Well now you went and jinxed me lol
They usually ship pretty quick to the Michigan dealers. The hard part is getting it out of the plant :)
This has been a long time coming for all of us! I think in this build group I am the oldest reservation holder :(
He can't check shipping.
Once they are released to the shipping company it is no longer in Ford's hands :(
I just an fortunate to have him there and could figure out what happened to mine.
Mine has been found. The rotation number changed and it was built on night shift last night. It is sitting in repair at the moment for a broken shock. Should be repaired soon.
They are in the 36XX range at the end of the line as of a few minutes ago. Its been slow go today it sounds like.
Is anyone having issues with the Ford tracker today? When I enter my order number and VIN it just bounces back to the login page asking for order # and Vin. Even though my modules populated last night it seems my truck is not built and was skipped. Trying to get some info from my brother at...
I am "that guy" from the 03/28 thread with a family member at the plant.
Yes they had issues from a power outage.
Yes they have parts supply issues and yes they are down again this morning for an unknown reason. I don't know if it is back up.
I also work in the auto industry and parts supply...
Blend number is the number attached to a unit and known to the suppliers. So for example when the seats come in, they are tied by that number and anything else that has to get married to the vehicle. This number runs in sequence from 0000 to 9999. In the plant they use a completely different...
There was production Saturday and nothing on Sunday. Repairs and shipping can still happen on Sundays though. They can build 5-600 units of Ranger and Bronco per shift. They are all mixed in.
Production has not been running on weekends. They are having a hard enough time with parts during the week. Day shift was sent home today.
There is activity at the plant almost 24/7 with other tasks like repair and completing vehicles missing parts.
Just because production isn't running...
Shipping is a different animal all-together.
Once the truck is built and released to the shipper it is out of Ford's hands.
Even with production not running doesn't mean vehicles aren't being repaired.
Like I mentioned in another post.... there are people working 12 hour shifts... 7 days a...