NHTSA Complaint #10538600 — 2013 CAN-AM SPYDER RT

MY MOTORCYCLE SUFFERS FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP DUE TO CHANGES MADE TO THE 2013 MODEL INCLUDING THE MASTER CYLINDER AND GAS CAP. SOMETIMES THE GAS CAP IS TOO HOT TO TOUCH AND WHEN OPENED IT IS BOILING GASOLINE. YOU CAN BARELY TOUCH THE FRONT OF THE SEAT DUE TO ELIMINATION OF HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL IN FRONT OF IT FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. I HAVE SEEN AND SUSPECT THE MASTER CYLINDER IS STARTING TO MELT ON MANY 2013 RT & ST MODELS. BRP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IN A CANADA RECALL. AS SOME OF YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW, TODAY TRANSPORT CANADA PUBLISHED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FROM BRP ON ALL 2013 CAN-AM SPYDER RT AND ST SERIES ROADSTERS. BRP HAS PROPOSED A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE RAISED BY THE RECALL; THIS RECALL NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR AFFECTED MOTORCYCLES WITHIN CANADA BY TRANSPORT CANADA. AGENCIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ALSO REVIEWING THE SOLUTION FOR THEIR OWN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) IN THE UNITED STATES. ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THE ISSUE, THE RECALL AND THE SOLUTION ARE BEING COMMUNICATED TO BRP'S CANADIAN DEALERS AS WELL AS TO ALL CANADIAN OWNERS OF A VEHICLE THAT IS AFFECTED BY TRANSPORT CANADA'S. AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FROM AGENCIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, WE WILL RELEASE THE SAME INFORMATION TO THE DEALER NETWORK AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES WITHIN THOSE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NHTSA IN THE UNITED STATES.