EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
The left and/or right brackets can fail, allowing the stokes basket to fall and increasing the risk of injury.
11 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
The left and/or right brackets can fail, allowing the stokes basket to fall and increasing the risk of injury.
If the aerial device moves in an unexpected direction, the ladder may contact an object, such as a building or an electrical wire, increasing the risk of injury.
If the bracket falls, it could strike a person below.
If the sway bar detaches, the vehicle may sway more during steering maneuvers, increasing the risk of a crash.
Axle shafts that are not properly heat treated may break and potentially disable the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the flashlight battery pack overheats, it can increase the risk of a fire.
Two 2013 PIERCE ARROW XTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.