I haven't read any solutions... no recalls, so far CanAm seems to act like there's no problem. Keep us posted on what your dealer says / does.

 

Sorry to hear this....It's been an issue with the Xds turbos from day one and nothing is getting done about it...I will admit for some reason mine still cranks a bit slow

when warm but since I got the MrRPM re-flash for some reason it got better..not perfect but deff better than it was stock...good luck with the dealer hope he can finally

get to the bottom of this ongoing issue.

 

Oh come on its not that big of a deal, atleast that's what Ive been told before on this forum.

 

That's only from people that wear Can-Am shorts a little too tight.

 

Ha, i hope they try to tell me its not a big deal. I literally am embarrassed to take this high dollar pos out anymore in fears that it wont start. I finally went out to trailer to start it tonight and it started but slower then ever before when totally cold. I had plans to do a ton of power upgrades to this thing very soon but now i dont want to even look at it.

 

It is a big deal and should have been taken care of a long time ago...just wondering if the 16 turbos are going to have this issue.

 

There's a big difference with a slow start and not starting at all. There hasn't been many at the dealers that don't start at all Atleast around here. My guess there wasn't enough warranty Non start issues. To raise a red flag with Canam. For the most part Canam. Is on top of sending out recalls to fix there known problems Just think you could have bought a pos Polaris. Lmao With a long known problem list that they won't recall any of them


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Mine used to start slowly, I tried adding a full sized car battery and it still turned slow. As the machine aged, the problem became less and less. Just did a 200 mile ride and it never turned slowly at all. About 2500 miles on it and the problem seems to have gone away.

 

Interesting!!...wonder if anyone else has had this happen to their turbos.

 

Mine also started a little hard for the first 100-200 miles, 2700 now, no issue with starting.

 

I thought it was just us with the machine starting easier as we put more miles on it. We have a little over 1400. I thought that driving around on black volcanic rock at the Cinders with the air temp at 82 degrees F would bother it but it didn't. I had no idea what the ground temp was.

 

What mechanically would explain increase miles and faster start????

 

It's most likely the small cams causing slow cranking. I had the larger cams in mine once, but didn't drive it, only dyno time. I need to cam it, see if that'll help cranking.

 

Mine cranks just fine, hot or cold. Fingers crossed. Is it only a few with the problem or what?

 

It's more than a few.

 

Canam needs to really come up with a real solution for this. Like a starter with gear reduction or they should of built a compression release into this motor. Its a shame that we have these high dollar machines and have to worry if it is going to start or not.

 

Starter is already gear reduction.

 

My XDS does the slow start thing too. Not super slow, but enough to make my wife and I to look at each other and say "What the hell was that?" I know the Ski doo 2- stroke sleds have a different tune in them for the first 500 miles or so. I cant see a tune changing the slow turn over of the starter/motor however. If these things need a "break in" to loosen up to start better then the rings are wearing or the engine is warping causing more friction with the rings or bearings somewhere. Thankfully we do not here a lot about turbo motors expiring early so this does not seem to be the case. Has anyone replace the battery cables with much larger gage wire? Maybe Can Am is saving money by using less copper wire? Has anyone checked compression on the motors comparing a loose motor to a new motor?

 

Maybe Can Am will give us an add on pull start as a fix in case of emergency. Hey, it works for snowmobiles.

 

I would really like to see someone try to start a turbo mav with a recoil . You would need arms like a telephone pole lol


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Havent had a chance to take it to dealer yet but i have been checking the starting on it the past 2 nights. Same reaults each time. If it is totally cold it will start, but starts slower then normal. Let it sit and idle for 10min it gets between 3-4 bars on temp. Try to start it and it barely turns over about 4 times and then just stops. Same as how it did when the initial problem happened. And it did it both nights i tried it. I just want to be sure it is going to do the same thing when i take it to them. So fed up with this thing.

 

The new 2016 turbo xp1000 is coming out Soon I would sell that pos and get one


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Mine seems to be getting better with time also. The more I ride the better it gets. Im adding a better battery soon and might upgrade the cables.

 

C'mon man you don't have a race car when your name says 5.0 mustang... lmao just kiddin man, my brothers starts fine every time especially when cold, but when its warm if you try to start it it turns like once then stalls for a second then it'll turn over like normal. Hope you figure it out.

 

Lol i have 2 racecars, one makes around 3000hp and the other 1400hp. Both turbo cobras. And yeah mine originally did that same thing where it kinda stalls then turns over but now its just way worse. Tryin to get it to dealer tomorrow.

 

Now I feel bad, mine only has 1000 rwhp. :disappointed: I also have a turbo cobra (1999), but setup for road racing.

 

I went riding last night with my turbo just to test this out. Mine only has 115 miles on it now, but I ran it kind of hard to get the temp gauge up to 4 bars (5 bars for a short time) and shut it down for a couple mins. Hit the button and it started right up like normal. The problem has to be the starter, I just don't know why some are bad and others are fine.

 

Thats awesome 5.0, one day ill do a turbo build for my street car and probably build one of my old camaros for a strip set up, good luck hope you get it figured out!

 

Just got off phone with dealer, they said its a interuptor switch causing my problems... i highly doubt some interuptor switch (he couldnt tell me exactly what it does) is causing it to crank slow. And he also said the battery was dead after sitting for 2 wks waiting to be looked at so they are putting a new batt on. I highly suspect it will still crank slow after they put this "switch" on. Any thoughts?

 

:furious:

Did you ask him how the flux capacitor was doing as well ??

 

Lol i should of. Dude sounded like he had no idea what was goin on. Im pretty positive it just needs a starter but if they want to throw parts at it thats on them i guess. I just want it all right before warranty is up in 2 months so i can start modding it.

 

Update: the dealer ended up putting on a new starter. Still had same cranking problems when hot. So they called canam and canam told them to do a leakdown and some voltage tests. They say it has a high amp draw and canam told them to tear motor down. Upon teardown they say there is scuffs on cylinders and bearings. Canam says dirt got in motor. This thing is a 100% stock motor and induction. It only has 100 miles and 95 of those atleast have been on pavement. The thing has not been abused at all and looks new. Canam is saying they will not stand behind it in any way even though it was only 3 months into the 6 month warranty. Im beyond livid and very dissapointed in this company and will be getting a lawyer involved if they dont change their mind. The dealer is 100% behind me but they havent had any luck with canam on it. Any thoughts?

 

Sorry to hear that. Get a lawyer to help fight can am, someone else hired a lawyer and then can am warrantied the motor. Very disappointing to hear how can am handles warranty claims.

 

Wow !! So I guess my machine has scored cylinders since day 1 ?

It still starts slow with 3 bars or more on dash temp. Last weekend I push starter button, got 1 quick turn over, then there was at least a 4 second delay before engine turned over 2nd time and fired up. It's bit worrisome.

Yeap, get a lawyer. What a shame BRP.