Why would someone and not have the chips put in at a later date? Seems like something that can be done when you bring it in for an oil change so its not inconvenient. You are going to need it for resale or there will have to be a disclaimer that not all features are available.
Idk about that at all. 70% of the neon needed for making chips comes from Ukraine, and it’s a byproduct of Russian steel manufacturing. It’s already caused them to cut 50% of the world’s neon output. Russia also provides 1/3 of the worlds palladium, which is needed for making chips as well. A bunch of articles out there saying it’s going to get really rough.
Good post, I really feel some people believe dealer mechanics will be soldering in transistors on a circuit card!!This post is a good lead-in for...
Electronics 101 Primer
It is not the chips that are actually missing in any shipped/delayed vehicles. Chips are simply one element, or one component, inside of an electronic assembly, sometimes called a module, device or unit. These units are held up at the supplier awaiting the actual chips to arrive so the units can be completed and tested. Only then are the units shipped to Ford.
Dealer's will not be receiving "Chips", dealers will be receiving "Complete Modules" which contain the missing chips, for example, here is a Heated Seat Control Module for the Mustang.
An example of the actual Chips, they are the small black devices, on the green circuit board, in the open module below (three examples circled in red):
Here is an example of an acutal F-150 module being replaced. Ford ICE Mountain workers or Dealers are doing nothing more than plugging in full assemblies, similar to this.
No, it would work like any other warranty or recall issue, well at least in a perfect world it would..
You can barely use the Broncos heated seats in Jan, they fry your A**!!
To be fair, there are a ton of people with different options on this forum. So you one set complaining about not shipping, then see a completely different set of people complaining about shipping.
Ahem! I actually love the feature and wish it would activate more often. The silence at stoplights and drive thrus is great.
No way. Freep.com story mentions removal of rear seat hvac controls on Explorers…still controllable by front controls.
If someone chooses to let their vehicle sit in the garage because his heated steering wheel (because these are the types of chips we’re talking about) doesn’t work as opposed to putting on a pair of gloves, then they have issues much bigger than a chip module.
My comments are not about if waiting or accelerating delivery within this debacle is good or bad. Of course we all want to receive our order ASAP. I’d like nothing more than to see Ford step up, communicate & remedy all ice mountain builds as priority, expect for the original dream of building & delivering vehicles based on timestamp, not dealer allocation. My comments are centered around a product being shipped when incomplete, at full price, supported by a vague promise of completing after receipt. IMPO this feels like Ford is not leveraging its full weight to remedy.
