Minus the free prep kit, of course. Thats gotta be like $95. So, you know, it’s not all bad news.
2 recent Engineering grads and an intern are furiously running FEA right now.
Fuck all... Ford already HAD an new design in mind as MY22 Squatched 4 doors with V6's would be available with factory installed roof rails... Remember?
Any idea if an existing unscheduled order with MIC that would be shifted to MY22 in late December can change their dealership in this timeframe?
You misspoke; they are not stuck at MAP - but quarantined in a sand and gravel pit...for likely 4 months. If I wanted a sandblasted vehicle, I'd buy used in Saudi Arabia
I'm not buying it either. Maybe Ford will have a few hardtops ready in Oct 2021, just to say they made some under the new process and manufacturer. But I highly doubt any appreciable number of hardtops will be available until later. The mass producing will be months later, possibly many months.
That is a new hardtop supplier for the Modular hardtop (available 2023) not the MIC hardtop.
I'm in limbo between bullet point 2 & 3. My scheduled production is this week. Crying in 2door hardtop....Updated by Administrator with full FAQ and Customer Satisfaction Program info.
Full Order Holder FAQ:
Awareness Communication - Upcoming Customer Satisfaction Program 21B49
(Certain 2021 Model Year Bronco Equipped with a Hard Top Roof Roof Panel Delamination)
Some extra info from @PREMiERdrum
All new tooling and an altered design. It became quite clear that even when manufactured exactly to spec that the design was flawed.
The timeline here is optimistic, but the right move nonetheless.
No. MIC hardtop production for unscheduled First Edition builds will resume late this year with the updated hardtop design. I wouldn't expect this until probably November, as the new tooling still needs to be completed, installed, and tested before production of the new hard tops can begin. Once that happens, they have committed to building new MIC hardtops for all units that have already been delivered, then the "bad batch" Broncos trapped at MAP, THEN for production of new units.
Hey, you have every right to be a dick. This has been a mess.
The design issue is the unfinished edges. Initially, these were to be treated and sealed but it was never successful. The "coating" applied at the plant lasted for about a week, if that. The other issues plaguing the MIC top - thickness of outer ply, uniformity of material thickness, and forming issues within the clamshell - were perhaps made more challenging by the tooling but not necessarily impossible. This new design and tooling should aid in ALL these factors.
As for the 8/2 "full speed" production, that was the plan. Heels were firmly dug in on the engineering of the top and all fingers were pointed towards Plymouth. There was hope that the "best" of the roof units being delivered to MAP could at least be used to complete FE and stranded builds, but as more and more units were evaluated, it became clear that it was a bigger liability to release more of these out into the wild than to just scrap the thing and start over.
Like I said last night, this move HURTS... especially the "bad batch" crew of 2,200+ builds stuck at MAP, but it's absolutely the best way to address it at this juncture. A LOT of these headaches could have been alleviated by pulling the plug when the first issues became apparent, but that's not where we are.
Note:
Lots of people are assuming this means a new supplier, but I don't have any confirmation of that. From what I can tell, this new tooling for the MIC hardtops is being designed and paid for by Ford and will be installed at the Plymouth plant for Webasto to produce.
The MOD tops coming in 23 are from a new supplier that has yet to be publicly identified.
Don't worry Ford is going to apply a protective wax to those quarantined Broncos!
claims when they hit the auction block in 30+ years. 
