NHTSA campaign 11V097000 · Pierce campaign 74B211

Pierce Recall 11V-097: AIR CLEANER BRACKET/CATERPILLAR

NHTSA recall 11V097000 (Pierce campaign 74B211) was reported by PIERCE MANUFACTURING on February 14, 2011, with 108 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Pierce Arrow XT for model years 2008–2009. Owners were notified on May 13, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V097000 (also written 11V-097 or 11V097)
Filed by: PIERCE MANUFACTURING
Pierce campaign number: 74B211
Report received: February 14, 2011
Potentially affected: 108 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: May 13, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V097000. 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
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built March 17, 2008 – December 18, 2009 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V097000.

Defect description

PIERCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2009 ARROW XT VEHICLES BUILT WITH CATERPILLAR C13 2007 ENGINES. THE THREE UPPER AIR CLEANER BRACKET FASTENERS MAY LOOSEN AND FALL OUT. IF THIS OCCURS THE AIR CLEANER AND BRACKET MAY FALL ONTO THE ENGINE AND START A FIRE.

Safety consequence

IF AN UNDER CAB FIRE OCCURS, THE ENGINE OPERATION COULD BE AFFECTED AND A CRASH MAY OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

PIERCE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PIERCE AT 1-888-974-3723.

Notes

PIERCE SAFETY RECALL NO. 74B211.OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V097000

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.