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Original Order:

Oxford White 4 door hard top Wildtrak with lux package, leather, towing capability, steel bumper, all the roof and door bags, all the rubber mats and the WT side graphics

-October 13, 2021: Original Order date.
-October 14, 2021: Order confirmation received.
-March 2022: Added HOSS 3.0 Fox package when it became available and removable hoop steps.
-September 2022: Converted order over to 2023 and towing capability option back to the order.

-January 20th 2023: 463 days since initial order confirmation email the Ford Cooperate Bronco Team contacted us by email with the $2,500 order modification offer to get picked up for production in 2023. I modified order to an eruption green 4 door soft top Badlands, 2.7L, 10-speed automatic, steel bumper, high package, marine grade vinyl, rubber mats, door bags, removable hoop steps and added the tube doors. Got hit with the 7 speaker and subwoofer delete and switched to the base 6 speaker stereo. Lost adaptive cruise, heated steering wheel, B&O stereo, hardtop, towing capability package, wireless charging pad, sport mode, sasquatch wheels and 4.7 rear axle. Gained electronic disconnecting front sta-bar, rock crawl mode and wash out flooring.
-February 1, 2023: Order began previewing at the factory
-February 2, 2023: 477 days after original order date. Received VIN number and order was picked up for production for the week of March 20, 2023.
-March 14, 2023 order sent to plant for production
-March 22, 2023 Bronco is currently showing number 540/882 going down the line with a blend date of -March 21, 2023 and an invoice date of March 14, 2023

-March 23, 2023 status shows produced, pizza tracker shows in production and BCE modules are showing loaded
-March 24, 2023 PCM modules are still not showing loaded but I do have a tear tag now, pizza tracker still shows in production and vehicle visibility report on the dealership side shows produced.
-March 27, 2023 Pizza tracker still shows in production and no ETA, dealership side shows produced 3/22. VinView freight tracking was last updated on 3/24 showing it with modem active sitting out in the yard waiting to go out. Hopping it just hasn't updated yet, it has shipped and updates again in Wentzville waiting to go on a truck here.
-April 22, 2023: Dealership is showing "delayed pending update" on their end and VinView freight tracking is showing "delayed" and last GPS modem update was 4/10 showing it sitting where they moved up on the top northwest corner of the parking lot.
-May 10, 2023: Last update was modem ping on 4/28 when they moved the Bronco out west of town to a gravel lot that appears to be a freight truck transport lot. Hoping maybe they gave up on rail and sent her on a truck. Pizza tracker still shows "in production", dealership is showing "delayed pending update", freight tracker shows "delayed", and Ford chat says its produced, not holding on anything and working on being shipped.
-May 30, 2023: Modem pinged in same location as it did last time.
-June 7, 2023: "Hello, The MAP team has advised us that the Bronco is at one of their offsite storage yards and is currently not in shippable status, still on some plant holds. They could only share that the vehicle was not currently in shippable status, I’m not really sure what the specifics of the holds are or why its not in shippable status". Then after reaching out to the rep, the dealership was told the Bronco is held up in quality control and cannot be expedited.
-June 19, 2023: Bronco was officially liberated and released of holds
-June 20, 2023: Pizza tracker shows the Bronco was scheduled week of 3/21, in production on 3/22 and built on 6/19. Pizza tracker updated to produced.
-June 22, 2023: Update shows loaded onto railcar #TTGX 986467 and rail trip started with an ETA of 07/03/2023 - 07/16/2023 on pizza tracker and 7/9 on everything else.
-June 23, 2023: Shipped email came through and pizza tracker updated to shipped. Only two things left is assembly line birth photo and the Bronco
-July 1, 2023: Bronco landed in Wentzville
-July 2, 2023: Bronco unloaded from railcar
-July 5, 2023: While waiting for Bronco to be delivered to dealership and after it sit at MAP on holds for 3 months we were notified the Bronco got hit this morning with ”Compliance Recall 23C16 – New Vehicle Demonstration/Delivery Hold for Seat Belt Latch Plate Access”. They are showing no way they can order or do anything to fulfill the delivery hold and that it might land in limbo..
-July 27, 2023: Purchase Date


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March 27, 2023:
We replaced my wifes Wildtrak order under her name all over again exactly how she wants it.
-Oxford White 4 door hard top Wildtrak with lux package, leather, towing capability, steel bumper, all the roof and door bags, all the rubber mats and the WT side graphics.
We will enjoy the Badlands until it gets picked up for production and gets here.

Side Note: The Badlands has been flawless 5,000 miles and going on 6 months in. Has changed alot of my thoughts on Bronco, truly the 2.7L Badlands, non SAS in its stock form is just perfect for a daily right out of the box. That inch more travel makes a big difference all around. I would not want to do anything to lift or stiffen the suspension at all. Have just left it alone other than things like tailgate table, lighting upgrades and interior stuff. Well done Ford MAP Team, well done!! That being said, my wife is dying to get her adaptive cruise back and with her being significantly taller than me I have definitely put the seat hand crank through its paces. Truly wish we could keep both, the Badlands for me and the Wildtrak for my wife but I keep an S550 GT Premium for my pleasure pony. She has the dirt pony and I have the road pony, two very different animals :)
A few things we did find was we love the soft top and have removed that from our Wildtrak order as well as leather, we have fallen in love with the marine grade vinyl so I swapped that into our Wildtrak order.

October 25, 2023:
Order Confirmed for a 2024. I had to flip the Wildtrak order over to a 2024 essentially losing the marine grade vinyl that we were excited about being able to keep when we switched Broncos but it is what it is.

November 30, 2023:
Wildtrak order began previewing at the factory :oops:

December 1st, 2023:
Wildtrak order is scheduled for production for week of 1/29/2024 in pizza tracker 🤩
Last update : Dec-16-2023, 08:45 EST, Showing "Scheduled to Day (Jan-31-2024)" Last 4 of the VIN: RLA09586. This is truly a specific Bronco and packaging my wife has waited since October 13, 2021 for from original order date to now.

Update on build week. All still says the same but I ran a vehicle visibility report on it at the dealership and my last update still says Dec 16th but now my date on there says: Scheduled to Day (Feb-02-2024) followed by TBD on my start and end date and N/A on my ETA..

January 26th, 2024:
Ran a visibility report again this afternoon on my Bronco at the dealership and finally got an update: In Production Sent to Plant Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, MI Jan-26-2024 đź’Ą
Things are finally getting real, no window sticker yet at this time, no modules showing populated on the as built page, Pizza Tracker now shows "In Production".

Window Sticker populated this evening on the Ford side when I ran an Oasis, blend date is 2/2/2024 and I am 1323/1389 in line.

February 1st, 2024:
Nothing has changed on anything other than I pulled a window sticker again and place in line changed from 1323/1389 to 3/178. In days to follow I have seen many after me have modules pop and ship but mine as of February 5th is still stuck in 2/2 production limbo.

February 6th, 2024:
-Visibility Report shows Bronco produced 2/5 with an ETA of 2/21 - 2/27
-BCE Modules have popped but no tear tag yet.
-Pizza Tracker still shows "In Production" with a last update of 2/5 but not showing built yet.
-VIN View shows " Produced to Released Forecast" but no coordinates popping up yet.

February 11th, 2024:

Showing produced to released Forcast, modules and tear tag all ready to roll.

February 13th, 2024:
VINView is showing that the Bronco was released to modification to the mod shop, I would speculate the paint protection film I ordered, Wildtrak side graphics and tow. We have no problem waiting for those things to be done properly and professionally.

February 14th, 2024:
Work started at the mod shop, VINView is showing the Bronco moving around in the building.

February 15th, 2024:
10:45 am Work Completed at The Mod Shop!! Bronco should be produced and ready to roll out. Both VinView and the Ford owner account dashboard logged in on a browser updated this information pretty much right in sync with each other. Logged in to my wifes Ford owner login, her dash board now shows the Bronco as built with tabs to choose from and no longer says "in production". I feel like as a customer logging in every hour and checking I had the same in sync update as I would have from a dealer perceptive with VINView access checking every hour.

**Update: Visibility Report at the dealership now shows change in ETA from "2/21 - 2/27" to now showing an ETA of "2/26 - 3/3"

February 17: Bronco loaded up on railcar number ### and headed this way. My ETA has now changed to 3/3 through 3/9.
If it were to land on 2/22 it will be 862 days total from the day she ordered the Wildtrak originally.

February 24, 2024 around midnight the Bronco was dropped off at the dealership, keys left in over night drop box, we showed up that morning and checked it out. Perfect all the way around. Took her home after the PDI. Couldn't be happier
Location
Missouri
Vehicle(s)
2024 Bronco Wildtrak Lux and 2017 Mustang GT Prem
Your Bronco Model
Wildtrak
First Name
Jeremy & Jess
Occupation
Sales Manager and Bank Manager

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Specs: 4 door - Soft Top - Wildtrak - Luxury Package - Tow - Oxford White - Side Graphics - Removable Hoop Steps -Paint Protection Film

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