Parking brake light comes on - brakes lock up --- UPDATE
---- anyone have this happen without depressing the park switch ??
We did recently in Idaho while on the road. !!
Pulled up to gas pump and stopped normally with foot brake, went to apply parking brake but didn't need to -- it applied itself and "park light" was on !! Hmmmmm
Gassed up anyway and pressed parking switch to release brake --- NOPE -- light and brakes stay ON !!
Frantically pressed brake switch numerous times to no avail.
Soooo --- stuck at gas pump so turned off ignition -- now what ?
In the time it took me to realize I had no clue what to do (maybe 15 minutes), the brakes released but the red blinking light stayed on ?
Rode away OK but with brake light still on, stopping every couple of miles to see if i was burning up brake pads :sour:
But one cannot ride all day like that huh ?
SPYDERCODES to the rescue :D -- Rexburg Powersports in ID only 2 miles away -- yay !!
Made a phone call and was told to "ride on over and we'll check the bike out" -- cool :D
Young Tech, Austin, plugged in the laptop and saw (to the best of my memory) two events stored as faults --
1) Brake activation
2) Brake release
He had no explanation as to why but he cleared the codes. NO CHARGE - big props to Austin and Rexburg Powersports in Idaho :bowdown:
Took me the rest of the day to accept that the brakes were now good . We were into our 3rd week on the road and didn't need that hanging over our heads !!
Any thoughts guys ?
Happening to me intermittently
This has been happening to me for about a month. My dealer hasn't been able to repeat the failure to release. I'm about ready to force him to replace every component in the electric parking brake system.
Tell them you will sue them
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Originally Posted by
HayRog
Sooo -- not just me then but not a common occurrence.
The tech at the dealership did take the switch out of the cluster and look at it. It was dusty but all the contacts looked ok and there was no loss of grease/dialectric stuff or any corrosion.
Guess I wait till it happens again. :dontknow:
Maybe walk away and have a coffee and let it "think about itself" ;)
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I believe the carrot works better than the stick but sometimes you gotta make a threat. Tell the dealer you are going to sue him and put him out of business if your Spyder locks up on you while your on the road. Tell them you will sue Can Am and put them out of the Spyder business (sorry Spyder lovers) if they don't fix the problem and you are in an accident. Maybe that will get someone to do something.
I'm concerned someone is going to get hurt if the brake locks up going down the interstate. Can Am needs to address this since multiple Spyders are having this issue.
Thanks for the above posts ....
.... Home about 3 weeks now and so much to catch up on I completely forgot I even experienced this issue !!
I'll give my dealer a call and see what they say.
2014 RTL parking Brake failure
I am having the same problem with my 2014 RTL. The bike has been in the shop on three occasions for a total of 19 days, all in riding season. My dealer, Reno's Powersports in Kansas City has replaced the switch and the windshield motor twice. This time I made it 70 miles before the brake failed, wouldn't engage and the light stayed on for the duration of my ride. Next morning after it cooled down everything was fine. Love the bike but am becoming very uncomfortable riding it. The first two times they claimed they couldn't make it occur. The third time it happened when the mechanic was showing the service manager everything was okay. If you don't know what is wrong, how do you know it won't cause an accident and/or serious injury. All of my failures have occurred when riding or when the ambient temperature was hot (90 degrees +). To me this is a BRP issue at this point. How do I get their attention.