Great news, how long have waited for it? I just talked to my dealer and he said they still haven’t heard from Ford rep, mines delivered and I been trying to get certificate since 1/16/23. dealer just said we can go ahead do the deal and when they find out the amount and receive from Ford they would mail it to me. I told him I am not doing the deal until I have the amount and assurance that I will be refunded. I would like it to be deducted from my loan. I’m with you I think they think everybody or at least some will just forgo it. What a joke!
I just ran this race a week ago. Ford Dealers have a system called "Smart Vincent" that will show all incentives/rebates/private offers for a particular customer order / VIN. Dealer told me I had to have a certificate - so i called Ford Customer Support. They said the Private Offer (for doing the COVP and changing from 2022 to 2023 last September) would be pulled by the dealer when the purchase process was done. Sure enough... I DID NOT need a certificate, in fact the Ford Customer Service said they didn't know anything about that. Dealer pulled up the Smart Vincent report, and in my case the $2300-ish private offer was applied to my purchase.
I inquired about the protection last Friday and today it got applied. So about a week. But I was on their ass calling like twice a day and visiting the dealer everyday after work. I assume they got tired of it and got it done. My car arrived a few days ago so I made sure they were on it. I wasn’t going to sign until it was applied. I didn’t want to pay sales tax on and finance that extra amount.
the only problem i have with ford offering the price protection is that a lot of dealers just jack up the admin fees
My sales manager did admit that Ford wants you to work for the discount. I'm sure there is a good percentage of people that aren't active on the boards or on any boards at all. And dealers provide zero information. I'm sure there are uninformed people out there that don't even know about the private offers. I'm only about 10 days in, trying to get my certificate issued. My production week just got pushed back to the week of April 3rd, so my Bronco won't arrive till sometime in May. So I've got three months to harass the dealership until they get it done.
That’s been one of the big benefits of Granger. They are great to work with. This will be my second delivery in 2 years from them. The first was a Sport to hold me over from my October reservation. Even with that, while others were having issues with their dealers, Granger was upfront, transparent and just great to work with.
Forums like these allow us not to be treated like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed BS.
Your price protection rebate can be applied to any new Bronco purchase.
It is 100% ON PURPOSE. The only thing I can tell you is DO NOT SETTLE. If they owe you price protection, STAND YOUR GOUND! DO NOT CLOSE YOUR DEAL WITHOUT IT! They WILL relent. Call and call and call if you have to.
