NHTSA campaign 08V020000
Pierce Recall 08V-020: STEERING GEAR/TRW
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08V020000 was reported by PIERCE MANUFACTURING on January 15, 2008, with 22 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Pierce Arrow XT, Pierce Dash, Pierce Enforcer and more for the 2007 model year. Owners were notified on January 11, 2008, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 08V020000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V020000 (also written 08V-020 or 08V020)
- Filed by
- PIERCE MANUFACTURING
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 22 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Steering — Gear Box — Shaft Pitman
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ08-002 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V020000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Pierce
Pierce Arrow XT
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Dash
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Enforcer
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Impel
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Lance
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Quantum
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Saber
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
Pierce Velocity
- 2007 · Vehicles built September 29, 2007 – November 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V020000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN FIRE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH TRW STEERING GEARS, MODELS TAS85 AND RCS85, THESE STEERING GEARS CONTAIN POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE SECTOR SHAFTS WITH AN INCORRECT GEAR TOOTH WHICH MAY INTERFERE WITH THE RACK-PISTON TEETH, RESULTING IN A STICK OR BIND CONDITION.
Safety consequence
THIS CONDITION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE THE STEERING GEAR TO STALL AND RESTRICT THE STEERING TURNING ANGLE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
PIERCE IS WORKING WITH TRW TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE STEERING GEAR (PLEASE SEE 07E101). THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2008. OWNERS ONTACT TRW AT 765-429-1768 OR PIERCE AT 920-832-3249.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 08V020000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.