NHTSA Campaign 09V162000
STEERING
NHTSA campaign 09V162000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering. The repair is free.
BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC filed the report for 09V162000 with NHTSA on May 19, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V162000, NHTSA lists up to 16,361 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 4, 2007 and November 17, 2008.
The 09V162000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V162000 were scheduled from July 17, 2009, 59 days after the report.
09V162000 covers 1 model from Can-Am, model years 2010.
Owners of the model years 09V162000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V162000 ranks 1 of 5 BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL IS RECALLING 9,932 MY 2008-2010 CAN-AM SPYDER ROADSTER GS MOTORCYCLES. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE THE OPERATOR OF AN INVOLVED VEHICLE MAY NEED TO EXERT A FORCE GREATER THAN EXPECTED TO INITIATE THE TURNING OF THE STEERING HANDLEBAR OFF CENTER IN ORDER TO CORRECT VEHICLE DRIFT FROM A STRAIGHT LINE PATH. THIS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED STEERING CONTROL INPUT TORQUE MAY CAUSE A STEERING ANGLE OVERSHOOT AND AN UNEXPECTED DEVIATION OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE OPERATOR'S INTENDED PATH.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, IT CAN LEAD TO A TEMPORARY OUT OF LANE EXCURSION OF THE VEHICLE WHICH INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH WITH OTHER TRAFFIC AND OR A DRIVE OFF THE ROAD.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE/REPAIR THE APPROPRIATE COMPONENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 17, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL AT 1-866-767-0707.
Reported May 19, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V162000 (1)
Can-Am (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V162000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: May 19, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted