Broncos galore spotted in holding yard

[Herbie]

This makes me very sad. Birthday tomorrow and my Bronco is sitting under ice instead of home with me.

Happy early birthday.

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[ADAWG]

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We need t shirts, patches, and stickers made for Ice Mountain.

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We need t shirts, patches, and stickers made for Ice Mountain.

 

[Carolina Jim]

ou have to wonder if all those are being held for suspected bad 2.7 engines.

OR, the 2.7 already exploded as they were being driven to the shipping yard

 

[phocion]

This is just part of the QC process, checking the tops for leaks.

 

[North7]

Guess i'm not sure where your point is going.

Are you implying all these vehicles are 100% built and waiting on rail transportation? Or just adding an extra bit of time on delays for chips to get unloaded from port, out to the sub-recipients, then finally to the Ford plant for install?

Correct, Ford is waiting for finished units for install (updated post with example pic), or new engines.

 

[David1912]

Guess i'm not sure where your point is going.

Are you implying all these vehicles are 100% built and waiting on rail transportation? Or just adding an extra bit of time on delays for chips to get unloaded from port, out to the sub-recipients, then finally to the Ford plant for install?

good questions

 

[LSBronco13]

Stopped by one of the yards today.

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I think I just saw my WT Sas edition in the back fifth row to the left first three moving back to the right next to the blue Badlands with snow on it.

 

[AddDemiGod]

I wonder if one those is mine, scheduled to be built 1-17-22, but still says it's in production... I wonder what the hold up is this time.

 

[DCtoobs42]

Everyone get your torches and pitchforks

 

[ezapar]

I see mine! lol

 

[Cat]

Hey, I think I see my Bronco in there. It is the one on the left in CO...

Sorry Friend, that was a WildTrak...

 

[Bodge Garage]

Are these all 4 door soft tops?

 

[Cat]

I wonder if these are parked in some kind of build date order. Imagine being asked to pull a particular VIN from this pile otherwise

I have heard that is exactly what they do. Like a needle in a haystack. Maybe its found, maybe its not. Crap system.

 

[JohnnyX]

Ford does not receive chips to install, the electronic unit manufactures do.

When the electronic devices have finished being manufactured, those completed assemblies are shipped to Ford.

Update: Below, the small black devices on the green circuit board is an example of chips inside of units.

Chips are electrostatically sensitive and must be soldered with special processes and tested with special tools before they can be packaged up and shipped to Body & Assembly plants like MAP. "Retrofits" happen at B&A and Dealers at the end-item component level, never the chip level.

 

[JRS993]

I was a day one reservation, placed my order in February 2021. Consider myself really fortunate to have received my CG 4Door, 2.7, Badlands, SAS, Lux, on November 11th. I had to change from painted modular to the soft top, but I now have 3.5K miles on her. All those corralled Bronco's is a sad sight.

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