NHTSA Campaign 10V195000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Issued by PIERCE MANUFACTURING · Reported May 7, 2010 · 827 vehicles affected

What's wrong

PIERCE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2010 ARROW XT, DASH, LANCE, QUANTUM, AND VELOCITY EMERGENCY VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 20, 2006, THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2010, EQUIPPED WITH DETROIT DIESEL SERIES 60 ENGINES. THE ENGINE MAY SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVER TEMPERATURE CONDITION IS DETECTED.

Consequence

UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTDOWN UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD HAMPER RESCUE OPERATIONS AND PLACE THE PUBLIC AT RISK.

Remedy

OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY DETROIT DIESEL AND DETROIT DIESEL WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE BY REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE CONTROL LOGIC TO ILLUMINATE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WITHOUT REQUESTING ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PLEASE SEE DAIMLER TRUCKS' DEFECT REPORT 10E-005. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 28, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS AT 1-800-547-0712 OR PIERCE AT 1-920-832-3000.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
PIERCE ARROW XT 2006 827
PIERCE ARROW XT 2007 827
PIERCE ARROW XT 2008 827
PIERCE ARROW XT 2009 827
PIERCE ARROW XT 2010 827
PIERCE DASH 2006 827
PIERCE DASH 2007 827
PIERCE DASH 2008 827
PIERCE DASH 2009 827
PIERCE DASH 2010 827
PIERCE LANCE 2006 827
PIERCE LANCE 2007 827
PIERCE LANCE 2008 827
PIERCE LANCE 2009 827
PIERCE LANCE 2010 827
PIERCE QUANTUM 2006 827
PIERCE QUANTUM 2007 827
PIERCE QUANTUM 2008 827
PIERCE QUANTUM 2009 827
PIERCE QUANTUM 2010 827
PIERCE VELOCITY 2006 827
PIERCE VELOCITY 2007 827
PIERCE VELOCITY 2008 827
PIERCE VELOCITY 2009 827
PIERCE VELOCITY 2010 827

Source: NHTSA Campaign 10V195000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.