CURRENT CONSTRAINTS (July 12, 2022) and Customer Phone Line Tips

[JD155]

I'm a 7-20-2020 reservation holder. Order a Base/Squatch/2.7/Hardtop. After two years of checking in w/ dealer & Ford & back door link daily, no movement. After recently seeing many many Broncos driving the streets around me locally. I had enough & went back to my dealer. I specifically said what are the current constraints. He pulled up an email he received from Ford a few days prior & the ONLY restraint listed was the hard top, nothing else. I was hell bent on a never switching to soft but said fu#k it because I'm tired of waiting & need a vehicle. Two weeks later I got a vin & build date.

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[Blackcat]

Everyone (that has checked) in my dealer group is Unscheduled-Clean. Wondering if the terminology really makes a difference.

From what I understand, ‘unscheduled/clean’ means that the last time they did scheduling, all parts for your Bronco were available, but you didn’t get scheduled.

 

[DaveR5658]

The hard top restriction is for the 4-door since the 2-door can only come with it.

I'm surprised that the tow package is not on the list.

It is and for another poster, the M/T is on it too.

 

[RimrockPaul]

3 of 8! looking good!

So my base. No options 2.3 stick
Reservation 9/6 /20 . Reordered a 2022. Color issu.e
WTF is going on?
I'm having whiskey on my cornflakes fretting about this.
I've bought 6 new ford vehicles since 1990.
They are treating me like crap.
Any ideas on who I can complain to?
Paul in Rimrock AZ

 

[Chippewa-Pin]

So my base. No options 2.3 stick
Reservation 9/6 /20 . Reordered a 2022. Color issu.e
WTF is going on?
I'm having whiskey on my cornflakes fretting about this.
I've bought 6 new ford vehicles since 1990.
They are treating me like crap.
Any ideas on who I can complain to?
Paul in Rimrock AZ

Wow. Hard to believe you're still not scheduled based on what you ordered.

 

[M4Madness]

So my base. No options 2.3 stick
Reservation 9/6 /20 . Reordered a 2022. Color issu.e
WTF is going on?
I'm having whiskey on my cornflakes fretting about this.
I've bought 6 new ford vehicles since 1990.
They are treating me like crap.
Any ideas on who I can complain to?
Paul in Rimrock AZ

Sounds like your dealer doesn't have enough allocations, or they have you down as a 99 priority.

 

[patientB]

It is and for another poster, the M/T is on it too.

OP here. When I called yesterday and got the litany of constraints, I specifically asked if the 7MT was a current constraint, and was told, "No, the manual is not a constraint at this time."

 

[mjsmitty69]

Are you serious Clark? I have 7 of 8 here.

 

[Ohnoohnoooo]

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[John Auer]

I believe the only orders “unscheduled-balanced out” are 21MY orders. Once it’s determined that our 22MY orders won’t be filled, we’ll go from “unscheduled-clean” to “unscheduled-balanced out” until we order a 23MY. Just my interpretation, I don’t have any inside information.

 

[HotRod76]

3 of 8, not bad here. However, how is the modular bumper a constraint? Isn't it just a large piece of metal , or is there more to it?

 

[InvisibleLink]

Hi. I've been watching bronco6g since may 2020 but this is my first post. I am a July 21, 2020 order holder. I have a 2 door badlands model with all the listed constraints added to my order. It has been scheduled for an August 15, 2022 build date. I ordered with a very small local dealer and was supposed to be one of the first ten to receive my bronco from my dealer. I know there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the scheduling of Bronco builds but I just wanted to perhaps give some people on here a little hope that maybe they will get to see there Bronco this year, even if they did like me and ordered one with all the contraints listed at this time.

 

[RSHart]

As a day two (July 14, 2020) reservation holder and early (January 2021, re-ordered October 2021) order holder, I wanted to check on the status of my order, particularly whether it was "unscheduled clean" or "unscheduled balanced"

"Clean" means there is nothing preventing the order from being scheduled, ASSUMING the parts are expected to be on hand in that particular week. "Balanced" means the order will be pushed to the next model year.

I called, and told the rep, "I'm checking on the status of my Bronco order, and I have the Sales Code and Preview Order Number. I'd like to know if the current status is 'unscheduled clean' or 'unscheduled balanced'." I said nothing else, no emotion, no small talk, just let him do his job.

(NOTE: The Sales Code and Preview Order Number are on the Build Sheet you should have from your dealer. Providing this info rather than the Reservation Number seemed to convince him I was an informed customer, rather than a starry-eyed newbie. Whatever the reason, this call was blessedly devoid of marketing chit-chat.)

He quickly got back to me to report my status was "Unscheduled Clean." He confirmed that my original 1/21 order converted to "Unscheduled Balanced" once it was moved to a 2022 model.

I then asked about current constraints, and he confirmed the following, all considered Constraints as of today, July 12, 2022:


WILDTRAK
BADLANDS
2-door
Hardtop
2.7 motor
Sasquatch Package
Lux Package
Modular Bumper
Tow Package

I then specifically enquired about the 7MT transmission, and he confirmed that is *not* a constraint.

I hope this is helpful to others!

Im six out of nine but at least unscheduled clean. I feel a little better.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

But they are suppose to be up speed now with HT production, or close to it, and with all of the people who switched to soft tops to get built sooner, should that still be a major constraint on a 2 door with less than 20% overall take rate?

1 - they have never been "up to speed" on hard tops, because Ford never spent the capitol to buy more tooling. At full production, they can only make about 70-80% of the required hard tops.

2 - not that many people switched to soft tops, it was only around 8,000 or so, and most of those are built, which means the hard top squeeze is even worse now. Initial take rate was 14% or so, and after "everyone switched" it was... 18%.

3 - Take rate on the 2-door was something like 28% for MY21 I'm sure it will go down to 10-12% once all the first year reservations are built, but the backlog is still high.

4 - While Ford won't admit it, it is probable that the yield on the 2-door clamshell is worse than the 4-door, since it is larger.

5 - 2-door Top and 4-door probably use different sets of tooling, so 2-door tops are likely more constrained than 4-door tops.

And yeah, a lot of the 2-doors were ordered as Manuals, and those were constrained, so the backlog of building 2-doors got worse and worse as vehicles got built.

 

[Zero_chance]

Sadly, I hit on three of the constraints with my order (Badlands, 2-door, Hardtop). At least I missed the other four, I'm curious why a 2-door would be a constraint. The other two require specific parts. The seats have to slide forward on a 2-door, and it is a different back seat. Not sure what else would be causing it.

Probably because they’re focusing on the more popular and profitable 4 door. Self induced constraint?

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