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I wanted to lock my key fob in the car. I do a lot of bike riding and I didn’t want to carry it and risk the possibility of dropping it. Therefore I bought a faraday bag and this work fine. However recently I found another way to do it. as most probably know if you lock the car with the inside...

Now that we seem to be past the infamous chip hold that mostly occurred a couple weeks in January. There were others probably but many thousand then. The final deliveries of those are being completed now from what I understand. the question I have has anyone ever heard any details about what...

Hi. I had an early reservation in 2020 and it was build in January 2022 only to go to ice mountain. After 3 months I needed a vehicle and decided to purchase this used 2021 BD Bronco and then sell it when my order came in. Well it’s in so I’m just trying to come close to even. Yes I had to pay a...

My saga : early reservation, January 21 order and build Jan 18, 2022. I was 4 days away from delivery and I sold my car only to be notified on a chip hold a day later. I went without a car for 3 months and my EDD stayed May 4 until last week. Then another 3 month delay. That was it. I found a...

You walk into busy ice cream place and take a number. After an hour they call your number but tell you they ran out of cones for the 1-2:00PM group and you’ll have to go to the waiting room indefinitely until they get more cones. Meanwhile they keep serving customers to keep the line moving...

I recently purchased a used used 2021 and it did not have a bronco tool kit like I’ve seen in videos. I went to the dealer and they said there was no part listed and didn’t it seem to be available. I know it’s not critical but any insight on this and how to obtain. Thanks.

There has been some discussion in the build week threads regarding vehicles that are “in production” on the trackers yet dealers and even Ford CS are saying are being shipped. This is primarily associated with broncos on ice mountain I think. I am one that is showing “in production” but have a...

This is probably a country tune, or a BB King blues, maybe a Gordon Lightfoot saga, wait for sure a Motown classic The Bronco Blues I got a day 1 reservation! Couldn’t control my elevation Wait what is dealer allocation? Some got an early VIN The tops started to pop Off to dirt mountain...

There are a lot of gear heads here that can rattle of how engines and drivetrains work and how to make many modifications on our Broncos. But they might struggle to describe what a semiconductor does and why is there a shortage. I had a reply to a post that said "I know just leave them out"...

link: Ford Earnings hurt by chip shortage Ford posted 2021: $10.billion EBITDA (earnings before taxes….). 1.9 total vehicle sales Side note; just for comparison Tesla 2021 ( Before the hate I’m not a big Tesla vehicle fan but I am an engineer by trade and appreciate their manufacturing)...

The chatter in the build week threads today(1/25) its about delivery delays. Many are experiencing delivery delays to February 28. And I am one of them. I wanted to pass along that my dealer indicated it was a microchip delay. He showed me his order log for my vehicle which had a note on the...

The top picture below is of my daughters in 1994. Fast forward 28 years and I now have 2 grand kids 4 and 6. I just couldn’t resist this Bronco in Target below. Grandpa’s Bronco is being build this week (1/17). I joked… I’m going to ride this down my street and say I got my Bronco finally. The...

UPDATE 8/19/22 @66Fan is taking over the management of this post. He has some great ideas and improvements. Please see his post on page 10 post 148 for further details and if you need a new sheet or any other questions. As many know within the build week threads, a tracking spreadsheet is...