🛠 01/24/22 Build Week Group

[Markpf189]

There’s always a chance you guys with blend dates further out may have missed the “bad” chips

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[kevin.gt]

any way ford may decide to ship the unfinished broncos and distribute the installation of chips as they become available? i'd feel so much better being able to go visit my baby, give her blanket, and know she's not freezing to death. I think GM did this last year

 

[MattyC]

any way ford may decide to ship the unfinished broncos and distribute the installation of chips as they become available? i'd feel so much better being able to go visit my baby, give her blanket, and know she's not freezing to death. I think GM did this last year

I wish... start loading all the accessories on it while its sittin'.

 

[maade48]

That would be amazing. Screw it I’ll keep it at home where I know it’s safe and warm in my garage

any way ford may decide to ship the unfinished broncos and distribute the installation of chips as they become available? i'd feel so much better being able to go visit my baby, give her blanket, and know she's not freezing to death. I think GM did this last year

 

[BadBradBronco]

I get that no one really knows what is up but if over one hundred people from 1/10, 1/17, and 1/24 were all told the same info from dealers and 800 number - chip hold no actual date on when they are coming

I think its safe to assume that is the issue.

Plus there was news a few weeks ago that a big chip manufacturer produced bad chips that post selling them, can't be used.

Pal, I see you've been a member of the forum for about a minute. There is a ton of speculation, bad info, my dealer said, the 1-800 person said BS on here that sometimes turns out to be true, sometimes not. My point was and is, wait for the official announcement and don't believe everything you are told. I don't assume anything with Ford, been waiting on this Bronco a year and a half and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff i've been told. If I "assumed" anything I would either already have 50k miles on it or never get it b/c they canceled the project altogether.

 

[Mhutton]

Pal, I see you've been a member of the forum for about a minute. There is a ton of speculation, bad info, my dealer said, the 1-800 person said BS on here that sometimes turns out to be true, sometimes not. My point was and is, wait for the official announcement and don't believe everything you are told. I don't assume anything with Ford, been waiting on this Bronco a year and a half and you wouldn't believe some of the stuff i've been told. If I "assumed" anything I would either already have 50k miles on it or never get it b/c they canceled the project altogether.

Okay Pal!

 

[BadBradBronco]

There’s always a chance you guys with blend dates further out may have missed the “bad” chips

This is the kind of hopeful thinking I like to see! Anything is possible, but we really need to hear something, anything from FORD!

 

[jpyams]

I think it would help our cause if a class-action attorney or media person contacted Ford on our behalf. I seem to remember some press, and a response from Ford, around the Dirt Mountain fiasco.

 

[mdk77]

any way ford may decide to ship the unfinished broncos and distribute the installation of chips as they become available? i'd feel so much better being able to go visit my baby, give her blanket, and know she's not freezing to death. I think GM did this last year

I was thinking the same. Ship finished Broncos to the dealers and write a process for them to add the final chip before giving to customer.

 

[Grays.guns]

Got an EDD overnight. Blend date 01/28, mods popped 02/02, EDD 02/23/22/ to VA.

I have the same EDD and am in Richmond as well. Let’s hope for the best. What dealer are you using.

 

[kevin.gt]

I was thinking the same. Ship finished Broncos to the dealers and write a process for them to add the final chip before giving to customer.

looks like this was discussed in July for the Rangers. Not sure if they ever implemented it. Seems like a lot of positives. One downside I'd speculate is insurance; ford still owns them until the chip is installed, and does their insurance cover their property while sitting all over the country?

another big win is the vehicles are in transit when they otherwise would be sitting. gets them off of ford's books quicker I'd think.

ref https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/07/19/ford-chip-shortage-vehicles/8013003002/

 

[jmmckenz]

Says who?

Went and double checked. They didn't schedule anything this week. I thought I had read they were slowing down a bit, but can't find that thread anymore, so could have imagined it.

Also, this is scheduling, does not include Broncos that already have a build date. We will find out today/tomorrow if there is scheduling 2/7 for potentially 4/4 weeks and beyond.

 

[CaptainRockNRoll]

I have the same EDD and am in Richmond as well. Let’s hope for the best. What dealer are you using.

Richmond Ford West. Promised no ADM. Getting full PPF and ceramic window tint rolled in. Yourself?

 

[Pdshepherd]

looks like this was discussed in July for the Rangers. Not sure if they ever implemented it. Seems like a lot of positives. One downside I'd speculate is insurance; ford still owns them until the chip is installed, and does their insurance cover their property while sitting all over the country?

another big win is the vehicles are in transit when they otherwise would be sitting. gets them off of ford's books quicker I'd think.

ref https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/07/19/ford-chip-shortage-vehicles/8013003002/

that is a good find. Too good to be true and i imagine the wheels of the machine are too slow to help ours out this way. But it wouldn’t be impossible!

 

[Herbie]

Went and double checked. They didn't schedule anything this week. I thought I had read they were slowing down a bit, but can't find that thread anymore, so could have imagined it.

Got it. They weren't scheduled to schedule this week. If semi-normal cadence occurs this month, scheduling likely won't happen until at least the week of the 14th, maybe even the week of the 21st. However, as we know nothing is semi-normal anymore.

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