Anyone else find it interesting that the status of commodities, allocation, supply chain, etc of every other Ford model- even the ones that are in high demand- are all well known while no one seems to know anything about Broncos?
Even the dealers who ignore Ford’s rumored threats about sharing...
Priority codes 10-19 and 99 are dealer assigned and help set priority at the dealership itself. Some dealers don't use it and leave everything at 19. Frankly speaking, with allocations and supply chain determining the scheduling formulas, priority code doesn't seem to matter much. The rare move...
The last minute cancellation with no explanation happens frequently. Tim wasn’t wrong that it was supposed to be scheduled- Ford just didn’t schedule.
The good news is, a lack of scheduling doesn’t actually have an impact on production volume since scheduling weeks are already into February...
For what it’s worth- Tim updates scheduling, and other news every Tuesday night on his YouTube channel and he reads directly off the Ford dealer updates/ emails.
https://youtube.com/@longmcarthur
But it should be up to the order holder whether they opt to have it removed and delivered faster or not in vehicles that carry a 12+ month wait. That shouldn’t be some kind of surprise after waiting that long- if you refuse delivery, you’re out of luck.
As long as it is optional- I can live...
My understanding is different regions don’t have dedicated or specific production schedule days. What Tim was saying is that there can or seems to be a focus on particular regions when they do schedule. His point was that a lot was scheduled in the KC region last time and he expected the focus...
If they are deleted and I don’t have an option to hold my order until they are available or they aren’t going to be retrofitted and I have to take the order as is or lose my Bronco- I’m going to be super pissed after a year+ wait. @Ford