✅ 7/11/22 Lightning Build Week Group

[Yellow Buddy]

I’m hoping the reason my Lariat is sitting in Area 51 is they’re installing software updates to fix software issue pointed out on this site and others (tailgate won’t open, amongst others) or software/hardware issues (the Frunk not opening after water intrusion). I’d rather all these physical and “over the air” software fixes be remedied PRIOR to them handing it over to me to keep me from getting pissed off and having to return to my dealership for them to spend a week or two getting these “new vehicle” bugs worked out.

We’ll, that’s my hope anyway

Such an optimist. Let me help even you out with an unhealthy dose of pessimism.

You’re stuck in Area 51 for QC. They determine there’s a problem and send it back. 3 weeks later it comes back out, solved for the trunk issues. Back to Area 51.

During the 2nd tour, there’s another software recall, your car goes on hold. One week later it’s fixed and ready to ship.

There’s a trucker shortage. It takes 2 weeks to go the 8 miles from Area 51 to the rail yard.

Once at the rail yard, the rail strike happens. It takes 3 weeks to get your truck going on the rails. 2 days in transit to your local rail yard.

Due to the existing trucker shortage it sits at the rail yard for 2 more weeks.

It’s now 11 weeks later, it arrives at your dealer. Bad news, another software recall. Your dealer can’t release it, they need a software fix. Another week.

During that week, your dealer doesn’t plug the truck in, it dies. They spend 2 weeks trying to figure out how to bring it back to life with no luck. They need to send it back to Ford, it’ll go via flatbed.

Due to the trucker shortage, it doesn’t get picked up for 2 weeks, and eventually makes it back to Ford.

Good news! It’s fixed in less than 6 hours, and an expedited flat bed is arranged for the next day to go directly back to your dealer.

From here, it’s a choose your own adventure book, although a very pessimistic one. You can choose only option 1 or option 2.

Option 1: The truck arrives at the dealer and you take delivery. Finally! It goes wellfor about a week, then it rains. You go to hit the trunk button and…it doesn’t open.

Option 2: Unfortunately the flat bed gets into an accident on the way to the dealer, the truck is totaled. Dealer informs you that you will be priority #1 for 2023 ordering.

On a positive note, now that we know what hell would be, anything else would look good in comparison.

I know, I know. You miss the optimistic @Yellow Buddy. But that guy is locked up in a rail car awaiting shipment right now and will not be able to post until he figures out his window sticker, what it means, and when his truck comes.

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[Ffxdude]

Such an optimist. Let me help even you out with an unhealthy dose of pessimism.

You’re stuck in Area 51 for QC. They determine there’s a problem and send it back. 3 weeks later it comes back out, solved for the trunk issues. Back to Area 51.

During the 2nd tour, there’s another software recall, your car goes on hold. One week later it’s fixed and ready to ship.

There’s a trucker shortage. It takes 2 weeks to go the 8 miles from Area 51 to the rail yard.

Once at the rail yard, the rail strike happens. It takes 3 weeks to get your truck going on the rails. 2 days in transit to your local rail yard.

Due to the existing trucker shortage it sits at the rail yard for 2 more weeks.

It’s now 11 weeks later, it arrives at your dealer. Bad news, another software recall. Your dealer can’t release it, they need a software fix. Another week.

During that week, your dealer doesn’t plug the truck in, it dies. They spend 2 weeks trying to figure out how to bring it back to life with no luck. They need to send it back to Ford, it’ll go via flatbed.

Due to the trucker shortage, it doesn’t get picked up for 2 weeks, and eventually makes it back to Ford.

Good news! It’s fixed in less than 6 hours, and an expedited flat bed is arranged for the next day to go directly back to your dealer.

From here, it’s a choose your own adventure book, although a very pessimistic one. You can choose only option 1 or option 2.

Option 1: The truck arrives at the dealer and you take delivery. Finally! It goes wellfor about a week, then it rains. You go to hit the trunk button and…it doesn’t open.

Option 2: Unfortunately the flat bed gets into an accident on the way to the dealer, the truck is totaled. Dealer informs you that you will be priority #1 for 2023 ordering.

On a positive note, now that we know what hell would be, anything else would look good in comparison.

I know, I know. You miss the optimistic @Yellow Buddy. But that guy is locked up in a rail car awaiting shipment right now and will not be able to post until he figures out his window sticker, what it means, and when his truck comes.

Aren’t you just a ray of sun on an otherwise cloudy day….you must be fun at parties!

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Aren’t you just a ray of sun on an otherwise cloudy day….you must be fun at parties!

When it rains, I bring the jumper cable.

 

[Commercial Sales Ford]

Such an optimist. Let me help even you out with an unhealthy dose of pessimism.

You’re stuck in Area 51 for QC. They determine there’s a problem and send it back. 3 weeks later it comes back out, solved for the trunk issues. Back to Area 51.

During the 2nd tour, there’s another software recall, your car goes on hold. One week later it’s fixed and ready to ship.

There’s a trucker shortage. It takes 2 weeks to go the 8 miles from Area 51 to the rail yard.

Once at the rail yard, the rail strike happens. It takes 3 weeks to get your truck going on the rails. 2 days in transit to your local rail yard.

Due to the existing trucker shortage it sits at the rail yard for 2 more weeks.

It’s now 11 weeks later, it arrives at your dealer. Bad news, another software recall. Your dealer can’t release it, they need a software fix. Another week.

During that week, your dealer doesn’t plug the truck in, it dies. They spend 2 weeks trying to figure out how to bring it back to life with no luck. They need to send it back to Ford, it’ll go via flatbed.

Due to the trucker shortage, it doesn’t get picked up for 2 weeks, and eventually makes it back to Ford.

Good news! It’s fixed in less than 6 hours, and an expedited flat bed is arranged for the next day to go directly back to your dealer.

From here, it’s a choose your own adventure book, although a very pessimistic one. You can choose only option 1 or option 2.

Option 1: The truck arrives at the dealer and you take delivery. Finally! It goes wellfor about a week, then it rains. You go to hit the trunk button and…it doesn’t open.

Option 2: Unfortunately the flat bed gets into an accident on the way to the dealer, the truck is totaled. Dealer informs you that you will be priority #1 for 2023 ordering.

On a positive note, now that we know what hell would be, anything else would look good in comparison.

I know, I know. You miss the optimistic @Yellow Buddy. But that guy is locked up in a rail car awaiting shipment right now and will not be able to post until he figures out his window sticker, what it means, and when his truck comes.

This is amazing!! Haha, just the laugh I needed to end my evening.

Slight Tweak though, when it dies it gets sent to a Maryland Dealer who has the number 1 Ford Tech for EV,s and where Ford send all their buy back EV's to get fixed but he can't get to your Lighting yet because he has 75 MachE Mustangs to do first. Oh and they take multiple days and he can only do two at a time.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

when it dies it gets sent to a Maryland Dealer who has the number 1 Ford Tech for EV,s and where Ford send all their buy back EV's to get fixed but he can't get to your Lighting yet because he has 75 MachE Mustangs to do first. Oh and they take multiple days and he can only do two at a time.

I really hope that's not true, now I'm going to have nightmares.

 

[bobrosco]

I’d like to formally request a once a week “choose your own adventure” from @Yellow Buddy on truck statuses until we of the 7/11 week are delivered.

 

[jazzmanmonty]

Over the road transportation is really not much better. They have the same problems with empty deadhead rigs having to drive back to Dearborn. Here in the Midwest there is a severe shortage of rigs. With the elevated price of diesel the remaining supply of drivers just cannot make money at the per mile rate they are being paid under old contracts. So many drivers just left the industry during the pandemic because driving is a hard life to live. Younger guys do not want that life and it takes time to train new ones. I used to drive. I know. And Car Haulers are a specialized breed of driver.

I used to drive as part of my family business. This is the reason we only did local because there were few to no deadhead drives. We also transitioned a long time ago to hauling raw materials to and from steel mills in Indiana because it was always consistent money and they run 24/7. But we took a beating driving trucks and you are right it takes a special type of person to drive a big rig.

When covid hit, the steel mill game changed and we shut down the company last year. The mill wouldn't run every day, diesel was killer on profit, and deisel theft became a huge problem. Company we were contracted under wouldn't increase haul rates or fuel surcharge. And even with having less companies operating for them they started treating us like dirt. So ya, people need to ave respect for the driver's on the road because it's not easy.

We had problems with DOT, but car haulers have it really rough. When they get pulled over for inspection, cops have to check paperwork on every vehicle and take a look at each one because they money hungry and search for any kind of violationm the haulers that move around used cars have it worse because DOT will look at every car on the trailer as stolen unless proven otherwise. I'd never haul cars for a living. Sorry for my rant, but it hit an old nerve.

 

[Commercial Sales Ford]

I really hope that's not true, now I'm going to have nightmares.

if only It wasn’t, the dark side of being new to EV
.

 

[mastapsi356]

My estimated delivery date is back, same as before (8/14-8/20).

 

[Ford Senior Master]

My estimated delivery date is back, same as before (8/14-8/20).

I got mine back as well. 8/19 to 8/25

 

[EVfuture]

My dealer has rapid red lariat ER. Unfortunately 20k markup
Courtesy ford in Atlanta
Someone backed out

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Mine is still missing. Are you guys built or shipped? I went backwards to built status.

 

[EVfuture]

Mine is still missing. Are you guys built or shipped? I went backwards to built status.

mine completely didn't change status. Window sticker same as it was before. Still says in production, but in reality it seats in ramp 51

 

[Ford Senior Master]

Mine is still missing. Are you guys built or shipped? I went backwards to built status.

I am built status. Yours got sent back to the Rouge.

 

[EVfuture]

I am built status. Yours got sent back to the Rouge.

Yeah, looks like I will wait little bit. I am still happy I was able to catch 3rd wave of orders considering fact I made reservation late July

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