Complaints by model year
Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.
NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026
Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 26 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Engine14
- Fuel/propulsion system8
- Steering6
- Electrical system4
- Fuel system, gasoline2
- Engine and engine cooling2
- Unknown or other1
- Structure1
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
Fatal crashes in the US
From 2020 to 2023, 54 Spyder vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died, and 56 people died inside them. These are counts, not crash rates: a model with more cars on the road shows up more often, and people killed outside the vehicle are not counted here.
| Model year | Vehicles in fatal crashes | Deaths in the vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 |
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain) · how we count
In New Zealand
466 Spyder cars are on the New Zealand register; 3% arrived as used imports.
| Model year | Registered | Sold new in NZ | Used imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2021 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
| 2020 | 41 | 40 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26 | 24 | 1 |
| 2018 | 52 | 50 | 0 |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 2016 | 58 | 57 | 0 |
| 2015 | 49 | 44 | 0 |
| 2014 | 45 | 40 | 2 |
| 2013 | 54 | 47 | 1 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 2011 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0
EU safety alerts
Safety Gate, the European Union's rapid alert system, names the Spyder in 4 alerts. European versions can differ from the North American car.
High ambient temperatures and running the vehicle at low engine speeds lead to very high temperatures in the engine compartment. This results in a fire risk even when the vehicle's engine has been switched off. Skin burns may occur in the event of contact with…
The connector of the tandem brake master cylinder may melt and brake fluid may drip on to a heat source as a consequence. This may lead to a vehicle fire, even after the vehicle has been parked.
Under certain circumstances there may be leakage of fuel vapour from the vent hose of the fuel vapour canister in the closed engine compartment. If the fuel vapour comes into contact with an ignition source, it could ignite causing a fire.
The fuel cap might not properly seal the fuel tank filler neck. In the presence of an ignition source the fuel vapours ignite resulting in a fire.
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0
Recalls
1 campaigns cover the Spyder.
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.
NHTSA recalls