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RECALL - ALL 2019 and 2020 Ryker Models - Wheel Nuts
- Thread starter jcthorne
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All year long down here. They told me, next week but I'll believe it when they call me..........if.....
Sarge707
Active member
I Talked directly to BRP on the phone even though my vin check online was negative. She informed me mine was Not effected because it was made in NOV 2018 and in my showroom in DEC. The 10th digit of your Ryker vin is the month of build as K = Nov in my case. A vendor batch from 7 Feb 2019 or later is the suspect and they can't trace the bad parts after that Soo all the Rykers after that date are possible subjects and should be replaced.
Mine has a K and they said they are going to replace it. I guess I will find out once they call me......if they call me to come in. They looked my name up and my vin and still said they were going to change them out. I am not going to argue with them if the new ones are better.
Switchback12
New member
They just announce the recall, therefor we will have to wait minimum of 2 to 3 weeks before dealers gets the parts. Dealer will use the first available parts on their own inventory, so they can sell the bikes, then whats left of the inventory will be allocated to rest of us. 2017 BMW had big recall on their R1200GS and GS Adventure models. BMW dealer did same thing used all the first available parts on their inventory.
The 10th digit is the year. K= 2019. The month of manufacture is not in the VIN. https://www.carfax.com/blog/vin-decoding
This super depressing. I have a four day weekend coming up which I was going to ride home (250mile trip about 5 1/2 hr ride). I have had the bike for about two weeks now and just hit the 500 mile mark and am scheduled to take it in Tuesday for the after break-in check up before I take my road trip.
I know I should use my own judgment, but since my bike is fairly new, always garage kept when not riding, would I be ok for just a little bit longer since its going to be a few weeks to get the parts in?
I know I should use my own judgment, but since my bike is fairly new, always garage kept when not riding, would I be ok for just a little bit longer since its going to be a few weeks to get the parts in?
It's obviously going to be YOUR call on this, but since BRP can't track the wheel nuts from any possibly bad batches once said nuts are in the inventory, they just don't know which Rykers may have them, implying that they have absobloodylutely NO WAY of knowing which Rykers have wheel nuts that might suddenly & with no prior indications result in potentially catastrophic failures!! But the risk is obvious and great enough for them to take the massive step of issuing a recall for ALL Rykers made since Feb 2019.... And the NHTSA mob agree! :yikes:
You feeling lucky?! :gaah:
A little..lol. Or maybe I just like riding the darn thing so much I am in denial and want to pretend that I didn't even know about it. If you look at the dates, they aren't supposed to notify dealers until October 11th and not notifying customers until Oct 30th! On top of that, there are reports that they won't even have the parts available for several weeks. In my mind, if it was in fact an emergency, they would push it immediately.
That is not correct. The month of manufacture is not in the VIN.
Rob Rodriguez
New member
I'd ride it if it were me. We only have maybe another couple weeks of riding season left. I'm going to keep riding mine.
billybovine
Active member
That is correct. The month of manufacture is not in the VIN. But it is on the VIN label.
chris56
Active member
Mine has a "K" in the VIN but it has a manufactured date of May 2019. Apparently, the info regarding the "K" being the date is wrong, unless it ONLY pertains to the year, not the month.
Sarge707
Active member
SORRY- I was wrong- Look under the seat as above. Mine born in November also with 4,300 trouble free miles. Changed my Gear oil and CVT filter at 3,500 miles and Just changed the engine oil with 5w40 Valvoline MST synthetic used in high end foreign cars and diesels as well. Looks like buying early is beneficial this time around.
BajaRon
Well-known member
:agree: 100%! This, like many recalls, will probably be a rare issue. How many cracked wheel nuts have you heard about?
It is likely that most do not even have this problem. But, (I am assuming) because there have been some occurrences, BRP is playing it safe and will wipe the board and start clean. Until then, if you don't have any signs (and they should be easily seen), then just check and ride.
Stress cracks will show up before complete failure. And we don't even know that there has been a complete failure. Only that it might be possible if you continue to ride with a failing hub nut.
I've checked my Ryker and the nuts look fine. I'm going to ride it without concern until I see evidence of damage. If I lose a wheel... I'll let you know.
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