2014 CAN-AM SPYDER ST Power Train Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Power Train Issues in the 2014 CAN-AM SPYDER ST
1 power train complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2014 CAN-AM SPYDER ST. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Power Train Complaints
TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WHILE TRAVELING FORWARD AT 45-50MPH. RESULTING IN MAJOR ENGINE/TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF THE REAR WHEEL HAD LOCKED UP INSTEAD OF FREEWHEELING. HAD THAT HAPPENED WHEN A VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN AS I CAME INTO A TOWN AND HAD ALREADY DOWNSHIFTED FROM FIFTH TO FOURTH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT FROM FOURTH TO THIRD A LOUD BANG HAPPENED THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND LUCKILY THE MACHINE COASTED OFF THE ROAD. TWO DAYS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THE BIKE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. I PULLED THE CODES AND IT HAD SET A U0155 CODE. I CONTACTED THE MIDLAND TX CANAM DEALERSHIP AND TALKED TO SOMEONE THERE WHO TOLD ME TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES AND THEN RECONNECT AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO. I DID THAT AND...