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Pierce Arrow

Every Pierce Arrow model year on file, 1980 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years291980 to 2013
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins224Summed across model years
By model year

The 2013 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119801983198619891992199619992002200520131
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Pierce Arrow complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Pierce Arrow model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Pierce Arrow by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2013Not decoded10.01000126
2008Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2007Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2006Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2005Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2004Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2003Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2002Not decoded0NoneNone0025
2001Not decoded0NoneNone1017
2000Not decoded0NoneNone104
1999Not decoded0NoneNone101
1998Not decoded0NoneNone101
1997Not decoded0NoneNone100
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Not decoded0NoneNone100
1993Not decoded0NoneNone100
1992Not decoded0NoneNone100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone200
1990Not decoded0NoneNone200
1989Not decoded0NoneNone300
1988Not decoded0NoneNone200
1987Not decoded0NoneNone200
1986Not decoded0NoneNone200
1985Not decoded0NoneNone200
1984Not decoded0NoneNone200
1983Not decoded0NoneNone200
1982Not decoded0NoneNone100
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Pierce Arrow

  • 11V-384 Jul 26, 2011
    Pierce has decided that certain model year 1995-2008 arrow xt, dash, custom contender, lance, enforcer, pierce arrow, quantum, saber and…
    Fuel system · 6,803 vehicles
  • 08V-274 Jun 20, 2008
    Lower end of the trw steering column is attached to a 90 degree gear box as it passes through the floor of the cab
    Steering · 2,372 vehicles
  • 94V-083 May 9, 1994
    Steering gear bracket used to mount the power steering gear to the chassis frame can crack and fail
    Steering · 2,563 vehicles
  • 90V-006 Jan 18, 1990
    Cable portion of safety belt assembly (female receptacle mounted inboard on left hand side, driver's side, in crew cab jump area) has been twisted
    Seat belts · 424 vehicles
  • 89V-014 Jan 2, 1989
    With both passenger seat belts in use, in the event a high speed collision, the middle seat belt anchor nut and bolt may pull through the sheet…
    Seats · 950 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.