Ford will start shipping new MIC hardtops, Broncos this week! 🚛

[jdbronc]

Really hope they fixed the MIC 'rattle'. I was in a FE at Off-Rodeo and it was unbearable.

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[Monster1926]

Could be as simple as this: Because they can produce the new MIC tops faster than they can blend the "dirt mountain" Broncos into the inspection process without disrupting shipment of Broncos coming off the assembly line. Doesn't do any good to completely clear out dirt mountain first if it means you have to backlog newly assembled Broncos for testing. Given that this is a short term situation, Ford is probably choosing not to disrupt their standard processes too much just to get dirt mountain cleared out immediately.

The dirt mountain Broncos have been inspected already all they’d have to do is drop a new top and ship. What your saying makes 100% sense with not disrupting production. Ford won’t build a new bronco just to store it and pay overtime to fix it.

 

[Frankie945]

The new top has been tested. What he is talking about is water testing each vehicle after the top has been replaced to ensure the new top is properly installed. I hope they wash all the DM units before they change the tops. They all have to be covered dirt after sitting for up to two months! Just rubbing on that will cause fine scratches.

Or full of water from leaking tops

 

[Ares]

Im just going to sit here and breath slowly until the first top are in customers hands for a few weeks.

I want to believe... but I wont celebrate yet.

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Holy shit, Ford actually exceeded a deadline. I sure hope they got this sorted out because if there are more issues there will be an epic meltdown

 

[Triceratops]

I think he was talking about water tests on the dirt mountain Broncos that might of had rain get in while sitting, imagine all the mildew and odors if so. Remember the big storms from the hurricane that just came through and rained inches in minutes in some places.

No. Once they install the new top they do a water ingress test to make sure the install is water tight.

They had water ingress tests with the 1.0 installs as well. They did not have known leaks sitting…

 

[Werkedperformance]

20210909


its happening

 

[Krisegon]

that's an interesting possibility, but from what I understand calling it "MIC 2.0" is a little misleading. I thought there were some modifications to the existing tooling and changes to processing, but obviously I'm no expert

Yeah...I was perpetuating what others have called it. I imagine MIC 2.0 was probably like MIC v0.74, which was selected by the engineers, and MIC 1.0 was probably like MIC v0.61 and chosen by the bean counters. The engineers were probably like, "ooooh....bad choice, that's going to cost us more in the long run," and the bean counters were like, "you don't know that for certain."

 

[losingistrevor]

Maybe I'll get mine sooner than I thought

 

[BE5OME1]

Or full of water from leaking tops

We'll do a water test on the new roof as well," Grueber said.

Shouldn't that had been part of the inspection prior to promising the tops are ready?

 

[dbeyers]

https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...rd-bronco-hardtops-ready-shipping/5754266001/

Ford confirms it will ship new Bronco hardtops, Broncos this week

September 7, 2021

Ford Motor Co. will start shipping this week thousands of new hardtop roofs to dealers waiting to replace the faulty ones on 2021 Broncos already delivered, the Free Press has learned.

Also, Ford will be installing the new tops in 2021 Broncos that have been held backthen shipping those vehicles immediately.

"Testing has been completed," said Mark Grueber, Ford Bronco marketing manager, told the Free Press on Tuesday. "We're ramping up production of the new roof and waiting for those units."

Customers should call their dealers to make arrangements.

Three weeks ago, Ford announced that it would replace all 2021 Bronco hardtops for customers and dealers after extreme water and humidity changed their appearance.

In addition, Ford held its massive supply of non-delivered vehicles in large lots as the manufacturing process evolved.

In early July, the Free Press first reported that the Webasto hardtop problems were disrupting production and delivery of a product the began with 125,000 orders.

Ford began shipping the hot new SUV from its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne in mid-June. A combination of the chip shortage, COVID-19 challenges and supply chain issues combined with a manufacturing problem to create a high-profile headache.

"We’ve started the roof replacements on the hardtop. We’ll be continuing to ramp that up to replace the roofs on vehicles currently being held needing the new roof," Grueber told the Free Press. "Shortly, we’ll be starting to send the new roofs out to dealers for those vehicles that have already been delivered. We expect to be shipping the roofs and the Broncos with the new roofs within the week."

The only delay now, he said, is the time it takes to run all Broncos that have been sitting awhile through comprehensive inspection.

"We'll do a water test on the new roof as well," Grueber said. "We'll make sure they're ready for sale."

reading between the lines, I suspect they have limited MIC 2.0 production capacity right now. I would guess they made one or two new tools for each of the 2 door and 4 doors to prove the design and production capability. Given this has apparently happened they may be able to make a smaller number per day and more importantly give the go-ahead to modify/replace all the MIC 1.0 tools/molds, etc. Hopefully full production capacity in October!!!

 

[LIKEABOSS]

Here is hope yet for my 7/1 FE build to actually arrive this year.

 

[mpeugeot]

Man, the naysayers and haters are NOT gonna like this.

Actually, super excited to hear the good news and if true, I am impressed that they are going to be ahead of schedule.

"Ford Motor Co. will start shipping this week thousands of new hardtop roofs to dealers waiting to replace the faulty ones on 2021 Broncos already delivered, the Free Press has learned."

I also said that they had delivered thousands of completed MIC Broncos, not just a few hundred.

 

[JaxGtc]

Not everyone at Dirt Mountain is happy...

 

[Zach@Granger]

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