AI DamagePierce Fire Truck: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Pierce Fire Truck across 2 model years: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What fails most often
- 1 Equipment 50% of all complaints
- 2 Steering 50% of all complaints
- Equipment: 1 complaints (50% of all).
- Steering: 1 complaints (50% of all).
Components owners complain about
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
Pierce fire trucks. Consumer requests recall information on vehicles. The consumer referenced recall # 13v525000
Ltr request nhtsa investigate incidents of failure of the all steer system (electronic all wheel steering) that occurred in trucks in five of their fire departments.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Steering. Steering play, power assist, rack and tie rods after a wheel impact.
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.