40-45K unfinished Ford vehicles will be awaiting parts through end of Q3 says Ford

[Cyberman]

I am in the same boat. 9/7 blend date, still showing "in production"

8/11 blend date...

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[tourproto]

Q3 is over in 4 days... Somehow I don't think they are going to get the backlog cleared out by then...

Maybe he meant 2023...

 

[stonerdoom]

All of the above vehicles mentioned are dealing with the same problem. I have an f-150 on order that was built 8/5 and still is on a hold at the plant. Great Lakes region is getting just a handful of raptor r’s.. Mavericks are almost non existent. Everything sucks. What do they have to gain by doing this purposely? Ford is sitting on some of the best product of all the domestic manufacturers right now and trust me when I say they would want nothing more then for this to get cleared up.

The 3-4 dealerships in my immediate area (<20 mi) all have 4 or more nicely appointed Broncos. And all are going for $10K or more on ADM. This is not a coincidence.

I am not denying that supply issues aren't entirely real, but between the Broncos that are not delivered to people waiting over 800 days, the nicely appointed Broncos overpriced on dealer lots, and story after story of folks bumping to Jeep or Toyota and getting their custom orders in a few months, tell me again that FORD isn't failing on this/doing this purposely. They are in no hurry to honor reservation holders.

 

[North7]

The 3-4 dealerships in my immediate area (<20 mi) all have 4 or more nicely appointed Broncos. And all are going for $10K or more on ADM. This is not a coincidence.

I am not denying that supply issues aren't entirely real, but between the Broncos that are not delivered to people waiting over 800 days, the nicely appointed Broncos overpriced on dealer lots, and story after story of folks bumping to Jeep or Toyota and getting their custom orders in a few months, tell me again that FORD isn't failing on this/doing this purposely. They are in no hurry to honor reservation holders.

A great example of the power of the dealers council, profits first, customers last.

 

[stickshifthappy]

But let's build FORD Raptors, Bronco Raptors, Lightning, Maverick, etc. Yes there are constraints. But FORD is selective in what they are building versus what they are not.

I've said it before and I will keep saying it until everyone of my reservation holding brothers and sisters have their truck. FORD did this purposely. This is a complete failure of a company. They do not honor their reservation holders with this behavior that will continue through next year at least.

Purposely ? Why ? What do they have to gain by creating unsold, product backlog, and bad customer service ?

Nothing surprises me anymore, but how or why would FORD consider this a good thing ?

 

[stickshifthappy]

I don't know what's worse: waiting because your vehicle hasn't been scheduled for production or... knowing that it's partially built and sitting somewhere outdoors in a lot awaiting parts. Ughh....

It's not worse so much as time slows down. Before my production was scheduled a week was a week. Nope a week feels like a month.

 

[stonerdoom]

Purposely ? Why ? What do they have to gain by creating unsold, product backlog, and bad customer service ?

Nothing surprises me anymore, but how or why would FORD consider this a good thing ?

Do we know that all of those unfinished trucks are actually reservation holders. I'd put $100 on it that they are not- in fact I would think most of them are not. I am sure that there are commodity constraints or that the supply chain is not as it was in 2019 but make no mistake, in my area alone there are several dealer lots with many nicely appointed Broncos (ie they have the so-called constrained materials/options) and they are all selling at a brisk pace well over sticker. I have been watching this since the trucks release and my own wait of 800+ days. This is not a coincidence. FORD knows what they are doing and they are not honoring reservation holders.

 

[Razorbak86]

Do we know that all of those unfinished trucks are actually reservation holders. I'd put $100 on it that they are not- in fact I would think most of them are not. I am sure that there are commodity constraints or that the supply chain is not as it was in 2019 but make no mistake, in my area alone there are several dealer lots with many nicely appointed Broncos (ie they have the so-called constrained materials/options) and they are all selling at a brisk pace well over sticker. I have been watching this since the trucks release and my own wait of 800+ days. This is not a coincidence. FORD knows what they are doing and they are not honoring reservation holders.

The majority of the “vehicles on wheels” aren’t even Broncos. The ones at Kentucky Speedway’s auxiliary lots — about an hour away from Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, where the F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator are built — is clearly visible from space via satellite imagery.

And people have been driving around taking photos there for a while.

Ford is also storing unfinished vehicles at an old ammunition factory in Charlestown, Indiana, which is about 25 minutes from the Kentucky Truck Plant.

Source: The Drive

 

[Summit981]

i feel ya with the back issues, broke mine in the army jumping out of a c-17 lol. i still prefer the bike to anything else. Im getting one of the new 2022 indian chief darkhorses with that 116 thunderstroke.

All The Way paratrooper! (I spent six years at Bragg.)

 

[stonerdoom]

The majority of the “vehicles on wheels” aren’t even Broncos. The ones at Kentucky Speedway’s auxiliary lots — about an hour away from Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, where the F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator are built — is clearly visible from space via satellite imagery.

And people have been driving around taking photos there for a while.

Ford is also storing unfinished vehicles at an old ammunition factory in Charlestown, Indiana, which is about 25 minutes from the Kentucky Truck Plant.

Source: The Drive

The fact that there are trucks parked there does not negate that you and I have waited far too long for Broncos/our builds that are also actively for sale at multiple dealers (the same builds) and have been since production started. They clearly had parts to build those. That is not a coincidence. It is purposeful. It is what FORD is choosing to do. That is all I am saying.

If people feel better about FORD and them not honoring their reservation because they have hundred/thousands of trucks parked in a lot somewhere then I will not stand in their way.

In the end, we will see if FORD can reforge their voodoo allocation math to fulfill reservations at Granger and other like-minded dealerships. FORD knows exactly how many early reservations remain. Their math can be adjusted to fulfill these orders while keeping the other dealerships from getting too pissed and giving them stock to sell a Big Bend 2.3L for $70K. Remember, FORD bragged of 150K early reservations. To date, the have produced well over 100K Broncos. If they are not close to clearing those reservations and if they choose not to clean it up in early 2023 then they are choosing not to and deserve the ire that comes their way.

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