You guys are scaring me.......

[DDuboisJr]

First time poster. Thanks to all for such great info.

Ordered a 4DR Heritage manual on 8/19. Hoping that being only 3 days after the banks opened will make for a reasonable turnaround. The horror stories that you've all posted from the original reservations are scaring me. More recent turnaround seems promising. If job 1 is November, any guesses on how well Ford will handle these in 2024? Really, really hoping for maybe March?

Very frustrating that retail orders continue to be 15-18% for Heritage, yet Ford still only building 3-5% Heritage

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[604Bronco]

We're quickly approaching Halloween, so don't be too scared.

Welcome to the forums!

 

[JawnyBronco]

The original ‘23 HE build dates started with March so expecting the same for ‘24 is reasonable…

 

[DDuboisJr]

The original ‘23 HE build dates started with March so expecting the same for ‘24 is reasonable…

Are you saying that the first builds aren't until March? What the heck are they doing between Nov and March then?

 

[Art Bell]

. . What the heck are they doing between Nov and March then ?

Their usual excuses re "unprecedented pandemic supply chain constraints" and so on. Check first paragraph of every Ford email/letter/speech since 2020

 

[Copperhorse73]

Don’t forget about pending UAW strike

 

[Gizmo]

I have a 3/27/23 Heritage order, my dealer has ghosted me-it is still a cluster at Ford

 

[JimmyG]

Don’t forget about pending UAW strike

Exactly! If this happens, it will be a complete mess.

 

[DDuboisJr]

Don’t forget about pending UAW strike

Not looking forward to that potentially adding to the delays

 

[DDuboisJr]

15-18% for heritage?! If that's true, count me surprised at the popularity. I figured heritage would be for a relatively small subset of customers wanting some retro vibe. White top and all not my cup of tea. Recall first thing I did back in the day was paint my white CJ wheels a different color. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though, good to have options.

I got those numbers from some of the open retail order posts here over the past few weeks. I agree that its not for everyone. I like the unique look. And from a value perspective, its got a ton of what I want in that base package. In race red, its straight fire....ha

 

[DDuboisJr]

I have a 3/27/23 Heritage order, my dealer has ghosted me-it is still a cluster at Ford

2 door or 4 door? Dealer won't even work with you any longer?

 

[Bikeric]

What the heck are they doing between Nov and March then?

Buying property to build factories outside UAW jurisdiction??

 

[Lowcountry Bronco]

I got those numbers from some of the open retail order posts here over the past few weeks. I agree that its not for everyone. I like the unique look. And from a value perspective, its got a ton of what I want in that base package. In race red, its straight fire....ha

The open/unscheduled order list posted is for '23 so as the overall numbers go down the HE numbers go up since they've been pushed and pulled since the beginning. The overall percentage is correct though at 5%, so figure 125k Bronco's a year and Ford is saying they can build 6250 a year.

Now whether they can actually build that many who knows, they haven't for '23 and actually will be carrying those 1500 unscheduled orders into '24 unless they have a literal boatload of parts coming in between now and '24 switchover. I don't see them holding off until March, the previous post was talking about '23 orders that were to begin in March of this year but didn't happen until July. Ford should be able to start building '24 Heritages right out the gate, if they have the parts or problems fixed that they're facing now and nowhere that I've read had '24 HE's as late availability like we had for '23.

So when will you get it? Sometime in '24, you should be behind the 1500 waiting now but it's all going to be based on your dealer allocation meaning if your dealer has 10 people that are still waiting on their 4 door HE's then you'll be #11 and you better hope your dealer has that many allocations for the year.

Anyrate, didn't mean to scare you more just being honest in how I'm reading the cards, good luck!

 

[Gizmo]

2 door or 4 door? Dealer won't even work with you any longer?

It is a 4 door-the dealer does not respond to my questions-UGH

 

[DDuboisJr]

The open/unscheduled order list posted is for '23 so as the overall numbers go down the HE numbers go up since they've been pushed and pulled since the beginning. The overall percentage is correct though at 5%, so figure 125k Bronco's a year and Ford is saying they can build 6250 a year.

Now whether they can actually build that many who knows, they haven't for '23 and actually will be carrying those 1500 unscheduled orders into '24 unless they have a literal boatload of parts coming in between now and '24 switchover. I don't see them holding off until March, the previous post was talking about '23 orders that were to begin in March of this year but didn't happen until July. Ford should be able to start building '24 Heritages right out the gate, if they have the parts or problems fixed that they're facing now and nowhere that I've read had '24 HE's as late availability like we had for '23.

So when will you get it? Sometime in '24, you should be behind the 1500 waiting now but it's all going to be based on your dealer allocation meaning if your dealer has 10 people that are still waiting on their 4 door HE's then you'll be #11 and you better hope your dealer has that many allocations for the year.

Anyrate, didn't mean to scare you more just being honest in how I'm reading the cards, good luck!

Thanks very much. All very helpful. Its a smaller dealership, so I'll have to check in with them and see if they will have orders carrying over from MY23. As it sounds like that will eat into their MY24 allocations?

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