I find it odd the dealers don’t know they’re an issue when u call about buying that you have to drive there to find out about this. I know of several dealer that have them in the Midwest having heard of any issues.

 

I have no love for the dealers in my area. I was straight forward with the 2nd dealer that I had already placed deposit and ran credit at another place but there was this issue. Asked him point blank if he had the same issue on his R. He said no. Now, after signing paperwork, it does. All they care about is that you buy the damned thing and deal with any issue after.

 

I know of two that have been delivered to customers and they are out in them right now with no issues.

Bummer you have an empty trailer twice. What a let down.

 

Very interesting post, since I know of probably 5 people got theirs and have no issues.

Barbara

 

I'm thinking it's a batch of cars. I know that these two cars came from the same delivery truck. The dealers are 150 miles apart on the same hwy, delivered the same day. Both are triple black with smart shox

 

Do you happen to know if the machines out there now have smart shox or not? That seems to be the premise of the issue. Glad to know it's not common and most are able to enjoy them this weekend. Bright side is I won't spend $200 in gas this weekend.

 

All the places I know of that have mavrick R have all been smart shock models. I don’t think I seen a non smart shock delivered.

 

John Crowley (UTV guide) just took his R with/SS bashing on the Rubicon and all reports were 👍.

 

Disappointing, hope it’s nothing. Just goes to show any manufacturer can have issues. Went to my local Ride Now today, but they didn’t have any. Really wanted to check it out.

 

If these places are where you have to go for warranty work. I’m not sure I’d want to buy from them if they can’t fix an issue in 7 days and have no answer for you.

 

All the places I know of that have mavrick R have all been smart shock models. I don’t think I seen a non smart shock delivered.

Yeah, same. All triple black and smart shox. Darnit nohow

Disappointing, hope it’s nothing. Just goes to show any manufacturer can have issues. Went to my local Ride Now today, but they didn’t have any. Really wanted to check it out.

Yeah a bit of a bummer for sure. I have to keep myself in check because I wasn't really expecting one until Oct. I'm sure they want these out in the wild so hopefully a fix will come soon. My real only concern is that now that my signed docs have me tied into this VIN, if there is a major issue, I can't switch it for another car if it comes in..

Interestingly enough, there is another R at a dealer on the other side of town. They are building it today. If that was part of the same delivery, it too could have the same issue. I'll just sit here twiddling my thumbs and watch videos of everyone else enjoying theirs.

 

Yeah, same. All triple black and smart shox. Darnit nohow


Yeah a bit of a bummer for sure. I have to keep myself in check because I wasn't really expecting one until Oct. I'm sure they want these out in the wild so hopefully a fix will come soon. My real only concern is that now that my signed docs have me tied into this VIN, if there is a major issue, I can't switch it for another car if it comes in..

Interestingly enough, there is another R at a dealer on the other side of town. They are building it today. If that was part of the same delivery, it too could have the same issue. I'll just sit here twiddling my thumbs and watch videos of everyone else enjoying theirs.

It’s probably just some type of glitch. IMO, you have to cut the dealership / techs some slack. The R is brand new, and nobody has seen it or worked on it. Should get better sooner.

 

Hmmmmm……

Name the dealers.

 

What is the point? Aren't there forum rules on that?

 

Did you verify yourself or drive the second one around a little to check for a code before signing ?

I'm sure an update or TSB will be out soon if this is happening. They want these things out for dune season and camp RZR.

 

Did you verify yourself or drive the second one around a little to check for a code before signing ?

I'm sure an update or TSB will be out soon if this is happening. They want these things out for dune season and camp RZR.

I did not drive it. Dealer said they didn't know of any problems last night when I signed and it was not ready for full delivery. He called at noon when I was pulling in to pick it up. Said he'd call again before end of business, which by my clock is 6 min ago. Of course they are closed tomorrow and Monday. Not gonna lie, I do like sitting in the garage staring at a new toy on my weekend off. I will make it that much better next weekend. My whips came in today too. maybe I'll connect them to 12v and drink that beer tonight anyway.

 

Look at it like the glass is half full, instead of half empty. I know if it were me, and I picked it up, and threw a code as soon as I got it home, or started it, or it wouldn’t start, I’d be saying some colorful words, LOL. They caught it, probably don’t have any answers yet. Sucks, but it happens.

 

I can see where this second dealer has to contact can am and it being the weekend would be something that has to wait. But the first dealer had 7 days

 

Point taken Hollywood, and I am not complaining. Total luxury item here. Nice to be able to afford a hobby like this to begin with. And hell yes i would definitely turning that into a bitch session if I had loaded up, driven to Sand Mountain 4 hours away and found this out there. No harm done at this point, but yeah Burton - that 1st dealer had some time to figure this out. Maybe they were the first to notify Canam and put the fix in motion and now everyone is a week ahead?

 

Hopefully it the second dealer keeps your issue at the top of there list. Seems like a lot of times shops move on to the next thing and don’t check up on issues.

 

I don’t see that happening with their new flagship model. Last thing BRP / Can Am wants is any type of bad publicity, even as small as a couple of cars. Bad thing as stated, it’s the weekend, and almost all dealers are closed on Monday. So in reality, this won’t get worked until Tuesday.

 

Service departments now days are a mess no follow up. My mom had her car at the dealer for two weeks. On Tuesday I get an email for customer service review on her car. I call ask if she got her car back she say no. She calls the dealer they say they don’t know why she got the email. But the person is gone and they will have him call. Next day she calls they tell her they will get back with her later. Thursday she stops at the dealer. The service department head says your car was done Tuesday I called and left you a msg. More than likely the issue more to do with the first dealer not can am.

 

Just got back from the Oregon dunes and there was a new mav R tearing the woop road up at 65 plus mph(he said) it definitely was cooking down the trails and looked like it handled them very well. It pulled up next to me at the bull run restrooms and we got to take a look at it up close and do a little talking with the owner. Great looking machine and a great week at the Oregon dunes.

 

There are several running around Utah and I haven’t heard of one issue like this. Also have a guy in Oregon I know that has his with no issues as well. Has had it to the dunes also.

 

dealers want to sell more SS cars.
more money to sell and guaranteed more money fixing them

 

I’m always suspicious of the dealers. When I was in high school I worked for a large truck dealership, I’ve worked for heavy equipment dealers, and of course I’ve dealt with many myself and even though you think after 4 decades I’d seem it all, think again.
The Can-Am dealership I buy from has a great salesman whom I would trust 100% in any situation and he is also in practice the “general manager” but their so called “service department” is an absolute abomination and the owner is a total flake.

Geez maybe you should order a Pro R………….

 

Went to go check out a 23 X3 XRC and he said they just had an R leave. This was Portland, OR area.

Figured it was fate telling me I shouldn't sit in the R.

 

Yeah really sucks it has happened to you twice. Hopefully it’s very small issue as if it was widespread I would believe we would be hearing much more about it.

 

My friend picked up his Maverick R and did not mention any issues. He has a smart shock model.

 

I wouldn’t doubt there may be a bad batch, it’s almost inevitable there will be some issues at some point in a brand new machine. It’s also possible some monkey at the dealers didn’t calibrate them properly. This isn’t uncommon with any vehicle no matter how expensive they are. I’ve seen a brand new $300k Lamborghini break down leaving the dealer. It’s not a bash on any product, issues happen. What matters is how quickly they fix it and correct it.