Pierce Arrow Xt, Pierce Custom Contender, Pierce Impel, Pierce Quantum, Pierce Saber, Pierce Velocity, model years 2007 to 2011. Filed by Pierce Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 1 November 2011. 724 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Pierce manufacturing (pierce) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 arrow xtand velocity, model year 2008-2011 custom contender, impel, quantum and model year 2009-2011 saber emergency trucks, equipped with meritor wabco electronic stability control (esc) modules, manufactured from december 19, 2007, through …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 74B226. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V527 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 11V527 cover?
- Pierce Arrow XT, Pierce Custom Contender, Pierce Impel, Pierce Quantum, Pierce Saber, Pierce Velocity, model years 2007-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- PIERCE MANUFACTURING (PIERCE) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2011 ARROW XTAND VELOCITY, MODEL YEAR 2008-2011 CUSTOM CONTENDER, IMPEL, QUANTUM AND MODEL YEAR 2009-2011 SABER EMERGENCY TRUCKS, EQUIPPED WITH MERITOR WABCO ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MODULES, MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 19,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF THE DRIVER IS SLOW TO REACT DURING THIS ESC INTERVENTION, THE VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. PIERCE IS WORKING WITH MERITOR WABCO AND WILL REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 16, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERITOR WABCO AT 1-248-435-8001 OR 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 74B226, 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 DRIVER IS SLOW TO REACT DURING THIS ESC INTERVENTION, THE VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V527 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PIERCE MANUFACTURING |
| System at fault | Electronic Stability Control (ESC) |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 November 2011 |
| Model years | 2007-2011 |
| Vehicles named | PIERCE ARROW XT, PIERCE CUSTOM CONTENDER, PIERCE IMPEL, PIERCE QUANTUM, PIERCE SABER, PIERCE VELOCITY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THE DRIVER IS SLOW TO REACT DURING THIS ESC INTERVENTION, THE VEHICLE MAY DEVIATE FROM THE INTENDED LINE OF TRAVEL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
The remedy
PIERCE IS WORKING WITH MERITOR WABCO AND WILL REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 16, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MERITOR WABCO AT 1-248-435-8001 OR 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 84 notices in the record whose component field names electronic stability control (esc). Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 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 Custom Contender recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Pierce Impel recalls: 29 US campaigns
- Pierce Quantum recalls: 32 US campaigns
- Pierce Saber recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Pierce Velocity recalls: 46 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 11V527, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v527/
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 11V527 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
706e35c3 - Consequence
ddb4ebfc - 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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