My build date just moved another month later.... anyone else?

[mr.Magoo]

I've emailed the dealer 3 times without an answer. If it would move the date ahead, I'd pay the extra. From what I've heard, the XLR 312A is intentionally just a little cheaper than the Lariat.

Keep us posted if you're able to change trim levels (if that's your intention).
I tried to switch from Lariat to Platinum and that was a no-go for me.
Then again, it might not be any faster with a lariat, I have a 8/22 build with a 2/24 order, no fancy options, just ER, spray in bedliner and Max Tow.

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[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

Keep us posted if you're able to change trim levels (if that's your intention).
I tried to switch from Lariat to Platinum and that was a no-go for me.
Then again, it might not be any faster with a lariat, I have a 8/22 build with a 2/24 order, no fancy options, just ER, spray in bedliner and Max Tow.

My dealer is hard to work with. I've tried 3 times via email and I worry that if they do anything other than giving me a better priority, they'll mess the whole thing up.

 

[PA Lightning]

My dealer is hard to work with. I've tried 3 times via email and I worry that if they do anything other than giving me a better priority, they'll mess the whole thing up.

Interesting comment about priority. Does the dealer priority code assigned to your order have any impact on getting kicked down the build week line?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Interesting comment about priority. Does the dealer priority code assigned to your order have any impact on getting kicked down the build week line?

It's more about optimizing production, but the lower the priority the more urgent the order, from what I have heard, 99 means ignore this order while 2 is please process this order ASAP, but in the end the production scheduler decides when a build is scheduled, apparently only region/zone managers can lower the value to less than 10

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

I think my priority has been the same the whole time, but I have no idea what priority I have.

So, I think any motion forward and back have to do with the speed of the line itself. As they work out kinks, the targets move earlier, when they hit snags or slow down, they get pushed in the other direction.

That said, I would love to have my dealer move my priority, but they didn't respond to my emails (about changing to a Lariat to speed things up) and reaching the right people in the dealership isn't easy. I tried to reach my sales rep twice in person but he was with other customers. Since sales reps work in rotation as customers walk through the door, I didn't want him to feel like he was missing his turn by just walking in to check the status of an order. That's why I tried emailing him multiple times.

 

[theblunden]

I understand watching your build week continue to fall back further and progressing is disappointing but I think it was a risk selecting a 312A that requires more chips and adds supply constraint items regardless of it being the Lightning that seems to be a priority of Ford. Anytime I see anything regarding the Maverick it always falls back to avoid supply constraint items ie bedcovers, bed liners, floor mats, co-pilot 360, mainly the Lux package on Lariat or XLT which is the 311A package falls into in your case of the Lightning. The dealership can't upgrade your priority on parts on an assembly line. I also reserved on 5/20 as I think you did as well I haven't had the opportunity to order which isn't ideal for me but it happens. I can't wait to go from reservation to order holder hopefully in the coming weeks but your truck is coming sooner then 92.5% of all reservation holders so there's that.

 

[RonTCat]

Interesting comment about priority. Does the dealer priority code assigned to your order have any impact on getting kicked down the build week line?

Crude explanation:

The general schedule is based on material availability. The plant itself only sees small chunks of orders at a time, and those are optimized on trim levels for what it sees. You don't want the plant to have to have all parts for all potential models/options at all times. That is a logistics, warehouse, and supplier production nightmare. It's why fast food restaurants have a small menu... you just can't have a large menu available instantly all the time. Well, you can't and stay in business long.

Outside of those restraints, way down the line after others, comes the "dealer priority". This only applies to the set of orders pending for a particular dealer. It's kinda like "I'm dealership X, and I ordered 200 vehicles from you Ford, and I want this one first, this second, etc., if possible." So it means almost nothing in the current environment with respect to Lightning, but if there was a huge glut of production capacity, the dealership would likely get their high priority (lower priority number) vehicles sooner.

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

I understand watching your build week continue to fall back further and progressing is disappointing but I think it was a risk selecting a 312A that requires more chips and adds supply constraint items regardless of it being the Lightning that seems to be a priority of Ford. ...
...
...I can't wait to go from reservation to order holder hopefully in the coming weeks but your truck is coming sooner then 92.5% of all reservation holders so there's that.

There was no way for anyone to know which options would take longer at the time of order, but they did show estimates for each trim and they were all about 21 weeks at that particular moment for me. That would be a delivery date in mid to late June.

The odd thing is the obscure parts that could be behind a specific trim delay. On the surface, you would think an XLT with the same 12" screen as the ICE version would be more plentiful. I thought the same thing about SR vs ER... it's a smaller battery... so you would think it would less cells, so it's hard to imagine it needing more chips for example.

The main reason the delays bother me is that I haven't had a pickup since my F-150 broke down last June. Although I LOVE the Mach-E I bought to hold me over until I could get a new truck, I really need a truck, especially in the summer, so it looks like I'll be missing out on another summer of family cycling, camping, etc..

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

Outside of those restraints, way down the line after others, comes the "dealer priority". This only applies to the set of orders pending for a particular dealer. It's kinda like "I'm dealership X, and I ordered 200 vehicles from you Ford, and I want this one first, this second, etc., if possible."

That's the part I was hoping my dealer would help me with. I was the 2nd customer to place an order, and the only reason I don't have my old F-150 was that they literally took over 4 months to figure out why it wouldn't start, and refused Ford's offers to send an engineer to help diagnose it. After waiting over 4 months, they told me they had other trucks waiting more than 6 months so I gave up.

Ford Corporate felt bad about the whole ordeal and sent me $1000 to compensate me for the lost time with my truck, which was great, but I was hoping the dealer would make mine a priority. I know for a fact that even though I was the 2nd customer to order, they have 4 trucks arriving this week that are not mine, and mine isn't scheduled to be build for another 2 months. By then, they will likely deliver at least a dozen or so others that likely have a better priority.

 

[theblunden]

There was no way for anyone to know which options would take longer at the time of order, but they did show estimates for each trim and they were all about 21 weeks at that particular moment for me. That would be a delivery date in mid to late June.

The odd thing is the obscure parts that could be behind a specific trim delay. On the surface, you would think an XLT with the same 12" screen as the ICE version would be more plentiful. I thought the same thing about SR vs ER... it's a smaller battery... so you would think it would less cells, so it's hard to imagine it needing more chips for example.

The main reason the delays bother me is that I haven't had a pickup since my F-150 broke down last June. Although I LOVE the Mach-E I bought to hold me over until I could get a new truck, I really need a truck, especially in the summer, so it looks like I'll be missing out on another summer of family cycling, camping, etc..

It needed more chips/components due to all the upgraded items assist 2.0 for operate Lane centering for example that standard XLT does not have. Bed lighting the upgrade to 9.6 KW power output additional wiring harnesses ect. The XLT at a smallest production numbers only ahead of the Pro only true because of the commercial orders for Pro's that most likely have battery prioritization and Ford hasn't released any numbers of commercial orders for 22's.

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

It needed more chips/components due to all the upgraded items assist 2.0 for operate Lane centering for example that standard XLT does not have. Bed lighting the upgrade to 9.6 KW power output additional wiring harnesses ect. The XLT at a smallest production numbers only ahead of the Pro only true because of the commercial orders for Pro's that most likely have battery prioritization and Ford hasn't released any numbers of commercial orders for 22's.

I definitely understand the extra computing power for the upgrades from the standard XLT to the 312A, but compared to a Lariat, there would be a few less parts, and the 12" screen is super plentiful because it's the same as ICE.

 

[theblunden]

I definitely understand the extra computing power for the upgrades from the standard XLT to the 312A, but compared to a Lariat, there would be a few less parts, and the 12" screen is super plentiful because it's the same as ICE.

That might be a negative thing due to them having to compete for shared screens, a/c components and all the things the 15" screen doesn't need to be built. Never thought about that side of things.

 

[yed19]

It's more about optimizing production, but the lower the priority the more urgent the order, from what I have heard, 99 means ignore this order while 2 is please process this order ASAP, but in the end the production scheduler decides when a build is scheduled, apparently only region/zone managers can lower the value to less than 10

My dealer sent a screenshot of their order list and noticed the priority column for all Lightnings were "01".

 

[VTbuckeye]

My dealer sent a screenshot of their order list and noticed the priority column for all Lightnings were "01".

If everyone is special, then no one is special. #theincredibles

 

[yed19]

If everyone is special, then no one is special. #theincredibles

Since the orders were all Lariats, I am not sure if other trims were different priorities

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