2013 RT Fire, 26 July 2014

[jScotD]

geezzzzz

glad you are ok.. what a mind mess up that had to be


sidenote

anyone want to buy a 2012 rs se5 with 4 and 1/2 hrs on it for 14 grand...with a Few mods

these treads make me nervous and make me want to buy another BMW

 

[jaherbst]

Why wouldn't BRP hire investigators or engineers? They have the most to lose if they can not determine the cause of the fire.



I replaced my Spyder.



You're getting into the game a little late. The fire in your link happened in June of 2013, followed by a fire in Canada on 08/01/13 and my fire on 08/07/13. Another fire on Christmas Day and now Dat Guy's last weekend.[/QUOTE

No insurance? I thought BRP replaced it or your insurance reimbursed you. Or maybe your not supposed to say. :sour:

Jack

 

[jaherbst]

Just looking at the front wheels that should be pre 2013. Maybe a 2012 or 11. Unless of course they are not the original front wheels.

Look at the last frame. Serial number with 2013 below. It was a 2013.

Jack

 

[HuckFin]

I noticed back at post #55 there are 4 pictures of Spyders on fire, the first three are clearly not 2013s, the 4th one I can't tell what year, but later on someone asks if all 4 spyders that burned were all 2013s and later got an answer of yes, so if there were 4 2013s that caught on fire, that would at least make it a total of 7 fires. Later someone posted a picture of a burned up 2013 on craigs list, don't know if that one was one of the original 2013s that burned or not. I have a feeling, that through the years not every spyder fire was reported to the NHTSA.

 

[Bob Denman]

Do you think that the owners of the burned-bikes care about what year they were? :dontknow:
Fact is... they burned! :shocked:
End Of Story!

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I noticed back at post #55 there are 4 pictures of Spyders on fire, the first three are clearly not 2013s, the 4th one I can't tell what year, but later on someone asks if all 4 spyders that burned were all 2013s and later got an answer of yes, so if there were 4 2013s that caught on fire, that would at least make it a total of 7 fires. Later someone posted a picture of a burned up 2013 on craigs list, don't know if that one was one of the original 2013s that burned or not. I have a feeling, that through the years not every spyder fire was reported to the NHTSA.

We were speaking of 2013 RTs and someone brought up the old GS/RS fires. Two different things, when they issued the fix for the GS/RS it is my understanding that there have been no further fires. I have knowledge of 5 2013 RTs that have burned. I do not know anything about the Craigslist Spyder, it could be a 6th or it could be the remains of the Christmas Day fire.

 

[HuckFin]

Do you think that the owners of the burned-bikes care about what year they were? :dontknow:
Fact is... they burned! :shocked:
End Of Story!

Don't know if that was addressed to me, if so I wasn't speaking to owners of burned-bikes but to others who have commented and posted pictures on this thread.

 

[finless]

Look at the last frame. Serial number with 2013 below. It was a 2013.

Jack

I caught the same thing. Also look at the muffler. It's an RT.

Bob

 

[DrewNJ]

Do these numbers include a red RT that I see a lot of parts for on ebay? It's a 10'-12' from the VA area if I remember correct.

I think the early gs/rs fires and the new, more recent RT fires are totally unrelated..

 

[Dat Guy]

Just an update:

I've had the opportunity to speak with Carlo from BRP several times and they flew one of their technical guys named Dany out to look at what is left of my Spyder today. I answered all of their questions and hope it will help them in finding out what happened. I don't have anything more than that to add, but I know you guys would want to know that they are taking action and are working on finding out what happened. There have been no secret conversations or agreements between BRP and myself, and I can say they have been very straightforward, honest, and polite during this whole thing. If I can update you folks with anything they find later on I will.

 

[Bob Denman]

Glad to hear that the process is moving forward! :thumbup:

 

[Wiredux]

Just goes to show that BRP does care.

 

[ARtraveler]

Thank you for the update. Please continue to keep us informed. :yes:

 

[Freddy]

Just goes to show that BRP does care.

No, that they are worried.

 

[ChasCS]

We'll done BRP

I was rooting for you in the background and now can exclaim, Hooray!!

Sort of thought this would become a happy ending story.

Thanks for keeping a positive outlook, you must be very tired...

Only Happy Days are ahead.

Chas

 

[kyspyder]

Just an update:

I've had the opportunity to speak with Carlo from BRP several times and they flew one of their technical guys named Dany out to look at what is left of my Spyder today. I answered all of their questions and hope it will help them in finding out what happened. I don't have anything more than that to add, but I know you guys would want to know that they are taking action and are working on finding out what happened. There have been no secret conversations or agreements between BRP and myself, and I can say they have been very straightforward, honest, and polite during this whole thing. If I can update you folks with anything they find later on I will.

Just for the record, the "technical guy named Dany" is not just any "technical guy" but "THE TECHNICAL GUY" for Spyders. Dany is the Number 1 tech person for BRP Spyders. Very knowledgeable, very thorough, very precise. You have the best person that BRP has looking at your Spyder's remains>

KYSPYDER

 

[Tango]

Glad to hear that they are working on it. And staying in touch with you. :thumbup: Tom :trike:

 

[Magdave]

Did you bother to ask if they had anything in the pipeline for the rest of us before it happens to us? There were reports in January that something was coming but not a whisper has been heard.:dontknow:

 

[scarecrow]

Didn't want this one to get away.
Any news yet?????????

 

[Dat Guy]

I just got off the phone with GEICO, my insurance company. I had full coverage and paid the balance of my insurance fees in full when I bought the Spyder last October.

Their replacement estimate/value for my Spyder is $15,890.

WHAT!?!

I still owe over 24k on this bike. They said that was comparable to to the value of the Spyders in my 100 mile area. So I looked up on cycletrader to see what was in the 100 mile area and the only thing there is is a new 2013 RT SE5 for $27,499. So then I looked up the NADA value... $28,787.

What in the world? The lady I talked to said she was going to call the price adjusters to see whats going on.

I'm pretty shocked at the moment. I don't even know what to do. I should never have bought this Spyder!