Painful (but responsible) solution to MIC issue decided. Announcement imminent.

[TalexBrizzley]

Wow, so my bronco will be sitting in a dirt lot until 2022? This is my first Ford, and clearly a gamble that didn’t pay off.

Same here, unfortunately. First Ford after claiming to be Chevy guy my whole life.

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[BAUS67]

So it's apparent that they've charted out their solution to the MIC issue. It's painful and it's going to contribute to some ugly headlines over the next few days, but it's the most responsible solution.

If you're low on booze, pick yourself up something good to get you through a few rough days.

Incidentally, my wife and I will be in NoLa for a long weekend... don't be alarmes by my silence.

Bottoms up, buckle up.

More added:

MIC info will be released soon enough.

Also, as of today "full speed" production has been delayed indefinitely, as Rangers will far outweigh Broncos on final at least thru the planned MY21 run. Bronco's dedicated body shop has been sandbagged to spread work between both shifts.

Thanks for the heads up Ross !! I'm ok even with bad news I just hate to be "strung" along. I prefer to just be told straight up what is going on.

Have a safe weekend.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

They are all getting crushed and Bronco will be reintroduced in 2024 with a redesigned reservation to order system.

Honest to God, that would NOT surprise me.
Well, it makes some sense, so I guess it would surprise me if Ford actually did something sensible.

Now, do I buy a Super Duty or a non-Ford vehicle for the interim?
Will my 3rd hour reservation be re-instated?
My build is in purgatory.

 

[indio22]

I guess as long as my reservation time stamp will mean something at the end of all this then I'm not too upset. It's not like I will be driving around seeing a bunch of 2 door BLs on the road wondering where mine is.

This phrase has been the absolute worst thing about the Bronco release: "reservation time stamp".

 

[wetdog]

kid down the street said that cnn said all the broncos in dirt hill lot had wire harness damaged by mice/rats.

 

[TennesseePA]

But key thing is Jeep launched the JL. And without year in advance reservation schemes. Jeep delivered somewhere around 240,000 JLs the first year.

Contrary to what some here believe, advanced reservations and orders are not required to launch a vehicle. And it bit Ford in the behind, when they could not deliver.

I'd love if Ford went to a more traditional vehicle release (confirm the vehicle is ready for prime time and then release it). But unfortunately Ford seems all-in on their reservation model going forward.

You can now have a hat-trick of 3 reservations - but no vehicle from Ford (Bronco, Maverick, F150 Lightning).

Are you sure about that? I reserved my Launch edition Gladiator quite some time before they started production. In fact the Gladiator was the first vehicle in my memory that had a reservation system like this.

 

[Sponticore]

Hopefully it also involves suing Webasto for there incompetence. I understand Ford should have maybe been more on the ball with this too, but Webasto is a big very well respected supplier in the automotive industry. For then to have effed this up so spectacularly is shocking.

Give current purgatory builds free soft tops and free shipping by sueing webasto into the stone ages

 

[Lucchese]

Yep . . . looks like our Aussie friend @txozpilot was right on pretty much . . .

Silver Lining -- now plenty of time to stock up "constrained commodities" - (except hardtops )

 

[grayshadow]

In the mean time I will continue to build up my Ford PassRewards, heck, by the time it gets here I may half it paid for with rewards.

 

[BAUS67]

My guess is that they have formally given up on getting anything that resembles an acceptable top from Webasto and will not be producing any hard top models for the next few months. Maybe no more 2021 hard tops at all? They need to go to Bestop with a dump truck full of money and request that they start producing 2 dr soft tops 24 / 7 for a few months.

This is my thought EXACTLY !!!!

Give us 2-door guys a chance to take a soft top so we can get it built.

 

[mljohnson1973]

This sucks but on the bright side , hopefully they will get this shit figured out and whenever the hell we do get our Bronco's they will be correct and with solid tops and hopefully these other issues worked out. Plus the aftermarket is catching up and we all can just keep collecting the parts we want and when they arrive make them exactly how we want

....now I need to go get a drink and talk myself into what I just wrote

 

[Oceannomad]

 

[Evolkidbell]

Hopefully it also involves suing Webasto for there incompetence. I understand Ford should have maybe been more on the ball with this too, but Webasto is a big very well respected supplier in the automotive industry. For then to have effed this up so spectacularly is shocking.

I have a co-worker that had 20+ years in with Ford Corporate. We were talking the other day and she said she wouldn’t want to be working for Webasto right now. It’s going to get ugly for them. She also is shocked it’s gotten this sideways.

@PREMiERdrum enjoy NOLA. I highly recommend Deannies in the French Quarter. Best seafood I’ve ever had.
And can’t forget Cafe du Monde.
I’m drooling thinking about it.

 

[flip]

Honest to God, that would NOT surprise me.
Well, it makes some sense, so I guess it would surprise me if Ford actually did something sensible.

Now, do I buy a Super Duty or a non-Ford vehicle for the interim?
Will my 3rd hour reservation be re-instated?
My build is in purgatory.

I can get you a SD in mid ‘22 If you like scat shows wait until Lightning drops. Will be a carbon copy of the Bronco launch.

 

[Michael Haun]

Painful as in "sell my F stock"?!

Nah just wait for the dip and buy more.... Oops wrong forum....

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