NHTSA Complaint #10621082 — 2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2012 CAN-AM SPYDER RT SE5 FROM THE DEALER ON 7/22/2014. THE UNIT HAD 2 MILES ON IT WHEN I TOOK POSSESSION (2 MILES THAT WERE FROM TESTING THE UNIT AFTER BEING PREPPED). ON 7/24 AFTER RIDING HOME FROM WORK IN 80-85 DEGREE WEATHER, I PULLED INTO MY GARAGE AND PARKED THE BIKE. SOON AFTER MY WIFE ARRIVED HOME AND CAME UPSTAIRS. TWO HOURS LATER MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT SHE SMELLED A STRONG GAS ODOR IN OUR LIVING ROOM (WHICH IS RIGHT ABOVE OUR GARAGE). I WENT DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE GARAGE AND THE GAS FUME SMELL WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE, MAKING IT HARD TO BREATHE. I OPENED THE GARAGE DOOR TO VENT THE AIR. THE NEXT DAY I RODE THE SAME ROUTE TO AND FROM WORK AND HAD THE SAME GAS FUME EXPERIENCE WHEN PARKING IN MY GARAGE. I WENT TO THE SPYDERLOVERS.COM FORUM AND POSTED A QUESTION ASKING IF ANYONE HAD THIS ISSUE AS WELL. (HTTP://WWW.SPYDERLOVERS.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?70507-STRONG-GAS-SMELL-AS-SPYDER-SITS-IN-GARAGE-EVEN-WITH-RECALL-GAS-CAP). TURNS OUT THAT YES, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. SINCE BUYING THIS UNIT ON 7/22/2014, I HAVE HAD MODERATE TO EXTREME GAS FUME SMELLS COMING FROM THE UNIT BOTH WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND AFTER PARKING. I'VE TAKEN SURFACE HEAT READINGS FROM AROUND THE GAS CAP AND THEY ARE EXCEEDING 150 DEGREES SO THE TANK ITSELF (UNDER THE PLASTIC) MUST BE MUCH HOTTER. AT THIS POINT THE BIKE (WHICH I PURCHASED AS MY MAIN CAR) IS ALL BUT UNUSABLE FOR ME DUE TO THE FUMES ISSUE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING IT INSIDE MY GARAGE BUT I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION DUE TO STRICT RESIDENT PARKING REGULATIONS IN MY TOWN HOME COMMUNITY. WITH THE MOST RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN OFFICIAL NHTSA INVESTIGATION OF FIRES WITH CAN-AM SPYDERS, I'M EVEN MORE CONCERNED AND WILL LIKELY HAVE TO PARK THE BIKE UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED, LEAVING ME WITH A ~$330 MONTHLY PAYMENT ON A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR