Pierce Custom Contender

Owners filed 1 complaints across 12 model years of the Pierce Custom Contender. The 2001 drew the most (1).

Model years12
Complaints1
Recalls27
Fires0
Deaths1

Which Pierce Custom Contender years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Pierce Custom Contender model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Pierce Custom Contender model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20110
3———Routine
20100
3———Routine
20090
4———Routine
20080
5———Routine
20070
2———Routine
20060
2———Routine
20050
1———Routine
20040
1———Routine
20030
2———Routine
20020
1———Routine
20011
2—1Seat Belts › FrontFatalities reported
20000
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.