2024 6x6 limited fire

AKrhodes907 · Dec 5, 2023

Hello all, new here. I purchased my first defender a couple weeks ago. I picked it up on a Tuesday evening, took it for a couple rides with the kids that evening and then took it for a ride the next day on Wednesday down to my mailbox. A few hundred feet before my mailbox my battery light came on so I pulled up the voltage and it was at 10.1, when I got to my mailbox and started backing up it was down to 9.4 then it shutoff. I tried to restart a couple time then got out and noticed a fire under the bed right behind the passenger side of the cab. Didn’t have an extinguisher in it yet so by the time I got to one it was fully engulfed. Can am came back last week and isn’t going to cover it. Just wanting to see if anyone has any idea on what could’ve happened or if anyone has had the same issue and got it put out.

dirtco · Dec 6, 2023

I would be talking to my dealer or the state Attorney General to get answers. Did you have insurance on it?

AKrhodes907 · Dec 6, 2023

dirtco said:
I would be talking to my dealer or the state Attorney General to get answers. Did you have insurance on it?

Yes, I had just got the insurance on it the morning before it caught fire

Andystoy19 · Dec 6, 2023

You must have had an electrical short and on my machine the gas tank is on the passenger side so not a good place. First I have seen posted about a Can am fire. Sorry to see your new ride destroyed.

Was this a new machine if yes how would Can am not even inspect it prior to denying warranty or was it your dealer?

AKrhodes907 · Dec 6, 2023

Andystoy19 said:
You must have had an electrical short and on my machine the gas tank is on the passenger side so not a good place. First I have seen posted about a Can am fire. Sorry to see your new ride destroyed.

Was this a new machine if yes how would Can am not even inspect it prior to denying warranty or was it your dealer?

It was brand new, a 2024. Can am is claiming it is not a manufacturer defect but can not tell what started the fire.

Andystoy19 · Dec 6, 2023

If you have been dealing with the dealer and not Canam directly you may want to reach out to BRP care, I don't have the link but you should be able to find it and see what they say??

dirtco · Dec 31, 2023

are there any settlements with your fire yet?

AKwild · Oct 27, 2024

I just bought a 2023 HD9 from Delta Powersports in August. I used my boat for moose hunting this year, so the SXS didn't get much use. Used it to run to the mailbox a few times and the corner mart about a mile away. Had maybe 11 miles on it when I was running it today after we got back from a week in Colorado. The freaking thing exploded after an hour.