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TL;DR: We all know that Ford monitors Bronco6G, and has made changes based on the feedback they read here. This is my plea to Ford, to allow those of us with soft-top VINs, the option to delay our builds til September, in order to include the hard-top prep kit. Ford has delayed many of us for months already. And with the recent news, the least they could do is allow us to delay a couple more weeks (if we want to).
Edit: If you’re going to make a comment, please read the entire post first. I did NOT switch to a soft-top solely to get my Bronco sooner. I did it based on Ford’s own reccomedation, so that it would free up constrained parts for other reservations. Ford also stated that if they didn’t have enough soft-top orders, they would start building dealer stock before resvervations. So I did my part for the Bronco community by switching.
I’m sure you’ve all seen the latest email from Ford, regarding the hard-top fiasco:
Now, I don’t want to complain, because I already have a VIN, and I understand that I’m lucky to even have that. And I am genuinely happy with Ford for trying to address the hard-top constraint, by including prep kits for soft-tops. But after the email that was sent out today, and the way my build date is headed, I can’t help but be a little frustrated.
I’m an early reservation holder, that originally had a 2-Door reserved w/ MIC hard-top. Back in May, when Ford sent out the first email about hard-top constraints, they recommended reservation holders switch to soft-tops, in order to be scheduled earlier. Ford also said that if they didn’t have enough soft-top orders to fill, that dealers would start getting their stock early. So I figured I’d do my part, and switched to a 4-Door w/ Soft Top. After that, I was scheduled immediately.
My original scheduled build week was July 19th. It then got pushed to July 26th. Now, with the recent news that MAP is shutting down that week, I’m assuming my build date will be pushed again. More than likely, I will be rescheduled for sometime in August.
If my build date had stayed scheduled for early July, I wouldn’t mind the sacrifice of being stuck with a soft-top for the rest of my vehicles life. But it’s kind of frustrating that all soft-top Broncos built a couple weeks after mine, will come preinstalled with the hard-top prep kit.
Ford has delayed a lot of us for many months. Most of us don’t even have a production date estimate, for vehicles that we reserved over a year ago. I understand a lot of the constraints were out of Ford’s hands, and the entire industry is struggling... but it’s not like it was our fault either.
A lot of us switched to soft-tops, because Ford asked us to. We thought we were helping everybody in the process. We shouldn’t be penalized for following Ford’s own recommendations. Ford can make this right, by giving those with soft-top VINs the option to delay their build til September (in order to include the hard-top prep kits). I don’t think this is too much to ask, considering we’ve all been more than patient with Ford during this entire process.
If you made it this far in my post, thank you for reading. I see a lot of senseless complaints on this forum, with no real solutions suggested. So I’m hoping this one comes off as more constructive and logical.
Edit: If you’re going to make a comment, please read the entire post first. I did NOT switch to a soft-top solely to get my Bronco sooner. I did it based on Ford’s own reccomedation, so that it would free up constrained parts for other reservations. Ford also stated that if they didn’t have enough soft-top orders, they would start building dealer stock before resvervations. So I did my part for the Bronco community by switching.
I’m sure you’ve all seen the latest email from Ford, regarding the hard-top fiasco:
Now, I don’t want to complain, because I already have a VIN, and I understand that I’m lucky to even have that. And I am genuinely happy with Ford for trying to address the hard-top constraint, by including prep kits for soft-tops. But after the email that was sent out today, and the way my build date is headed, I can’t help but be a little frustrated.
I’m an early reservation holder, that originally had a 2-Door reserved w/ MIC hard-top. Back in May, when Ford sent out the first email about hard-top constraints, they recommended reservation holders switch to soft-tops, in order to be scheduled earlier. Ford also said that if they didn’t have enough soft-top orders to fill, that dealers would start getting their stock early. So I figured I’d do my part, and switched to a 4-Door w/ Soft Top. After that, I was scheduled immediately.
My original scheduled build week was July 19th. It then got pushed to July 26th. Now, with the recent news that MAP is shutting down that week, I’m assuming my build date will be pushed again. More than likely, I will be rescheduled for sometime in August.
If my build date had stayed scheduled for early July, I wouldn’t mind the sacrifice of being stuck with a soft-top for the rest of my vehicles life. But it’s kind of frustrating that all soft-top Broncos built a couple weeks after mine, will come preinstalled with the hard-top prep kit.
Ford has delayed a lot of us for many months. Most of us don’t even have a production date estimate, for vehicles that we reserved over a year ago. I understand a lot of the constraints were out of Ford’s hands, and the entire industry is struggling... but it’s not like it was our fault either.
A lot of us switched to soft-tops, because Ford asked us to. We thought we were helping everybody in the process. We shouldn’t be penalized for following Ford’s own recommendations. Ford can make this right, by giving those with soft-top VINs the option to delay their build til September (in order to include the hard-top prep kits). I don’t think this is too much to ask, considering we’ve all been more than patient with Ford during this entire process.
If you made it this far in my post, thank you for reading. I see a lot of senseless complaints on this forum, with no real solutions suggested. So I’m hoping this one comes off as more constructive and logical.
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