Pierce Arrow Xt, Pierce Dash, Pierce Enforcer, Pierce Lance, model years 1998 to 2008. Filed by Pierce Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 26 April 2011. 5,022 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Pierce is recalling certain model year 1999-2008 arrow xt, dash, lance, and enforcer fire apparatus manufactured from june 22, 1999, through may 12, 2008, and equipped with an electronic accelerator pedal. after repeated use with excessive force, the accelerator pedal arm may bend and cause the pedal to move closer to …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 74B215. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V255 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V255 cover?
- Pierce Arrow XT, Pierce Dash, Pierce Enforcer, Pierce Lance, model years 1998-2008.
- What is wrong with them?
- PIERCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1999-2008 ARROW XT, DASH, LANCE, AND ENFORCER FIRE APPARATUS MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 22, 1999, THROUGH MAY 12, 2008, AND EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR PEDAL.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOMES STUCK, THE OPERATOR MAY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE EXISTING ACCELERATOR ARM AND INSTALL A REDESIGNED PEDAL ARM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT MAY 9, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PIERCE AT 1-920-832-3000.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 74B215, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOMES STUCK, THE OPERATOR MAY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V255 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PIERCE MANUFACTURING |
| System at fault | Vehicle Speed Control:Accelerator Pedal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 April 2011 |
| Model years | 1998-2008 |
| Vehicles named | PIERCE ARROW XT, PIERCE DASH, PIERCE ENFORCER, PIERCE LANCE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOMES STUCK, THE OPERATOR MAY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE EXISTING ACCELERATOR ARM AND INSTALL A REDESIGNED PEDAL ARM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT MAY 9, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PIERCE AT 1-920-832-3000.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 93 notices in the record whose component field names vehicle speed control. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Pierce Arrow XT recalls: 43 US campaigns
- Pierce Dash recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Pierce Enforcer recalls: 34 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 11V255, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v255/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V255 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
c3144468 - Consequence
5fbb91a7 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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