Dealer said Molded In Color Hardtop not availble

[Marauder]

Should have demanded the champagne room too!

This dealer only sells models with drain plugs

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[The Bronc]

That is very interesting news. I guess I placed my order just in time! I ordered a Badlands 4d, Sasquatch, with MIC top on 1/21/22.

 

[Connie]

It cost them at least my Bronco. I wanted a mod top… when that got pushed to 2023, I considered a MIC top, and when that had issues, I bailed and bought a used FJ Cruiser.

If more people would bail, they MIGHT get the message… I’m almost to that point too…

 

[MeanGreen]

Greetings all,

Just back from the dealer (1-29-2022), after ordering my 4-door OBX and I was informed that Ford, for the time being, will no longer aloow orders for Broncos with the MIC, Molded In Color Hardtop on both 2 and 4 door Broncos. Evidently, FoMoCo is having major fitment issues, so that option is discontinued till Design can fix the fitment issue. I had to order mine with the soft top, or no order at all.

Hmmm.... Just joined. Two messages. And not many important details...

Care to share: the dealer?

And maybe, your username on the Jeep forums?

 

[Southern Girl]

Where are you in Florida? I’m heading down to my place on Marco Island tomorrow?

North Central Florida - very cold tonight. I expect it to be 20 or less on the farm. It hasn't been this cold for several years. We usually get one or two hard freezes per winter, and this is the first real hard freeze we've had so far this winter. It will be in the 30s throughout the state and in the 20s in my area and north.

 

[phocion]

I actually believe OP.

The thing is, I simply don't believe OP's dealer.

Bronco fact sources from least to most trustworthy:

• Dealer
• Ford customer service line
• Ford website
• Ford's official emails to reservation holders
• ... (large gap)
• Ford Authority
• Order guide
• Official Ford statements to Bronco Nation
• ... (large gap)
• B6G consensus
• ... (large gap)
• Random drum guy in Ohio

 

[John Auer]

North Central Florida - very cold tonight. I expect it to be 20 or less on the farm. It hasn't been this cold for several years. We usually get one or two hard freezes per winter, and this is the first real hard freeze we've had so far this winter. It will be in the 30s throughout the state and in the 20s in my area and north.

That’s one of the things I like about Marco, it’s in the tropical trade zone. Extremely rare that it gets that cold. It’s beautiful up by you also. I love the farms and rolling hills. It reminds me of upstate NY in some ways. Be well.

 

[Efthreeoh]

LOL When every hard top made has to be replaced you don’t have to be an expert, not to mention the numerous threads detailing the shit quality.

maybe I am a “manufacturing expert,” last I checked my occupation wasn’t in my profile.

Nah, yeah, sure you are...

 

[Southern Girl]

That’s one of the things I like about Marco, it’s in the tropical trade zone. Extremely rare that it gets that cold. It’s beautiful up by you also. I love the farms and rolling hills. It reminds me of upstate NY in some ways. Be well.

Oh, it's getting that cold. It will be in the 30s in Miami.

 

[labattbluebronco]

I'd be happy to get my Basquatch sooner rather than later. If that means I'd have to switch to a soft top, I'm good with that.

 

[airishfan]

so if you can't order a two door with a MIC top then you can't order a two then

 

[mpeugeot]

So I remember early on when I was ordering at the beginning of 2021, the 2-door was always a constraint for producibility. I never understood why, thinking the floor pan is different between the 2 and 4 door models and that's about it. Interior is mostly the same. So it seems the 2-door constraint has always been the hard top availability. The MIC is just a hard part to produce in large quantities with a low-loss rate (in production terms "shrinkage").

Queue the Seinfeld meme...

It's the two extra cupholders that make the 2 door constrained!

 

[BroncoBoy22]

In theory that's correct, but has there been a formal announcement made by Ford that 99'd reservations will be automatically forwarded to MY23 as was done for MY21 to MY22? I have a second order (7/14/20 reservation) on 99 in the hopes of letting it roll into MY23 to get a MOD top (assuming it is ready by then), but haven't seen anything official yet confirming Ford will allow 99s to ride another year. For sure some orders may get pushed to MY23 for various commodity constraints like this last time around, but that is different. Please correct me if I missed an announcement, it would be good news if it has been confirmed.

You’re very right to be cautious. It has not been confirmed yet to my knowledge

 

[North7]

This thread is a prime example of why no one should believe the BS car salespeople say to get and order at any cost. The salesperson tells the OP they cannot get a hardtop, knowing the salesperson may actually get a near term sale by steering the customer to an order that can actually be filled in the near future.

Now due to this "my dealer said" lie, other forum members are reading this thread, believing the salespersons lie as well and talking about changing their order from hard to soft top. Yes, there are MIC hardtop constraints, but they did not stop producing them.

@Administrator PLEASE CLOSE THIS DISINFORMATION THREAD

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