BRP Inc. is recalling 14,014 Can-Am three-wheelers and motorcycles because their touchscreen instrument clusters can reset, freeze, or go blank while the vehicle is moving. The recall, filed under NHTSA campaign number 26V575000, covers five model lines: the Can-Am Origin and Pulse electric motorcycles, the three-wheeled Canyon and Spyder RT, and the Spyder F3. BRP says a rider left without a working display cannot see speed or warning lights, an outcome the company’s recall filing lists as a crash risk. The recall spans model years as recent as 2027 and as old as 2024, meaning some of the affected machines have not yet reached dealer lots.
Five models and years covered by campaign 26V575000
The recalled population spans model years 2024 through 2027 depending on the line, according to the recall notice BRP filed on September 14. It lists the 2025 and 2026 Can-Am Origin, the 2025 and 2026 Can-Am Pulse, the 2025 through 2027 Can-Am Canyon, and the 2024 through 2027 Can-Am Spyder RT and Spyder F3, putting BRP’s newest electric motorcycles in the same campaign as its longest-running three-wheeled platform.
BRP’s own owner-facing recall page splits the same defect into two separate listings rather than one, posting an instrument-cluster malfunction notice for the three-wheeled Spyder F3, Spyder RT, and Canyon models and a second, identically worded notice for the Pulse and Origin motorcycles, both dated September 15. Combined, the two notices account for the 14,014 units NHTSA lists under the single campaign number.
A touchscreen that can fail mid-ride
The defect itself is described the same way across every affected model: the touchscreen instrument cluster, which displays speed, gear position, and warning lights, may unexpectedly reset, freeze, or go blank while the vehicle is in motion. BRP’s filing does not specify a mechanical cause, describing the failure only in terms of what it does to the display rather than what triggers it inside the cluster’s hardware or software, and it does not say how often the failure has actually occurred on the road versus during BRP’s own testing.
“An inoperative instrument cluster will fail to display critical safety information, such as vehicle speed and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash,” the recall filing states, citing violations of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 122, which covers motorcycle brake systems, and Standard No. 123, which governs the speedometers, gear indicators, and warning lights motorcycles must keep visible to the rider.
The remedy and timeline for owners
BRP’s fix is a software update rather than a hardware replacement, delivered over the air on models equipped for it or installed by a dealer at no cost to the owner. Owner notification letters were expected to go out October 12, roughly a month after the recall was filed, and BRP said affected vehicle identification numbers became searchable on NHTSA’s recall lookup tool starting September 22, giving owners a way to confirm coverage before the mailed notice arrives at their address.
Owners with questions in the meantime can reach BRP’s customer service line at 1-888-272-9222 or contact an authorized dealer directly.
The touchscreen recall is unrelated to a separate BRP action the same season involving Can-Am Outlander Pro and Max Pro all-terrain vehicles, whose speed limiters can malfunction and cause unexpected acceleration. That recall, filed with the Consumer Product Safety Commission in May, covers a different vehicle line, a different defect, and a different regulator, and owners searching for recall news on either brand should not assume the two notices describe the same problem. The September campaign applies only to the five on-road models tied to 26V575000.
Where these vehicles fit in Can-Am’s lineup
The five recalled lines cover very different corners of Can-Am’s on-road business. Origin and Pulse are the brand’s newest electric motorcycles, the Canyon is a three-wheeled model BRP has marketed as “purpose-built for adventure” on pavement or dirt roads, and the Spyder RT and Spyder F3 are the touring and cruising versions of a three-wheeler line BRP first put into production in 2007. BRP Inc., based in Valcourt, Quebec, builds all five recalled lines under the Can-Am brand alongside its off-road and marine product lines, and the Spyder platform has since expanded from the original Roadster into the RT and F3 variants named in the current recall.
NHTSA’s public database lists the campaign as open, with BRP responsible for notifying every registered owner in the recalled population by mail even after the September VIN lookup tool goes live for owners who want to check sooner. Until a given vehicle’s software has actually been updated, the company’s own filing leaves owners with one plain fact: the cluster that is supposed to show their speed and warning lights may not stay on.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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