“Update” from Mike Levine for those stuck on Ice Mountain

[Lilj4425]

By September.

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[ctsbronco]

They will never hear it or see it that way, they are to busy paying Jim Farley $22 million a year for all his unfilled promises.

I am sure Ford will survive. This crap show seems huge to all of us waiting on Broncos, but the reality is we are just a tiny piece of the pie. Ford sells close to a million F150s a year and over 2MM total cars. They can take a hit on a small number of disgruntled Bronco soon to be owners.

It sucks, but that is the reality.

 

[ocbucks1]

But it's likely a completely different supply chain.

What are you going to take from the sport to give to the bronco to build more ?

No you are going to plan to produce the broncos that were ordered. . Bronco sports did not have the order backlog. Also it is not another supply chain. Ford manages chip orders and allocates to models / modules. There is basically one chip supplier in Japan. It’s hard enough to get chips. they don’t have separate orders.

 

[North7]

No you are going to plan to produce the broncos that were ordered. . Bronco sports did not have the order backlog. Also it is not another supply chain. Ford manages chip orders and allocates to models / modules. There is basically one chip supplier in Japan. It’s hard enough to get chips. they don’t have separate orders.

You're not wrong and your premise of vehicle order management is correct. However, regarding chip orders, every vehicle and every module can use vastly different part numbers and functional types of semiconductors within that module. They are not generic, so to assume Ford can just order 100K chips and divvy them out to production lines is not the full story. There will be seperate orders for different semiconductors, by different module vendors, by different module types.

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[calgecko]

By September.

... of 2045

 

[ocbucks1]

You're not wrong and your premise of vehicle order management is correct. However, regarding chip orders, every vehicle and every module can use vastly different part numbers and functional types of semiconductors within that module. They are not generic, so to assume Ford can just order 100K chips and divvy them out to production lines is not the full story. There will be seperate orders for different semiconductors, by different module vendors, by different module types.

Different Types of Semiconductor Devices

What is a Semiconductor? Types, Examples & Applications

Examples of a tiny fraction of semiconductor types.

No understand. None the less ford manages chip supply as a whole. Even though there are lots of parts these semiconductors aren’t the “chips”. The micro chips are micro and then these parts are made after the chip order from Japan. There are still overlap parts within vehicles. It’s complicated for sure. But I think they could have had managed it better. No one would know or care much if sports were on a chip hold IMO. That’s says a lot.

 

[HeyItsABronco]

This guy would be a bigger asset to ford if they paid him to say nothing. Literally, “We will pay you to not interact with customers”.

 

[phocion]

This guy would be a bigger asset to ford if they paid him to say nothing. Literally, “We will pay you to not interact with customers”.

Yeah. With regard to the Bronco, his tweets tend to fall into three categories:
1. Good news that is false.
2. Bad news that is true.
3. Trolling pissed off customers.

 

[sgraing1]

Quite the PROPHETIC statement from the Prophet.

 

[sgraing1]

They will never hear it or see it that way, they are to busy paying Jim Farley $22 million a year for all his unfilled promises.

Math isn't my strong suit (I don't have any for that matter) but I believe that works out to roughly $2,509.75 per hr.working 24/7/365.25.

 

[bigedizzle]

The biggest kick in the face is saying all 21's would be shipped by March 31st.
The 12/6 group is about 70% delivered/shipped.
I haven't even checked the other my21 groups but I know for a fact their missing a pile as well.
I understand the 22's want their Broncos but some of us are 4 months with our 21's on the mountain now.
Anyone know what the longest wait was for dirt Mountain last fall?

12/08 blend my21 on the mountain with you

 

[bigedizzle]

Very good point – as much as I feel forgotten as a 1/18 blend with no updates for months, the 21’s have a much bigger complaint. It’s disgusting the way ford is treating these people delivering them a 21 at msrp in May

I am wondering what ford will do to offset the boiled over rage for all of us waiting on our 2021’s. Hopefully more than a flimsy calendar

 

[calgecko]

I am wondering what ford will do to offset the boiled over rage for all of us waiting on our 2021’s. Hopefully more than a flimsy calendar

glad I'm not the only one who describes this feeling as 'rage'. I feel sorry for a lot of the dealers who are probably taking a lot of the brunt of customer anger due to this debacle. My anger and rage is aimed squarely at Ford Corporate and the talking heads there who can't get their stories straight, and haven't made a single attempt to interact or communicate with us.

 

[Pdshepherd]

Here's Levine's tweet. Go ask him why new Bronoco's are rolling off the line while ours sit on Ice Mountain!

Lies. Lies I tell ya

 

[JDS]

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