✅ 7/25 Lightning Build Week Group

[GrokTime]

I picked up my Lariat today from my dealer! I am a first time truck owner and so far I am really happy! The original delivery window was 8/13 - 8/19. Then that was revised to 8/19 - 8/25. But it did in fact arrive at my dealer on 8/18! Unfortunately I was out of town and could not pick it up until today.

I had one problem in that we could not get the truck to activate from the Ford Pass app. Nothing would pop up on the screen. Finally I called Ford and after spending an hour on the phone doing all the things I already tried on my own the agent "escalated it". About 45 minutes later I got a notification on the screen that "Vehicle Data (e.g. diagnostics) sharing active." Shortly thereafter I was able to activate.

The other odd thing is that in my first 25 miles or so of "city" driving I appear to be averaging about only 1.5 miles per kWh. I assume that is just a matter of a brand new vehicle calibrating etc.

 

[bthomps10]

Made it to Bensonville, IL overnight, just to the Northwest of Chicago. I've called the automated tracker a couple times a day and looks like I never went through Blue Island, or went quick enough through it that I didn't know.

 

[bydabeach]

I picked up my Lariat today from my dealer! I am a first time truck owner and so far I am really happy! The original delivery window was 8/13 - 8/19. Then that was revised to 8/19 - 8/25. But it did in fact arrive at my dealer on 8/18! Unfortunately I was out of town and could not pick it up until today.

I had one problem in that we could not get the truck to activate from the Ford Pass app. Nothing would pop up on the screen. Finally I called Ford and after spending an hour on the phone doing all the things I already tried on my own the agent "escalated it". About 45 minutes later I got a notification on the screen that "Vehicle Data (e.g. diagnostics) sharing active." Shortly thereafter I was able to activate.

The other odd thing is that in my first 25 miles or so of "city" driving I appear to be averaging about only 1.5 miles per kWh. I assume that is just a matter of a brand new vehicle calibrating etc.

Love the color (same as mine).

 

[Wsh68]

I’m finally out of Production status, I think I was one of the last…..California…7.29.22 blend date….lariat ER…max tow…spray on Bedline….estimated deliver 9/14 - 9/20

 

[Tyler Durden]

I’m finally out of Production status, I think I was one of the last…..California…7.29.22 blend date….lariat ER…max tow…spray on Bedline….estimated deliver 9/14 - 9/20

Same....finally! You and I are almost identical, 7/29 blend, IBS Lariat ER w/ spray-in, destined for California, you have max tow but I do not.

Built status says 8/22

Not yet shipped

Estimated delivery 9/9 - 9/15

 

[hturnerfamily]

@TaxmanHog and 7/25 Build Week neighbors.... IT HAS ARRIVED : )

I'm leaving for my delayed 250+mi camping trip... I'll report along the way...


here's some stats from a 'first day' reservation and 'first day' order...and a LOT OF PATIENCE !

Order

Reserve

ST

Build Week

Blend Day

Built

Ship

ETA

Arrival

Trim

Color

Battery

Towing Package

Days Order to Blend

Days In Prod to Built

Days Built to Ship

Days Ship to Delivery

Total P & D Days

ETA to Delivery

Order to Delivery

hturnerfamily

01-06

05-20-21

GA

07-25

07-29

08-09

08-10

08-27

08-23

Pro

Iced Blue Silver

SR

Tow Tech & Max Tow

204

11

1

13

24

2

229

@TaxmanHog (feel free to correct any of these I've now updated from our tracking sheet)


and here's more 'tracking' details after the truck was 'BUILT'...

A) Used FORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT CHAT to get daily updates, especially looking for the 'RAIL CAR NUMBER' once loaded

B) Used NORFOLK SOUTHERN customer support TRACING phone call to input RAIL CAR NUMBER, which gives 'verbal' feedback of scanner location along the way. Finding 'which' train company that the truck is loaded on is a hunt and find proposition. Luckily, I guess I called the right number. Trains to Georgia or parts of the southeast are probably Norfolk.

C) Used Norfolk's online 'map' to try to locate where these rail yards/scanner locations were. It was not always listed on the map, but a google map search usually gave me a clue. The truck made pretty good time from when it actually started moving.

D) The first location was FLAT ROCK Mi. A day later, MELVINDALE Mi. Then, at the other end of the same yard, OAKWOOD Mi yard. These seemed like 'staging' yards, where the truck TRAIN CAR gets eventually broke from it's original train from Dearborn, and attached to it's main train in Oakwood(?).
Then: INDIANA, CINCI/N Kentucky, Akers/GEORGETOWN(Toyota), LEXINGTON, Bishop KY, Harriman/EmoryGap(Knoxville) TN, CHATTANOOGA downtown, (VW)Ooltawah TN, Waring/DALTON GA, ROME, Austell GA INTERMODAL, Eastpoint(ATL Airport) NS brakedown yard, moved to HAPEVILLE Auto Unloading Ramp yard......

E) HAPEVILLE's auto unloading yard is a large parking lot. Original information from Norfolk showed this as a transport yard for 2 or 3 transport companies, but it turns out none of that was correct. Fortunately, a call to one of the 'old' transport companies rendered info that HANSEN&ADKINS were now the auto transport hauler out of Norfolke Hapeville yard. A call to their customer support yielded info about the truck - first, unknown(maybe it has arrived there, but until Norfolk unloads it and parks it, it is not yet assigned a space and not yet in H&A's system). Several days checking, and then H&A provided that the truck was THERE, and assigned a space, but not yet assigned a transport hauler or ETA - 'older' vehicles are to be shipped out first, and 'full loads' are typical.

F) TODAY, a call to H&A yielded a better outcome: the TRUCK is loaded on a transported, ASSIGNED to a driver, and will be driven 150 miles south to my Dealer. That should arrive about lunchtime.

Notes: I found that the 'order track' website did nothing to aid my tracking, but I DO appreciate all the technical prowes that many here seem to have to help 'find' ways to track a truck thru this whole process - it's not easy. Fortunately, I had a LOT of time on my hands!
The WINDOW STICKER updated from 7/13's original issue date, to 8/11's 'build' date around Aug 11th. It did not change since then, and none of the build trim or options changed, which was a nice confirmation that all three OPTIONS were coming with the build.
Ford's own tracking information online, though, did not seem to correlate well with the actual timing and dates. Updates take too long, and emails, well, they just seem to come whenever they get ready to. But, maybe I was just reading them wrong, or expecting too much. The 'amazon two-day shipping and tracking' has spoiled us.

My 4 boys, who are 30(Fireman, married), 29(Computers, married), 22(Aerospace Engineering at UAH in Huntsville AL), and 19(Business/Finance at Young Harris college, N GA), are all VERY interested in 'Dad's' new electric truck - one already drives a Nissan Leaf. They are also dismayed it has take over 15 MONTHS from when I first starting 'talking about it'.... : )

hturnerfamily
William and Cindy
going camping TODAY(!)

 

[hturnerfamily]

 

[JLee]

I’m finally out of Production status, I think I was one of the last…..California…7.29.22 blend date….lariat ER…max tow…spray on Bedline….estimated deliver 9/14 - 9/20

Congrats! I’m glad to see some bedliner trucks making it out.

 

[hturnerfamily]

 

[TaxmanHog]

@TaxmanHog and 7/25 Build Week neighbors.... IT HAS ARRIVED : )

Congrat's!!

 

[gsquirrel02]

@TaxmanHog and 7/25 Build Week neighbors.... IT HAS ARRIVED : )

Hey all, you can add me to that list. Mine showed up at the dealer today - a week earlier than we both expected. We start the paperwork tomorrow morning.

One step closer...

 

[Ken]

I just got an email that mine has been delayed 2 weeks and is now arriving between 9-18 and 9-24. bummer

 

[Drillerr]

Looks sharp! Is that Smoked Quartz?

 

[Farmford42]

Email from ford or the dealer? I dont think I have seen any formal updates from ford beyond the "your vehicle has been scheduled for production"

 

[hturnerfamily]

never have received any 'photo' of my truck at the end of the factory line.... oh well.

Ran some tests today: 50 mile one-way, loop back same way, for 100 miles total...

PRO on fairly flat 60mph divided highway speeds, average, for about 2.8milesPerKwh
(my 'guesstimater' gauge was reading over 240 when I started)

PRO while TOWING 3,000lb standard camper...similar roads and speeds, for about 1.3milesPerKwh
(maybe 120-130 miles range on a good day)

leaving on a 250 mile camping trip tomorrow - will have several Fast Charger stops along the way to check out the Ford BLUE OVAL PlugNCharge options along the way, mostly ChargePoint and ElectrifyAmerica stations. (I see that ChargePoint also supports GreenLots and EVGo stations)

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