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Hot spot
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bjt
Very Helpful Member
Seems to me that there are a lot of things that people who frequent these Spyder boards know or have heard that the dealers haven't. I think that many dealers are relying on BRP for their maintenance issue notification or what their 5 to 20 Spyder customers have told them. We have the benefit of hundreds of posters who have had just about every experience, problem, upgrade or repair issue that there is. I like our dealer and the service manager there but they don't know everything. I was just telling them about the battery acid leaking issue and the statement on Yuasa's website that the Spyder batteries have to be factory activated as dealer activated batteries have the leaking problem. He didn't know that but I got that tidbit of information from this board one day last week.
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dltang
Very Handy Member
Rando said:
We will have to ask the service manager about this. Maybe we should have them order the replacement batteries as well. Both bjt and I have battery acid residue on at least one or two screws and he has a spot on the garage floor where his may have leaked more. He also pointed out a wet spot on mine where it may still have a slight leak. Is is safe to assume that this replacement was at no cost to you. Also, Rondo, did you get my PM, was it helpful at all?
dabreitbach
New member
I just noticed the hot spot on my muffler. 290 miles. Will be letting my dealer know.
wildwillie
New member
Re: Hot spot/REREhot spot
My hot spot is starting to show up 600mi.I informed my dealer Champion power sports belleville mi.He said that brp would not do anything about it. So I informed him that brp is suppose to be working on the problem.He made note of it to CMA. They are so uninformed it's sad.
Rando glad to here you got your new battery.wildwillie
My hot spot is starting to show up 600mi.I informed my dealer Champion power sports belleville mi.He said that brp would not do anything about it. So I informed him that brp is suppose to be working on the problem.He made note of it to CMA. They are so uninformed it's sad.
Rando glad to here you got your new battery.wildwillie
bjt
Very Helpful Member
Re: Hot spot/REREhot spot
I gave my opinion on this in another thread and I'll regurgitate it here... :barf: :joke:
I'm giving the dealerships the benefit of the doubt, they are probably relying on BRP and their 5 - 10 Spyder owners for a lot of their info on the nuisance problems. On the Spyder boards, we have hundreds of people who are experiencing or know of someone who is dealing with any and every problem, defect, modification, etc. The unfortunate thing is that some dealers, mine included, are giving answers without finding out what is going on. To hear them tell you that something is not going to be addressed by BRP after you have read a few reports from people saying they are getting their dealer / BRP to fix the issue isn't very comforting. Likewise, to tell the dealer that you've heard / read that (insert problem here) is and issue with PDI, maintenance, etc. and they say they haven't heard of that... You get the picture.
I like my dealer very much and I think that many dealers are good companies to work with, I just don't think they are as dedicated to one specific product, namely the Spyder, that we owners and future owners are.
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wildwillie said:
I gave my opinion on this in another thread and I'll regurgitate it here... :barf: :joke:
I'm giving the dealerships the benefit of the doubt, they are probably relying on BRP and their 5 - 10 Spyder owners for a lot of their info on the nuisance problems. On the Spyder boards, we have hundreds of people who are experiencing or know of someone who is dealing with any and every problem, defect, modification, etc. The unfortunate thing is that some dealers, mine included, are giving answers without finding out what is going on. To hear them tell you that something is not going to be addressed by BRP after you have read a few reports from people saying they are getting their dealer / BRP to fix the issue isn't very comforting. Likewise, to tell the dealer that you've heard / read that (insert problem here) is and issue with PDI, maintenance, etc. and they say they haven't heard of that... You get the picture.
I like my dealer very much and I think that many dealers are good companies to work with, I just don't think they are as dedicated to one specific product, namely the Spyder, that we owners and future owners are.
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BlackWidow
New member
I don't have the hotspot but I have seen others that do.
I notice the ones with the hotspot are kind of shiny with a brown tint. My pipe is flat black with a hint of a shine. Maybe mine is this color because of a low PE number of 59.
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I notice the ones with the hotspot are kind of shiny with a brown tint. My pipe is flat black with a hint of a shine. Maybe mine is this color because of a low PE number of 59.
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