This isn't the dealer or Ford's fault...its all on the transport companies. Mine sat for 2 days on the railcar once it reached the railyard, then another 2 weeks on the transport company lot before it got delivered to the dealer. It's like blaming an online store for shipping delays when it's UPS's fault for the delay.
My dealer didn't honor the original DORA either, BUT I also received a check from Ford for the difference 45days after the sale--did you recently purchase and you're just having to wait for the refund? I'm betting the dealer explained all this to you when you were doing the paperwork..
Not really anything new or uncommon. If transport trucks are busy or they don't have enough for a reasonable full truck load they'll hold off until they have a truck load. 14 months plus another week or two is better than my 25 months and crickets... In the days before tracking even more hairy disorganized shit would happen, you just didn't know so one day it was magically on site.
21 days in the Phoenix Rail Yard 11 miles from my Dealer. And FORD marked it as "delivered 18 days before it ever got on the dealer lot".
You would loose that bet. Getting a check from ford was never explained. Never even brought up.
Honestly 7 from a dealer isn’t that bad considering some of the lowest credit unions that I normally choose are only offering 5.25% never seen a dealer match a credit union before
Not the railroad?
Take off work for a pre-approval?? I was able to get a 30 day pre-approval from a credit union in less than 5 minutes from the comfort of my own home. I took a little more time and compared interest rates and got pre-approvals from 2 other credit unions. Max time it took for all 3, I'd say 30 minutes. Accepting the terms the dealership offers, is a choice. You could have told them you would come back the next day to finish signing the paperwork after checking with some other credit unions/banks, if their terms were not satisfactory.
For me as soon as Ford notified me the vehicle was shipped I researched auto lenders online for like a week and then when I found one with the lowest rate, applied for pre-approval once the dealer took delivery.
This is not the dealers fault. Its just a trucker shortage and what has been going on for a long time now. I work at a dealership and wanted to go pick mine up at the train drop off. The truckers have to be able to get so much time to pick it up before the dealership is allowed to pick it up on there own. I'm sure it has something to do with some union bs.
