Pierce Arrow Xt, Pierce Custom Contender, Pierce Dash, Pierce Enforcer, Pierce Impel, Pierce Quantum, model years 2005 to 2011. Filed by Pierce Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 10 November 2011. 59 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Pierce manufacturing (pierce) is recalling certain model year 2005, 2008-2011 arrow xt, custom contender, dash, enforcer, impel, quantum, saber, and velocity 75 foot hal (heavy aluminum ladder) fire apparatus bodies vehicles manufactured from may 17,2005, through october 13, 2011, that may be equipped with dual scba …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
The maker's own number for this recall: 74B186. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V551 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IF THE DOOR OPENS, THE SCBA CYLINDERS MAY FALL OUT OF THE COMPARTMENT AND ONTO THE ROADWAY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY TO PEDESTRIANS.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V551 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | PIERCE MANUFACTURING |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Door |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 November 2011 |
| Model years | 2005-2011 |
| Vehicles named | PIERCE ARROW XT, PIERCE CUSTOM CONTENDER, PIERCE DASH, PIERCE ENFORCER, PIERCE IMPEL, PIERCE QUANTUM, PIERCE SABER, PIERCE VELOCITY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THE DOOR OPENS, THE SCBA CYLINDERS MAY FALL OUT OF THE COMPARTMENT AND ONTO THE ROADWAY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH OR INJURY TO PEDESTRIANS.
The remedy
PIERCE DEALERS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND WILL INSTALL A FLAT REINFORCEMENT PLATE THAT SPANS THE LENGTH OF THE SCBA DOOR. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 5, 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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 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 Dash recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Pierce Enforcer recalls: 34 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
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V551, wording as read on 8 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v551/
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 11V551 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
70422e88 - Consequence
db58caea - 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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