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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Can-Am Can-Am Defender Max X MR HD10

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20221125-811A4-2147352406

Ownership age

About 38 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20221125-811A4-2147352406. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Can-Am Can-Am Defender Max X MR HD10. Source model text: Defender HD8. Incident: 2019 Can Am Defender HD8 caught fire and burned completely after driving 8 miles on a gravel road and parked on the gravel road. This UTV has never been off road and no aftermarket parts have been installed. Can Am says the damage is too extensive to tell where or why the fire started. The unit had been parked for 45 minutes before the fire started

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Official report number: 20221125-811A4-2147352406. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.