So, since they had announced no price protection for Model Year changes, will that hold for HEs since the delay in scheduling and builds is due to Ford's inability to produce them, or will we have to swallow price increases and delays if we get pushed into a 2024 MY Heritage build ?
Ford should not have allowed orders for a model they can't produce. If they did not know of a manufacturing issue that came up later, they should let those that ordered know what is going on. We can wait until they sort it out, we are just asking for a rudimentary level of communication.
It is Ford's fault, when there is a lack of communications, the void is filled with speculation. Had they told us what is going on we would not be imagining different scenarios.
August 14 according to Tim Bartz is MY24 order bank opening date For Broncos.
During these times of unfettered pessimism in this group where we don't have much confidence in production, scheduling and delivery dates for He's; it is important to remember : it is never as bleak as we think it is...
Heritage orders were accepted for 4 days 3/27 to 3/31, I ordered from one dealer on the 27th and from another on the 29th.
As for how many can be built, it all depends on the tops, they have about 3 ,000 to 4000 orders, 3000 unscheduled. If they can make the tops (and that's a big if) they can...
Mine was built on June 23rd of 2022, shipped on June 26th, arrived at the Henderson/Commerce City rail yard (Rollo)around the 10th of July, showed up at the dealer in Fort Collins around the 14th or 15th. I was able to follow the rail car by calling UP's line and it was basically 2 weeks for...
You need to contact your dealer to get the rail car number, the sticker only shows whether it is shipped by rail or convoy. The dealer
will have access to that information through the Ford system.
i figured the unscheduled HEs would be Job 2
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I agree, I think they closed the He order window when they saw that they were closing in on their total 2023 production capacity for mod tops. So hard top is a constraint already accounted for in He trims.
I don't think He builds are constrained by the sasquatch option as that option is...
Hi Tim, you had mentioned on last week’s livestream that you were going to ask the Ford brand manager the cause of the delays in Heritage builds. Were you able to get an answer and if yes can you share that ? thanks.
I am in the top 4 or 5 of 3/27 orders in my dealership with a priority code of 10, and the first HE order on that day. They say they have 40 remaining allocations for the year (that was at the end of March) and I believe they are telling me the truth, since I have a friend that works there that...
A lot of assumptions and speculation here.
I suspect the launch of the 2024 Ranger is affecting the scheduling of 2023 MY Broncos since they share the same factory floor.
But, just because the scheduled Heritage builds have been delayed, does not entail they will balance out pre-existing HE...
Tim Bartz @FordVideoGuy mentioned yesterday in his livestream that he will be reaching out to the "brand manager" to see if he can get an answer for what the HE delays are all about and he will provide an update if Ford says he could share that information.
From another thread:
It seems more and more HE orders are being pushed beyond the beginning of July.
My guess is, if they push all HEs to Job 2 that might indicate that they are instituting some changes to the mod top manufacturing process or whatever else may be holding up the Heritage trim...
Job 2 is for builds starting after the end of June (the second half of the year) as for what they will build it is determined week by week usually on Tuesdays someone that has dealer connections or a dealer will post it on this site. As to interpreting these scheduling announcements, there is a...
The Build my Bronco page states front and rear powder coated steel bumpers are both in cluded in the Heritage trim:
https://shop.ford.com/configure/bronco/config/exterior/Config%5B%7CFord%7CBronco%7C2023%7C1%7C1.%7C...PPQ...4DR.77S.%5D