Saw this on the commander forums and just thought I'd share as a heads up...
On a FB Can Am Site
Hey there all, My name is Charlie and i had a 2016 can am maverick xmr burn up last month. My insurance is finally paying for it but only what was owed on the loan and the gap covers the rest of the loan that the insurance did not pay. Anyway, i got a call from BRP finally yesterday and they told me that my machine was burnt to bad to determine the cause so they would not take responsibility and that i was to deal with my insurance! An outside investigation company determined the cause by way of other reports and witnesses and BRP told me that there is no two accurances alike so therefore it wasn't their problem. The maverick xmr has the snorkle installed at the factory and there is no heat sheild anywhere on the exhaust on these vehicles and the snorkle is to close to the exhaust causing it to melt and starting fires. There are over a hundred cases my insurance has printed off the internet but BRP still will not take responsability for it. Note, all of these xmr's have caught fire in the same place, and there are more then what the insurance printed, but yet BRP says there is no problem and won't stand behind their product! My wife and i got out with minor injuries, fortunately we had a friend behind us to get us to stop because there was no indication anything was wrong while we were driving, its when we stopped, the flames burst up between us enough that we couldn't see each other get out! Less then 5 minutes later it was sitting on the ground! If we were last in our group that day who knows what the out come might have been, those seat belts are easy to undo, but when you pannic, they don't undo so fast! That was our second can am, our first was a commander that we traded towards the xmr, and now we are out that trade as well as sitting for the last month, had to cancel reservations we had with our riding group, not to mention the stress and aggravation of dealing with BRP and the insurance! Please pass this along and respond if you are having simular issues, one person can't take on a multi billion dollar company, but if we get all of us together then they will have to listen!
On a FB Can Am Site
Hey there all, My name is Charlie and i had a 2016 can am maverick xmr burn up last month. My insurance is finally paying for it but only what was owed on the loan and the gap covers the rest of the loan that the insurance did not pay. Anyway, i got a call from BRP finally yesterday and they told me that my machine was burnt to bad to determine the cause so they would not take responsibility and that i was to deal with my insurance! An outside investigation company determined the cause by way of other reports and witnesses and BRP told me that there is no two accurances alike so therefore it wasn't their problem. The maverick xmr has the snorkle installed at the factory and there is no heat sheild anywhere on the exhaust on these vehicles and the snorkle is to close to the exhaust causing it to melt and starting fires. There are over a hundred cases my insurance has printed off the internet but BRP still will not take responsability for it. Note, all of these xmr's have caught fire in the same place, and there are more then what the insurance printed, but yet BRP says there is no problem and won't stand behind their product! My wife and i got out with minor injuries, fortunately we had a friend behind us to get us to stop because there was no indication anything was wrong while we were driving, its when we stopped, the flames burst up between us enough that we couldn't see each other get out! Less then 5 minutes later it was sitting on the ground! If we were last in our group that day who knows what the out come might have been, those seat belts are easy to undo, but when you pannic, they don't undo so fast! That was our second can am, our first was a commander that we traded towards the xmr, and now we are out that trade as well as sitting for the last month, had to cancel reservations we had with our riding group, not to mention the stress and aggravation of dealing with BRP and the insurance! Please pass this along and respond if you are having simular issues, one person can't take on a multi billion dollar company, but if we get all of us together then they will have to listen!
