Ford takes downtime at Chicago, Metro Detroit plants amid chip crunch

[tongsun3717]

Based on the timing coinsident with the storm, the shutdown should be weather driven.

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[Big Diamond]

Based on the timing coinsident with the storm, the shutdown should be weather driven.

They're in Michigan. I would have to think they are used to running the plant in bad winter weather.

 

[phocion]

Based on the timing coinsident with the storm, the shutdown should be weather driven.

Through all of next week? It might have fed into their decision to close yesterday instead of waiting until Monday, but weather is not the reason for this shutdown.

 

[Markpf189]

according to that article MAP has been shut down since yesterday and thru the Week of 2/7. So much for my build date of 2/10.

You should feel lucky that you may miss ice mountain tbh

 

[Altitude]

You're probably joking but from what I understand the raptor doesn't fit down the assembly line. So you might be correct lol!!

I was joking, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Raptor's rolling off the line while 2020 reservation holders are still waiting for theirs to be built. Hell, I anticipate seeing Raptor's on the road before my Grangtober 2020 res even gets a build date.

 

[phocion]

I was joking, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Raptor's rolling off the line while 2020 reservation holders are still waiting for theirs to be built. Hell, I anticipate seeing Raptor's on the road before my Grangtober 2020 res even gets a build date.

The 2022 Raptor will not exist if they wait for all Bronco reservations to be fulfilled.

The commodity and allocation distortions are just going to get uglier from here. The next phase is when constrained parts start showing up in dealer stock Broncos while reservationists at unlucky dealers still wait.

 

[jcdrico]

Right in time for my build week. Yay...

Your better of on waiting till they have the chips then its built rather then they built it and it sits in ice mountain for four months like mine is so sad.

 

[dbeyers]

No it’s not.

Yes it is … everyone sucks here and I am the worst!

 

[jcdrico]

If M.A.P will be down through the 7th cant they bring in employees instead of laying of and have them go through ice mountain clearing off snow and checking in on the cars.

 

[dbeyers]

Possible. It makes sense to me. For the last month theyve been building broncos and people have been getting good EDD. Then out of the blue all of these dates change to 3 months out. To me that affirms they had chips and we’re rolling and discovered they were bad which created a domino effect pushing hear built trucks out three months and shutting down the factory to figure it out before building more.

Ford is not going to issue a press release - the info was that the IPC modules (instrument control panel module - I had to ask) were received and were faulty.

 

[REIMANOV]

Based on the timing coinsident with the storm, the shutdown should be weather driven.

I also have a Ford Maverick on order (which is assembled in Mexico). They just put 40k units on hold due to a microchip shortage as well.

 

[TheDoctor]

If M.A.P will be down through the 7th cant they bring in employees instead of laying of and have them go through ice mountain clearing off snow and checking in on the cars.

Is that what you want for your vehicle...someone who is pissed off that they are out in the cold pushing snow off a vehcile with a broom, scratching the hell out of your paint?

 

[Bronck]

Is that what you want for your vehicle...someone who is pissed off that they are out in the cold pushing snow off a vehcile with a broom, scratching the hell out of your paint?

Pretty sure that’s not allowed in their contract

 

[scottfwalter]

Keep building tops please! Particularly two door....

Luckily those tops don't have microchips in them. Hopefully Webasto cant get a bit ahead of the curve. Wishful thinking probably, but why not.

 

[Rkgzx9leftcoast]

Ford is not going to issue a press release - the info was that the IPC modules (instrument control panel module - I had to ask) were received and were faulty.

This is what people forget. It's not a chip they just take out and replace, its whatever component it is in. So now the company making dash panels has to not just make the thousands each month, but has to make an extra 3 or 5 thousand...in a timely manner....with constraints they are dealing with. Not an easy fix. Bad news

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