⏰ Bronco Scheduling Next Week (8/22) For Production Build Weeks 10/3 Through 10/17

[HotRod76]

That makes three of us.

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[LQDCRJ]

Well it happened. was notified by my dealer last Thursday and got my vin and a production date of 9/19. Nothing from Ford yet and nothing on the site. So I'm not holding my breath. But after 2 + years,
any news is good I guess.

 

[TheRealCobraBurnout]

Another year gone but Ill take an opportunity to switch to a Heritage.

 

[Crzr45]

Scheduled week of Sept 19 and got a vin! Says Oct 3-9 delivery…. After a couple years still skeptical but it’s a step closer..

 

[BLafferty]

Order date 1/25/21. Just happened to check the production tracker last Thursday and lo and behold, I'm scheduled for production week of 9/12/22! No email from Ford. Dealer didn't get anything either. He checked the site and said notifications had been turned off and he couldn't turn them back on. No VIN yet. He is checking on that too. Fingers crossed but I'll believe it when it shows up at the dealership. WT, 2dr, Lux, Eruption Green, auto

 

[tboettcher14]

There's no big mystery about why you got scheduled. Your dealer had allocation. That rules everything else. Ford's reservation system was a consumer-hostile sham. Really just a marketing list helping to drum up customers for dealers with allocation, not an actual ordered queue for buyers.

I have been reading these scheduling threads with growing interest while my current lease end date rapidly approaches, and see lots of mentions of "dealer allocation," but have not found what I would consider definitive explanation of what that entails. Having placed my MY22 order almost 10 months ago, I'm wondering if maybe I have unwittingly made myself a victim of this unforeseen constraint. Does anyone have a link to some reasonable explanation of the allocation criteria?

 

[Cohm0902]

Cant believe Ford anymore. The whole purpose shutting order banks down in March...to get ALL CONVERTED MY21 TO MY22 orders done by the end of 2022. Well if thats the case, ive been waiting 21 months and have heard crap from Ford on mine... but others walk in March 5 2022, placed a order for a Wildtrak and went into production

8/18/22.. WTF.. so PLEASE FORD EXPLAIN THAT

 

[M4Madness]

Does anyone have a link to some reasonable explanation of the allocation criteria?

In a very shorthand version -- dealers are granted a certain number of Broncos a month(?) based on past sales numbers of other makes of vehicles.

 

[Modrod66]

Some people who ordered their Bronco from the same dealership a few weeks before ours just got a build date. It took about a month for them to get a date after the order was "Processed". We just got the word ours was processed from Ford so we are hoping it gets built soon. Ordered it back in December. Got the hard top, Lux, towing and 2.7.

 

[Beach Bronco Girl]

My back door changed over Thursday to in production. Dealer revived a VIN # and build date of 9/26. I’m not getting my hopes up but it does seem closer with the number. Ford has yet to send out a email. If it builds I will have waited 2 years since I reserved it.

I have a hunch those weeks are scheduled... just like next week no one will see anything about these dates. I think the back door and other means of dissemination take a cycle or two to populate. Just a hunch... but I bet the folks who found out their build dates this week have been scheduled since the last scheduling round.

 

[tboettcher14]

In a very shorthand version -- dealers are granted a certain number of Broncos a month(?) based on past sales numbers of other makes of vehicles.

Thanks for the reply. I got the gist from all the prior mentions, but is there any published criteria or is this all just internet conspiracy theory fodder?

 

[sgriffin911]

I'm not giving up until the very end on my Cyber Orange Bronco. C'mon @Ford Motor Company. Please...

Me Too!!!! If that fails, Limited Heritage here I come...not really expecting that to get to me either.

 

[BrotaryEngine]

Thanks for the reply. I got the gist from all the prior mentions, but is there any published criteria or is this all just internet conspiracy theory fodder?

I believe Granger shared the formula back in October of last year, but it was just the formula. You'd still need to know the numbers to plug into the formula and I doubt either Ford or the dealers would be willing to share that.

 

[phocion]

Thanks for the reply. I got the gist from all the prior mentions, but is there any published criteria or is this all just internet conspiracy theory fodder?

The formula is supposed to be proprietary Ford information, so you won't find it on their website. And the individual allocation numbers are known by the dealers, some of whom share them, but most of whom do not. However, from dealers that post here, we know the 2022 formula is:

50% Overall Ford sales history for past 3 years
25% 2021 Bronco allocations
25% 2021 Bronco Sport % sales

I believe the 2021 allocation was 50% the number of Bronco orders at that dealership.

So at best, the number of Broncos ordered at a particular dealership only has 12.5% influence over how many Broncos that dealership gets. The ratio of outstanding Bronco orders to overall sales volume at the dealership is therefore the major determinant of when orders placed with that dealership can be fulfilled. It can make years of difference.

 

[Nickhick]

I don't believe anything they say anymore... What happened to all the October build dates that were supposed to get scheduled this week? Hard to "clean up" scheduling that didn't appear to have happened.

By the grace of God I finally got the good news. Scheduled for 9/26!! Fingers crossed

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