# 2013 CAN-AM SPYDER RT — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1092707` · 2014-07-31 · Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CAN-AM
- **Model:** SPYDER RT
- **Year:** 2013
- **Manufacturer:** Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.
- **Component:** FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 4,500
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT MY SPYDER, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH EXTREME HEAT AT  THE LOWER RIGHT AND IN THE AREA AHEAD OF THE SEAT. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS  INCIDENTS OF FUMES AFTER PARKING, DRIPPING FUEL, AND FUEL BOILING WITH  THE GAS CAP HEATED TO THE POINT THAT I COULD ONLY OPEN IT WHILE  WEARING GLOVES. DURING ONE OF MY FIRST TIMES REFUELING WHILE  LOOSENING THE GAS CAP MY HANDS WERE WASHED WITH FUEL THAT WAS  EXPELLED UNDER PRESSURE, SOAKING MY GLOVES. AFTERWARD I WAS CAREFUL  TO OPEN THE CAP SLOWLY (LIKE A COKE CAN UNDER PRESSURE) TO RELIEVE THE  BUILT UP PRESSURE IN THE GAS TANK. HEAT ON MY FOOT WAS SO BAD THAT  I'VE GONE THROUGH MANY PAIRS OF BOOTS AND WORE FIRE/HEAT RESISTANT  SOCKS TO MITIGATE DISCOMFORT. I HAD THE ECM SOFTWARE  UPDATE/FUSE BOX SEALING WARRANTY CAMPAIGN [2013-9] DONE ON MY BIKE AT  THE MALCOLM SMITH MOTORSPORTS DEALERSHIP. I CONTINUED TO HAVE HEAT  ISSUES. AFTER IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE WASN'T A SOLUTION TO MY  HEAT PROBLEM, I HAD THE EXHAUST WRAPPED AND INSULATION INSTALLED. THIS HAD  LITTLE TO NO EFFECT ON REDUCING HEAT.   ON SATURDAY (JULY 26, 2014) I LEFT MY HOME AT 5:50 PM TO RIDE.  THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 95 DEGREES. ONCE AGAIN, I NOTICED HEAT WHILE  RIDING. AT ABOUT 6:20 PM, TRAVELING AT A CRUISE-CONTROLLED 60 MPH ON  AMBOY ROAD IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, I SMELLED HOT OR BURNING PLASTIC AND  THEN I OBSERVED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF  MY SPYDER. AS I BEGAN TO SLOW, I ALSO NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE  AREA JUST AHEAD OF THE SEA
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