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BRP recall 11V081: Model Year 2011 Spyder RT SM5 Roadsters

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Can-Am Spyder Rt, model year 2011. Filed by Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 7 February 2011. 378 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Brp is recalling certain model year 2011 spyder rt sm5 roadsters. while down shifting it may be possible to inadvertently engage reverse without depressing the reverse button due to a defective reverse actuator cable.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V081 cover?
Can-Am Spyder RT, model year 2011.
What is wrong with them?
BRP IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 SPYDER RT SM5 ROADSTERS. WHILE DOWN SHIFTING IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO INADVERTENTLY ENGAGE REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE REVERSE BUTTON DUE TO A DEFECTIVE REVERSE ACTUATOR CABLE.
What can happen if it is not put right?
IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING FORWARD, THE REAR WHEEL COULD LOCK AND THE ENGINE COULD STALL. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, THE VEHICLE COULD BACK UP.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL VALIDATE PROPER OPERATION OF THE REVERSE ACTUATOR AND IF DEFECTIVE, THE REVERSE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALLBEGAN ON FEBRUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BRP AT 1-888-638-5397.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING FORWARD, THE REAR WHEEL COULD LOCK AND THE ENGINE COULD STALL. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, THE VEHICLE COULD BACK UP. A VEHICLE STALL WITHOUT WARNING OR AN EXPECTED MOVEMENT IN REVER…”

378vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 7 February 2011owners told 11 February 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 7 February 2011. Owners were written to 4 days later, on 11 February 2011. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign11V081
Filed byBOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
System at faultPower Train:Manual Transmission:Column Shift Assembly
Reported to NHTSA7 February 2011
Model years2011-2011
Vehicles namedCAN-AM SPYDER RT

What the notice says today

The consequence

IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING FORWARD, THE REAR WHEEL COULD LOCK AND THE ENGINE COULD STALL. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, THE VEHICLE COULD BACK UP. A VEHICLE STALL WITHOUT WARNING OR AN EXPECTED MOVEMENT IN REVERSE MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL VALIDATE PROPER OPERATION OF THE REVERSE ACTUATOR AND IF DEFECTIVE, THE REVERSE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALLBEGAN ON FEBRUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BRP AT 1-888-638-5397.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V081, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v081/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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