Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), the parent company of Can-Am, is recalling certain 2025 Can-Am Origin EV motorcycles in the US market. The issue relates to a finding of potential fatigue-related failure of the front brake caliper support after multiple hard and/or emergency braking instances are performed. If the front brake caliper support fails, the front brake will not work as intended, thus greatly increasing the risk of a crash, injury, and/or potential death.
Approximately 398 bikes in the US market are included in this recall, which represents 100 percent of the population. Affected bikes were produced between May 2, 2024 and June 17, 2025. BRP is also recalling these bikes for this issue in other countries, and in some cases elsewhere, other date ranges may be involved. However, in the US, this is the only production date range that is involved at this time. BRP also notes that "vehicles not included in the recall will be retrofitted at BRP's facilities."
What's the problem? In the course of BRP's investigation, it noted a data input error in its finite element analysis software, which is meant to help a manufacturer simulate certain stressors and how they will impact a given physical element. Because the wrong data was entered, the front brake caliper support could fail at a lower threshold than had originally been intended.
Incidentally, it's worth noting that BRP says this potential for fatigue-related failure of the front brake caliper support may be exacerbated by hard or emergency braking with on-road tires equipped. The Can-Am Origin ships with dual-sport tires from the factory, but BRP acknowledges that owners may fit other tires to their bikes, including road tires, which could increase the risk of this failure.
Production of Can-Am Origins has been stopped until the required parts, which include a caliper support reinforcement kit, become available. This kit will be installed on remaining Origins within BRP's inventory, and will also be used to perform recall service for all bikes owned by customers who are affected by this recall. Recall service will be performed at no cost to the customer; parts are not yet available at the time of writing, but BRP will send a follow-up letter advising customers when parts do become available.
BRP is notifying its dealer network about this recall on or about April 14, 2026. Additionally, BRP will notify all registered owners of Can-Am Origins who are affected by this recall on or about May 14, 2026; as stated above, this will be a notification that the recall condition exists, and a second follow-up letter will be sent to owners once the parts needed to perform the recall repairs are available. The VINs of affected motorcycles will be searchable in the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's database lookup tool on April 21, 2025.
Owners may contact BRP customer service at 1-888-272-9222. Additionally, owners may contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-888-275-9171) or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
