Pierce Arrow Xt, Pierce Enforcer, Pierce Impel, Pierce Velocity, model years 2015 to 2026. Filed by Pierce Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 6 April 2026. 674 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Pierce Manufacturing (Pierce) is recalling certain 2015-2026 Arrow XT, Enforcer, Impel, and Velocity 107’ ladder and 110’ platform aerial firetrucks equipped with a single rear axle. The firm-on-ground system light may remain illuminated after the rear stabilizer loses contact with the ground.
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.
Pierce's own number for this recall: 74B344. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V217 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 26V217 cover?
- Pierce Arrow XT, Pierce Enforcer, Pierce Impel, Pierce Velocity, model years 2015-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Pierce Manufacturing (Pierce) is recalling certain 2015-2026 Arrow XT, Enforcer, Impel, and Velocity 107’ ladder and 110’ platform aerial firetrucks equipped with a single rear axle. The firm-on-ground system light may remain illuminated after the rear stabilizer loses contact with the ground.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A false firm-on-ground indicator light may lead to using the aerial device when the vehicle may shift during aerial operation, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Pierce will provide instructions on how to update the vehicle software and perform an aerial device functional check, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 29, 2026. Owners may contact Pierce customer service at 1-888-974-3723.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Pierce calls this recall 74B344, 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: “A false firm-on-ground indicator light may lead to using the aerial device when the vehicle may shift during aerial operation, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V217 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Pierce Manufacturing |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical:Boom/Crane/Ladder |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 April 2026 |
| Model years | 2015-2026 |
| Vehicles named | PIERCE ARROW XT, PIERCE ENFORCER, PIERCE IMPEL, PIERCE VELOCITY |
What the notice says today
The defect
Pierce Manufacturing (Pierce) is recalling certain 2015-2026 Arrow XT, Enforcer, Impel, and Velocity 107’ ladder and 110’ platform aerial firetrucks equipped with a single rear axle. The firm-on-ground system light may remain illuminated after the rear stabilizer loses contact with the ground.
The consequence
A false firm-on-ground indicator light may lead to using the aerial device when the vehicle may shift during aerial operation, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Pierce will provide instructions on how to update the vehicle software and perform an aerial device functional check, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 29, 2026. Owners may contact Pierce customer service at 1-888-974-3723.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 1a0d07b8cc41cd98e9a10794cf9bb27e…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 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 Enforcer recalls: 34 US campaigns
- Pierce Impel recalls: 29 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 26V217, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v217/
The copy quoted above hashes to 1a0d07b8cc41cd98e9a10794cf9bb27e…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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.
Other Pierce notices we hold
- 26V060: 2025 Velocity, Saber, Impel, Enforcer, and Arrow XT
- 24V905: 2023-2024 Enforcer, Quantum, and Velocity fire trucks
- 24V147: 2023-2024 Commercial Chassis equipped with Hercules HC 1
- 24V127: 2020 Enforcer, 2021-2022 Velocity, and 2023 Saber
- 24V012: 2020-2023 Freightliner and International Chassis
- 23V823: 2019-2023 Arrow XT, Enforcer, and Velocity mid-mount tower trucks equipped with an aerial platform basket
- 23V407: 2016-2022 Ascendant 107' Aerials and 110' Platforms mounted on single rear axle Enforcer chassis
- 23V096: 2018-2023 Velocity, Impel, Enforcer, and Arrow XT 110-foot aerial trucks
All 61 Pierce campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 26V217 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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69b0a947 - 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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