Gotta disagree with you on that. It certainly is a quality issue. While I agree it is not known if this will lead to catastrophic failure, it certainly isn't the way it's supposed to be. The unreinforced outer layer at the delam is at risk of failure, if nothing else. Moderate pressure from...
Ha! The 300 straight six was the reason my dad swore off Fords in the 80's. He had an absolute lemon of a 300 in an 85 F150 he bought new. Timing issues from day 1, rod bearings failed at 63k miles.
I wouldn't panic just yet. He's a Ford tech but a Jeep guy, so there's more salt than McDonald's fries. I note he says they're waiting on parts for 2 engines, not 2 engines, which could be just about anything.
Not sure how real that 30 engines figure is either, I'm sure it's perception, and...
I took delivery 10/8. Got 42k 10/10 or 10/11. Nothing since. Reached out to dealer Monday, said he reached out to Ford on the rest, nothing yet.
Waiting for tube doors to be released anyway.
My wife is limited in her ability to help lift. I reached out to freedom jack and tried to work with them to develop their lift for the Bronco, but the owner eventually said it couldn't be adapted due to the position of the roll bar. I already have the HF hoist, so that seemed like a great...
I finally saw one (other than my own) on Saturday, in Knightdale, NC. Red 4D. I was driving our Gladiator at the time, so either they saw me looking and ignored me, or they paid no attention because it was a Jeep...
My build day was on a Friday (9/24) as well, nothing updated, no modules populated. Then at noon on Sunday (9/26) I got the 'built' email from Ford. The modules populated after that.
I can confirm that you can shift to 2H in Baja mode (FE owner). Traction control is disabled, and shift points increase to 5000 rpm, may be some changes in steering performance also.