MY23 OBX Leather “No Charge”?

[BurtMacklin]

I just sat down with my dealer to go over trade options, and he was running some numbers; tells me that the price of my OBX is $47,350 - I said wait, my window sticker is over $49k. He prints something off and compares it with my original order, and the difference is the leather, his printout has $0 across from seating choice. So he starts bringing up all the different memos / whatever they get from Ford- and for MY23, leather is now the standard option for the OBX, not a $2k addition. The only reason I ordered leather is because they said we couldn’t get the cloth seats anymore. My husband asks what the price is going to be, and he says “whatever is on the window sticker is the price”

So, did those of us who ordered leather because we had to just screw ourselves out of $2k? Why on earth should I have to pay $49k for something that Ford is selling for $47k now? If the changes happened a year ago, maybe I would understand. But I ordered this Bronco 54 days ago…

I try not to let things get to me when it comes to the inevitable drama in Bronco world- but I’ll be honest- this pisses me off.

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[Shane78]

Order a big bend mid package.

 

[BurtMacklin]

Order a big bend mid package.

A- I have one. Great vehicle, but not “the one”.
B- I want the OBX, and I truly prefer the leather. The only thing I didn’t love was the additional cost, but I added it because it was the only way to get an OBX. My gripe is that if leather is standard now, why should those of us who ordered in March have to pay 2k more? Aka- why does Ford suck so bad?

 

[Shane78]

A- I have one. Great vehicle, but not “the one”.
B- I want the OBX, and I truly prefer the leather. The only thing I didn’t love was the additional cost, but I added it because it was the only way to get an OBX. My gripe is that if leather is standard now, why should those of us who ordered in March have to pay 2k more? Aka- why does Ford suck so bad?

Yeah, after the multiple mid year increases, I was over it by the time I got mine.

 

[Cchas]

I’m not an expert by any means, but I ordered an OBX on 3/27. My build sheet from my dealer was 53k, I just got my window sticker this morning and it shows 51k because of the leather situation. It seems that ford is crediting those who ordered obx and were forced into the leather? Maybe call and see if there is a certificate for it like the original order holders have? I haven’t talked to my dealer to ask what their deal will be in the price difference since this is something new happening apparently.

 

[BurtMacklin]

I’m not an expert by any means, but I ordered an OBX on 3/27. My build sheet from my dealer was 53k, I just got my window sticker this morning and it shows 51k because of the leather situation. It seems that ford is crediting those who ordered obx and were forced into the leather? Maybe call and see if there is a certificate for it like the original order holders have? I haven’t talked to my dealer to ask what their deal will be in the price difference since this is something new happening apparently.

I ordered mine on 3/27 as well - my window sticker was created on 5/10. I would really hope they would credit all of us who ordered, but my dealer didn’t make it sound like that would happen. I don’t know if there’s anyone I could talk to at Ford that would be able to help. I am definitely bummed about this.

 

[BurtMacklin]

Yeah, after the multiple mid year increases, I was over it by the time I got mine.

If it were an increase, I’d be annoyed, but I’d understand.

 

[TCC]

Same thing with Wildtrak. Cloth is no longer available as standard, only leather. All they did is jack up the MSRP $2K on the base vehicle and include leather and now call it “standard”.

Edit: just got my WT window sticker and the leather is now “no charge” so window sticker is $2595 less than DORA.

 

[BurtMacklin]

Same thing with Wildtrak. Cloth is no longer available as standard, only leather. All they did is jack up the MSRP $2K on the base vehicle and include leather and now call it “standard”.

I am not surprised they’re doing this- but if people who ordered on the same day are seeing their window stickers reduced by 2k because of it, I expect the same. Maybe that’s naive of me.

 

[WFiraben]

Odd. I wonder when the actual changeover happened? I bought a dealer-ordered MY23 OBX last month with cloth seats that has a March build date. It must be a recent development.

 

[FloridaBroncoPipeDream]

I ordered leather on a OBX on March 27. Got my window sticker about 5 days ago as I will be in production soon and I saw it was roughly $2000ish less. I'm annoyed and immediately think my dealer screwed something up and forgot to add an option I asked for. So I scan through the window sticker trying to find out what my sales rep left out and I can't find anything missing. Then my eyes go to the leather seats option and sees "NO CHARGE" . I'm relieved that my order is all there, but also still confused why they aren't billing me for that option.

Sure I enjoy having to spend $2000 less, but I also hope my dealer doesn't try to pull a fast one and add the $2000 as dealer markup with some excuse (oh this is the price you agreed to pay, so lets add this $2000 and pocket the money for ourselves). I plan to buy a sas OBX next year and if they try to pull this nonsense then I will not be buying from them and will spread the word to avoid this dealer.

 

[BurtMacklin]

I ordered leather on a OBX on March 27. Got my window sticker about 5 days ago as I will be in production soon and I saw it was roughly $2000ish less. I'm annoyed and immediately think my dealer screwed something up and forgot to add an option I asked for. So I scan through the window sticker trying to find out what my sales rep left out and I can't find anything missing. Then my eyes go to the leather seats option and sees "NO CHARGE" . I'm relieved that my order is all there, but also still confused why they aren't billing me for that option.

Sure I enjoy having to spend $2000 less, but I also hope my dealer doesn't try to pull a fast one and add the $2000 as dealer markup with some excuse (oh this is the price you agreed to pay, so lets add this $2000 and pocket the money for ourselves). I plan to buy a sas OBX next year and if they try to pull this nonsense then I will not be buying from them and will spread the word to avoid this dealer.

I don’t know when they officially made the change - but I feel that all of us who ordered in March (who were told we had no choice but to get leather) shouldn’t be charged, not just those whose window stickers were created after this change. If my dealer doesn’t try and do right by me, I’ll definitely avoid working with them from now on. I hope yours doesn’t try and do anything shady either!

 

[Heelabaloo]

Ford “balanced out“ the OBX cloth seats sometime in March. As with the optional wheels on the Badlands that were dropped, they seem to be trying to streamline production to get through the remaining orders and start with a clean slate for MY ‘24.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...s-cloth-seats-more-as-of-3-24-23.69250/page-2

 

[Rick Astley]

I just sat down with my dealer to go over trade options, and he was running some numbers; tells me that the price of my OBX is $47,350 - I said wait, my window sticker is over $49k. He prints something off and compares it with my original order, and the difference is the leather, his printout has $0 across from seating choice. So he starts bringing up all the different memos / whatever they get from Ford- and for MY23, leather is now the standard option for the OBX, not a $2k addition. The only reason I ordered leather is because they said we couldn’t get the cloth seats anymore. My husband asks what the price is going to be, and he says “whatever is on the window sticker is the price”

So, did those of us who ordered leather because we had to just screw ourselves out of $2k? Why on earth should I have to pay $49k for something that Ford is selling for $47k now? If the changes happened a year ago, maybe I would understand. But I ordered this Bronco 54 days ago…

I try not to let things get to me when it comes to the inevitable drama in Bronco world- but I’ll be honest- this pisses me off.

If I had gotten my Bronco in 54 days I wouldn't care.

Add 900 to that and I care a lot more.

 

[BurtMacklin]

Ford “balanced out“ the OBX cloth seats sometime in March. As with the optional wheels on the Badlands that were dropped, they seem to be trying to streamline production to get through the remaining orders and start with a clean slate for MY ‘24.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...s-cloth-seats-more-as-of-3-24-23.69250/page-2

Right. And that’s fine- it is what it is and I can understand why they’re doing it. But the fact that some OBX window stickers from the 3/27 orders show “no charge” for leather, but others (like mine) still have an additional $2195 … that’s the part that doesn’t sit well with me.

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