The DORA is supposed to be from the Ford system and so your order should have already been entered in the system.
Are you sure you have the DORA or did someone at the dealership change the color after the fact.
It shows up only if it was a reservation that converted to an order. Agree that it is misleading since it says "ORDERS".
It would be more user friendly if Ford could match the email from the account with the email on the order and show it in the account. That would also require dealers to add...
You are correct with the blend date. If there is no production backlog, then your vehicle will start being assembled Jan 07. There is a number in x/y format on the window sticker(towards top right) that shows the position of the vehicle on the assembly line. Your status would be "in production"...
At least as much as I am aware; at a dealership level, everything was (and is) reservation timestamp based. Ford is scheduling builds based on allocation, constraints and timestamp. The dealer had no way of rearranging orders.
Typically, the window sticker is available 5-7 days before the blend date. One is first scheduled to a "week" (your case 1/3/2022) and then to a "day" within that week. This day is the blend date and will be shown on your window sticker.
Try this direct link for the window sticker (add your vin...
You dont need to download the file. The modules will be listed on the page. An example is shown below.
If you can see the modules listed, it is an indication that the vehicle assembly is complete and is undergoing QC. It is much closer to being marked "built".
The trackers don't seem to be working.
You can check whether your modules popped using https://www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt
Follow https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/%F0%9F%9B%A0-12-6-21-build-week-group.24468 for updates from others during the same build week.
Don't remember the exact thread but sometime before it was observed that people with accessories (like PPF) to be installed in MOD shop had a smaller total blend number.