyder RT · Brakes
- 2013288 · 28 August 2013 · Spyder, Spyder RT · Brakes
- 2011383 · 1 November 2011 · Outlander 500, Outlander 650, Renegade 800r · Steering
- 2011056 · 3 February 2011 · Spyder RT · Powertrain
- 2010313 · 15 September 2010 · Spyder · Steering
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012421 · 12 December 2012 · Spyder · Fuel System
- 2012420 · 11 December 2012 · 350 Exc-F, 500 Exc, 450 Xc-F · Fuel System
- 2012429 · 14 December 2012 · Gator Rsx850i · Fuel System
- 2012430 · 14 December 2012 · Gator TX, Gator TH, Gator TS · Fuel System
- 2012414 · 10 December 2012 · 360 · Fuel System
- 2012441 · 21 December 2012 · Springdale · Fuel System
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Can-Am: 56 in the register, and 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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