Ford: Depending on your build we are actively starting to communicate where we are and what we’re doing to make it right.

[2021badlands bronco bob]

Can someone please give me a clear insight on how the dealer allocation and initial reservation date relate in determining when/if you will get a Bronco? My reservation date stamp is July 18, 2020, my order date is July 26, 2021. My build is a 4 door, Black Diamond, 2.3, MT, SOFT TOP. The only adds were floor mats, cargo area protector, keyless entry and tow capacity. I presently have a priority code 19. With a fairly earlier reservation but a later order date what is the chance I'll get a Bronco before year end?

Only Karnak can tell you.

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[DREWR13]

What's really infuriating to me is that if they were open and honest about the MIC delays two weeks ago, I would have switched my Badlands MIC order (scheduled for 8/30) and now I am watching all the soft tops get scheduled for that week - knowing that mine will get pushed way out.

This is what annoys me. I would have switched had I known it was going to be pushed this far out.

 

[Wanted33]

Thank you, the truth is all I need.

 

[NotoriousBDP]

WOW! "We are actively starting to communicate" ...WTF does that mean! I haven't received an email from Ford since I placed my order.

Sure sounds like they already answered your question when they stated they were “actively STARTING to communicate.”

 

[Science4Lyfe]

Hi all. We hear you and are working hard on getting you out in the wild in your Bronco as quickly as possible. Depending on your build, we are actively starting to communicate where we are and what we’re doing to make it right. In the meantime, please check out our latest FAQs here: https://ford.to/broncosupport

For the love of god, let people with VINs switch to a soft top. Your POOR scheduling caused us to be locked into this stupid MIC fiasco. If you can’t do this, give us a new VIN with a soft top. Figure it out.

 

[BossMann]

Until water starts leaking on the dash, carpets, and gets in the ECU and creates and 10x bigger problem ( mold, electronic gremlins)

arent the ones on lots in MI sitting out in the elements now?

 

[Brichan]

Welp, this should eliminate the other constraints, they'll have no excuse to not have the parts to build with considering the delay...

Just the opposite. FEs will be taking it all up and what’s left, if anything, will be Base and Big Bend soft tops. Wildtrak and 2 door people are the biggest losers since they have absolutely no other options.

 

[MCG DAWG]

Until water starts leaking on the dash, carpets, and gets in the ECU and creates and 10x bigger problem ( mold, electronic gremlins)

Ford said functionality is not a problem. So the cosmetically defective MIC hardtop NOT should allow those things you mention. If it's allowing those things to occur and is sitting outside at the plant for the next 3-6 mos with "lot rot" then everyone with a badbatchBronco is screwed.

At least at my place it'll be in the garage.

 

[BravoZulu]

Ok Ford, I am ready for your active communication

 

[Prest33]

CNET article if anyone is interested. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-bronco-replace-molded-in-color-hardtop/

Sorry for this to be my first post on here on a crappy day for all of us

 

[NewBroncoOwner]

 

[Oneand0]

BL, soft top, no sins, blend 07/16, built notice 08/02, and dealer said no constraints, just waiting to be picked up. Whew! I’ll believe it when I can track it on a train.

I did give up some things I wanted, but knew I can change later, for the most part.

If I’m not completely satisfied with the soft top, I will buy a hard top in a couple of years when you can order one. If I want 35”s and a lift I will do it.

 

[2021badlands bronco bob]

Yet you still berate them for it.

It’s bullshit they don’t speak it’s not real. Do you see anything coming from Ford other than the original post. I’ll help you out the answer is no

 

[OldGrayMare]

@Ford Motor Company

Please, for the love of money, address the 2dr crowd. We are NOT insignificant!!

 

[Zeno]

Ford said functionality is not a problem. So the cosmetically defective MIC hardtop NOT should allow those things you mention. If it's allowing those things to occur and is sitting outside at the plant for the next 3-6 months with "lot rot" then everyone with a bad batch Bronco is screwed.

At least at my place it'll be in the garage.

Just my guess. They know about the water intrusion possibility as well as other problems with the MIC tops. Some in the dirt pit are going to have water intrusion, rodent issues, etc. Those units will not pass QC and will be crushed. The "future owners" of these Broncos will have to have another vehicle built if they can't be repaired and pass QC. The rest of the misfit toys will go out once they have a new top, have had a thorough inspection, and passed QC.

Order holders don't own those vehicles, Ford does. Ford is correctly covering their butts from a legal standpoint. To send them out now with the bad tops would be a legal nightmare for Ford. Presently, we don't own the vehicles and have no real damages other than time and disappointment. Once they are out the door and are owned by someone, the owner has endless potential damages, both actual as well as punitive damages because Ford knew about the problem. The class actions would be filed so fast that your head would spin.

In fact, I will make a wager. By the end of today there will already be a class action filed on behalf of the individuals that already received their defective hard tops.

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