Water May Enter High Voltage Battery

Affected vehicles (2)

Component / system

Defect

Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) is recalling certain 2025 Can-Am Origin and Pulse electric motorcycles. The breather valve may not seal properly and allow moisture or water to enter the high voltage battery.

Risk / consequence

Water in the battery can result in a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, this could lead to a battery fire when parked or riding, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will install a new protection plate or replace the breather valve if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 2, 2025. Owners may contact BRP customer service at 1-888-272-9222.

Chronology of events

1. Mar 18, 2025

   On March 18, 2025, an improperly clipped breather valve was detected during qualification tests by BRP Canada in Valcourt on pre-production high-voltage batteries from the Queretaro plant of BRP Mexico.

2. Mar 19, 2025

   On March 19, 2025, a product line backtrack was requested on the assembly line in Mexico to look at the breather valve installation. On March 20, 2025, BRP issued a stop shipment to dealers from the plant or its distribution centers while it started its analysis. BRP continued its analysis to understand the root causes of the improper assembly of the breather valves. It was found that many batteries housing cover was not manufactured to the specifications (too thick) and did not allow a proper breather valve assembly. With all the information collected and analyzed, BRP decided on April 17, 2025, that it had enough information to report and wants to proceed with a safety recall on the identified population of vehicles. BRP has no report from the field including fire, injury or accident worldwide.

Notification schedule

Dealer notification

Apr 29, 2025 - Apr 30, 2025 No Dealers

Owner notification

May 02, 2025 - May 02, 2025 Phased Recall

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