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Pierce Saber

Every Pierce Saber model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years112015 to 2025

Recall campaigns15Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins321Summed across model years

By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Pierce Saber complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Electrical system

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Pierce Saber 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 Saber by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	9
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	26
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	29
2022	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	31
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	33
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	33
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	32
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	32
2017	Other	2	0.0	100	3	31
2016	Other	1	100.0	100	8	32
2015	Not decoded	0	None	None	8	33

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Pierce Saber

26V-060 Feb 2, 2026
Steering linkage arm bolt may come loose, resulting in the steering linkage arm detaching from the steering motor
Steering · 51 vehicles
24V-127 Feb 21, 2024
Bumper may partially obstruct the rear lights
Lighting · 4 vehicles
22V-892 Dec 2, 2022
Tie rod clamps may have been improperly heat-treated, causing them to crack and allowing the tie rods to separate
Steering · 17 vehicles
21V-394 May 26, 2021
Sealing washer may not seat correctly in the pilot bore holes, allowing the high pressure fuel rail assembly to leak
Fuel system · 2,416 vehicles
21V-222 Mar 30, 2021
Rear LED lights may be too bright
Lighting · 4 vehicles
18V-756 Oct 26, 2018
Depending on the specific wiring of the vehicle, these brake lights may illuminate when the brake pedal has not been pressed
Lighting · 717 vehicles
18V-050 Jan 11, 2018
Rings securing the valves may corrode over time after exposure to water, causing the ring to fail and the pressure relief valve to open, reducing…
Equipment · 123 vehicles
17V-570 Sep 14, 2017
Castellated nut on the steer axles may not be properly torqued, allowing the tie rod to loosen
Steering · 56 vehicles
16V-585 Aug 5, 2016
Affected vehicles may be equipped with certain C20 and C21 split-shaft transmissions from Waterous
Powertrain · 470 vehicles
16V-390 Jun 1, 2016
These pumps have 6" intake strainers that may have been improperly soldered during production and, as a result, the strainers may come apart…
Equipment · 114 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.