Bronco Build Week 1/29/2024

[OverlandingPastor]

Haven't seen a thread for this build week yet so here goes. I ordered 4 Door Shadow Black Heritage Edition on 8/17/23 and am schedule for 1/29.

• Heritage Edition
• 10-Speed Automatic Transmission
• 2.7L EcoBoost® V6 Engine
• Sasquatch Package

Excited to see this move into production!

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[Interwest]

Cactus Gray Everglades, ordered 8/18/23 and scheduled for 1/29/24

 

[Seven16]

I’ve been reading the build week threads since I placed my order in august & now i finally get to post in my build week

 

[Dsmith2311]

Big Bend
SAS
Soft top

 

[OverlandingPastor]

Share some pics of any items youve already got waiting for your Bronco. Here are a few of mine. Headlights and Fog lights on the way, roof rack purchase first week of February and RTT first week of March. Exhaust, CAI, and Tune will happen as soon as Ford Performance approves their Tune for 24's (probably April at best).

 

[FuuZoo]

Hello,

I'm curious is Ford building the Bronco in order base on customer order ID number or is it all just random?

 

[Seven16]

I’d say it’s model/trim levels, constraints & if your dealer has an allocation.

 

[Cybersaurus Rex]

I ordered on November 4th, 2023. Scheduled for build week 1/29.

• Badlands
• Hot pepper red
• Soft top
• Lux
• Tow package
• Sasquatch

I was not expecting anything till summer at best. But I am NOT complaining! lol.

 

[OverlandingPastor]

I ordered on November 4th, 2023. Scheduled for build week 1/29.

• Badlands
• Hot pepper red
• Soft top
• Lux
• Tow package
• Sasquatch

I was not expecting anything till summer at best. But I am NOT complaining! lol.

I love the "Hot Pepper Red" color. I ended up with Shadow Black Heritage, but look forward to seeing yours.

 

[drage]

Order on 8/18/2023, and also scheduled for 1/29. My specs are:

• Badlands
• 10-Speed Automatic Transmission
• 2.7L EcoBoost® V6 Engine
• Azure gray metallic tri-coat
• Hard top
• Lux
• Tow package
• Sasquatch

I am very excited haha.

 

[ozark_stang]

Well here we are folks, back full circle from a Badlands order modification offer acceptance and purchase to finally our original October 2021 Wildtrak order. Truly though folks, the Badlands has been incredible 5k miles and 6 months later!! If I had the money or would give up my 2017 GT premium Mustan, I would keep this one for myself. I dreplaced our original Wildtrak order fresh right after we took the Badlands offer due to various options reasons we just simply want back.

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.

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

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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

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.

Praying everything is as perfect as the Badlands has been because I have a feeling she will not want to let this next one go for many moons as much as she has fallen in love with this green one 'Bob Moss. It's just that adaptive cruise, heated wheel, auto hold, power seat and nice stereo that are things we have honestly both grown to love in our prior 2020 Explorer and 2022 F-150 before the Bronco fever started

 

[ozark_stang]

Share some pics of any items youve already got waiting for your Bronco. Here are a few of mine. Headlights and Fog lights on the way, roof rack purchase first week of February and RTT first week of March. Exhaust, CAI, and Tune will happen as soon as Ford Performance approves their Tune for 24's (probably April at best).

Thank you for this post! You reminded me about grab handles, I am going to leave my yellow thread ones on my Badlands I trade in and will need some white thread ones for the WT, where did you get those?

 

[OverlandingPastor]

Thank you for this post! You reminded me about grab handles, I am going to leave my yellow thread ones on my Badlands I trade in and will need some white thread ones for the WT, where did you get those?

I looked at a few and ended up with these from Amazon. Good quality. E-cowlboy Roll Bar Grab Handles Paracord Grip Handle for Ford Bronco 2021 2022 2023 2-Door 4-Door Interior Accessories Premium Paracord US Flag (Gray 4 Pack) https://a.co/d/gzp5R8z

 

[ozark_stang]

I looked at a few and ended up with these from Amazon. Good quality. E-cowlboy Roll Bar Grab Handles Paracord Grip Handle for Ford Bronco 2021 2022 2023 2-Door 4-Door Interior Accessories Premium Paracord US Flag (Gray 4 Pack) https://a.co/d/gzp5R8z

oh wow I didn't realize they were gray, they look almost white. Nice set though. I told myself the next one I would get the plastic ones that set up higher so I dont hit my head on them getting in and out but the ones that hang down like this are easier for rear passengers to find as they are getting in and out

 

[OverlandingPastor]

oh wow I didn't realize they were gray, they look almost white. Nice set though. I told myself the next one I would get the plastic ones that set up higher so I dont hit my head on them getting in and out but the ones that hang down like this are easier for rear passengers to find as they are getting in and out

Yep, a very light gray...almost off-white...really nice.

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