Pierce Arrow: problems, complaints, bulletins

Summary for the Pierce Arrow across 1 model years: 1 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.

Model years

Year	Owner complaints	involving a crash	Technical service bulletins (TSB)	YouTube repair videos
2013	1	0	0	0

What fails most often

1 Parking brake 100% of all complaints
2 Service brakes 100% of all complaints

Circle size and colour show each component’s share of NHTSA complaints. Schematic only, not a drawing of the exact model.

Parking brake: 1 complaints (100% of all).
Service brakes: 1 complaints (100% of all).

Symptoms owners describe

How many of the 1 NHTSA complaints mention each symptom (automatic count from complaint text; one complaint can mention several).

smoke, burning smell, fire1 · 100%
rollaway, parking brake1 · 100%

Components owners complain about

Component	Owner complaints	involving a crash	Technical service bulletins (TSB)
Parking brake	1	0	0
Service brakes	1	0	0

What owners report

Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.

No parking brake...unit rolled with parking brake knob activated. This has occurred on 4 other new units that we own and I understand that other fire departments have experienced the same inversion valve failure. Last failure was friday may 17 on [xxx], a sister unit.
Parking brake · 2013 · 2013-05-21 · NHTSA complaint #10512931

What to check before buying

Parking brake. Electric parking brake, codes, calipers.
Service brakes. Pedal feel, ABS operation, leaks, discs and hoses.

Other models of this make

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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.