FaultScore

Worst years for a Can-Am Spyder RS

Owners have filed 101 complaints about the Can-Am Spyder RS with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2016. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Can-Am Spyder RS

45 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2009 Can-Am Spyder RS

14 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Can-Am Spyder RS year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2016 3 0 0 Body & Structure
2014 1 0 0 Lights
2013 D 10 0 0 1,800 Engine & Cooling
2012 7 1 1 7,333 Engine & Cooling
2011 6 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2010 D 15 3 0 25,074 Steering
2009 C 14 0 2 2,000 Steering
2008 F 45 1 10 9,000 Steering

What breaks on a Can-Am Spyder RS

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 37 36.6%

Worst in 2008

Fuel & Propulsion 15 14.9%

Worst in 2008

Engine & Cooling 14 13.9%

Worst in 2008

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 6.9%

Worst in 2008

Electrical System 7 6.9%

Worst in 2008

Lights 5 5.0%

Worst in 2010

Stability & Traction Control 5 5.0%

Worst in 2008

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 4.0%

Worst in 2010

Body & Structure 2 2.0%

Worst in 2013

Brakes 1 1.0%

Worst in 2008

Suspension 1 1.0%

Worst in 2008

Wheels 1 1.0%

Worst in 2016

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.0%

Worst in 2009

Other & Unspecified 1 1.0%

Worst in 2009

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Can-Am Spyder RS, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2009 peak 8 Dec 2022

Compare the Can-Am Spyder RS

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.