📧 Bad news Friday... official email from Ford: "Urgent information regarding your Ford Bronco order."

[NintenDad]

Bummer, but don’t lose hope. I got a similar letter back in 2021 for my 2022.
I opted for no hard top with hard top adapter for future and got my Bronco within 5 months after the letter. You might have to downgrade some options. Hang in there.

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[mpeugeot]

If you are going to take the deal, I’d do it sooner than March 7th. If Ford really does try to build all orders before they open it back up for retail in late March- AND- they are allowing allocations to be pulled forward AND they haven’t scheduled regular trims for 5 weeks now- the next couple of scheduling days could be really heavy and those “buildable” broncos get scheduled.

Cliffs Notes- take the deal now and possibly get scheduled in the next two- three weeks.

Alternatively, they could schedule the Bronco that you really want prior to the cut off. Both strategies make sense for different reasons.

I took the deal, but mostly because I am near the end of a VERY long line.

 

[WT205]

Alternatively, they could schedule the Bronco that you really want prior to the cut off. Both strategies make sense for different reasons.

I took the deal, but mostly because I am near the end of a VERY long line.

Possibly. I would consider that a heavy scheduling day(s) could push production out past April. If Ford really wants to clear these- they could schedule out through June…

 

[DrewBronc21]

I can’t believe they’ll just cancel your order regardless of how old it is if you decide not to take any actions. WTF.






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If "my dealer says" means anything to you..

This is unacceptable. They should be required to make actual contact with you either Ford Corporate or the Dealer. This is a way for them to protect themselves and wipe their hands clean of the problem instead of facing and solving the problem with their customer.

 

[Compta38]

There is a huge lesson to be learned by Ford regarding new vehicle launches. "START OUT WITH LESS OPTIONS AND CONFIRGURATIONS"!!!!!!!!!!!
The Maverick is another example of too many options and configurations out of the gate.
This is hurting the brand and hurting the stock price.
K.I.S.S.!!!!!!!!!!

I agree completely. We should have had only the Big Bend, Badlands, and Wildtrak trims with the limited run of FEs. It was Ford's greed with gating options that left us with so many redundant trims.

 

[TNBronc4344]

My MIC / Sas build literally got scheduled yesterday. Insane how close i cut that after 400 days.

And it still felt like a gut punch when i got the email this morning. If i wasn't scheduled i would just be looking elsewhere because i have zero desire for a soft top

Early res holdes and people with long orders got shafted hard. Which seems to be par for the course with Ford lately

The same for me. Got build date and then this email as well. Reached out to my dealer and he said mine was scheduled so I was good. Soooo close. !

 

[T.S.]

Lol I love Ford and their vague emails. What does this mean for 2 doors? Zero communication.

SEVEN HUNDRED DAYS since we ordered and they send me an email, “Hey go F yourself, change to something you don’t want or we’ll cancel your order and give you the middle finger. But if you want to re-order next year for thousands more, we’ll accept your business.”

You have got to be kidding me…I’m a month shy of TWO YEARS since we ordered and nobody at Ford gives a I mean, my god, we reserved this car 886 days ago!!

Right, are the two door folks supposed to switch to 4 doors? Is the $2,500 in addition to the price protection? very vague.. but the ford bar is very low.. Anyone out there want my bronco flag, hammock, or old calendar?

 

[Big Boss]

I wouldn't go that far about the Black Diamond being the entry for serious off-road, it's no more off-road capable than the OBX with adv 4x4, unless you are talking about the interior being more weather resistant, which can be accomplished with good floor mats and seat covers. Also with the Black Diamond, you can't get the 360 camera, which is very helpful off-road.

Capabilites wise I'd agree, alot will come down to driver skill.

But

black diamond also has more off road oriented tires, better gearing, rear locker, and steel bash plates all standard.

It seems that the ties and wheels are the big SAS constraint. Since their current vendors cannot keep up with demand, how about sourcing from a different vendor? Vendor profit on wheels and tires is not huge. Ford could renegotiate a deal to allow another vendor to help build out 2023 orders. They've had many months to sort this out.

Someone else mentioned it I don't think they can just swap out the tires due to regulations. It was tested and certified with them so I think they would have to re certify if they switched them.

 

[Lakelife36]

I had no reservation and got my Bronco in March 22, thee months after placing an order. Want a Bronco, order a buildable one.

A lot of people ordered buildable Broncos two years ago and still don't have them.

 

[Headsong]

So sorry for all of you putting up with this disappointment. Ford really does suck. Glad I blacked out their logo on mine. They have no sense at all. Jeep execs must be drinking champagne.

 

[Spaceman]

Never got email, am I in the clear or did they already cancel me lol?

I am in the same situation....what was your build? Mine is a 2 door badlands sas high

 

[CPL_Rabbit]

I am in the same situation....what was your build? Mine is a 2 door badlands sas high

This is likely due to one of a few things. Either they just missed a block of recipients, their system couldn't handle it all at once, and there will be waves, or it went to junk folder.

Many without constraints got it, so the implication is that it should go to every current order holder.

I definitely wouldn't take "no news=good news". Ford's communications are notoriously unreliable.

 

[Broncobadlands2023]

I'm in the same boat. WT order and hard top is a hard stop. From everything I've heard, wheel and tire constraints are what is hitting Sasquatch. Ford offers optional wheel and tires on several models. Perhaps they could do do for Sasquatch.

The hard top is tougher, because there are only two, smaller companies that are making aftermarket versions. I'm not sure what the solution is there.

Yeah, it sucks! Ford can’t control everything but they kept taking orders until it got out of control and now they’re telling people that have waited years to change or else. They should have stopped reservations back in 2020 when they had 200K!

 

[dr.frank1320]

I got my email yesterday like everyone else. I wasn't surprised since I knew it was coming. I ordered a 2dr BD Mid 2.7 SAS. Had a 9 Nov 20 reservation. (see b-day cake in profile picture ) I went to my dealer today to switch from a SAS to a NON SAS BD. Now this is hearsay at best, but since this place is as bad as a hair salon when it comes to rumors I hafta. I may or may not have heard that if I didn't switch I'd still probably have a 65% chance of getting my order. Someone might have mentioned that Ford may have overstated the direness of the situation to some extent. So take that for what it's worth. If you ordered a Wildtrack you are still pretty screwed. Personally, my patients are starting to wear a bit thin on the whole ordeal and want it to be done. They are allowed to allow you to switch your order to a different model that is more buildable. I chose to switch to a 2dr BL High 2.7 NON SAS. With the $2500 go-away $$$, the PP $$$ and A-Plan the price was pretty reasonable. Fingers crossed. My dealer did say that Ford was letting them pull from their 2024 allocations to get customers out the door. So maybe there is hope? I'll believe it when my fat keister is sitting in the seat driving it home...

 

[Hossfire]

Yeah, it sucks! Ford can’t control everything but they kept taking orders until it got out of control and now they’re telling people that have waited years to change or else. They should have stopped reservations back in 2020 when they had 200K!

They could have limited options on new orders placed in 2022, particularly those made by people without reservations. When I hear about people walking into dealerships in 2022 and getting Wildtraks by October... these people should have been limited to lower trims and softy tops.

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