Can-Am Defender 6x6 Limited HD10

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160106-5F701-2147425001. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Can-Am Defender 6x6 Limited HD10. Source model text: Commander. Incident: I have a 2013 can am commander that had the steering completely fail while I was driving it, the steering column where it fits into the steering rack is totally stripped out and the steering wheel spins freely with no movement at the steering rack. This seems like a problem that was in a recall for 2011 and 2012 models, but is apparently not covered with my 2013 model. This repair is estimated to be over $650.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20231202-105F1-2147343693. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Can-Am Defender 6x6 Limited HD10 (2024 Can-Am Defender 6x6 limited HD10, fiery red). Incident: I had just bought a 2024 Can-Am defender 6x6 limited on a Tuesday evening, by that Wednesday evening after not even having for 24hours I drove it down to my mail box down a hard packed snow road. Right before I got to my mailbox the battery light came on and the voltage was reading 10.1. When I was backing away from my mailbox the voltage had dropped to 9.4 and the machine cut off. After trying to restart it a couple time and was not getting anything I got out and noticed a fire under the bed on the passenger side right behind the cab. I contacted my dealer and we submitted an investigation to BRP and after 2 weeks they said it is not a manufacture defect. After that I got to doing some searching and have found out that, that is where the voltage regulator is located and there has been quite a few people that have had them start smoking after only driving the machine for a short time. Luckily I was the only one in the machine and did not get injured, but was out of breath after running to a neighbors house to get a fire extinguisher to try and put it out