✅ 4/18 Lightning Build Week Group

[TaxmanHog]

"Your current order status is "Awaiting Shipment" and has been received Ramp 58, Melvindale, MI and has shipped convoy # 2376076 (Vehi-ship Llc ). The estimated delivery date is between Jul-19-2022 - Jul-25-2022. You can also keep in touch with your dealership for updates as well. Is there anything else I can do to assist you?

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[Griddlez]

https://vehiship.com/

Yea - when I looked up this company it seems like they are just a short, run-around, delivery company (sub 25 miles). Assuming that convoy number is them moving the truck lot to lot for Ford.

Looking at Melvindale there's 1 pretty big shipping yard there for railcars that I can see. Not sure if that is the "ramp 58" or not but hopefully it is and it's actually there in line to get loaded soon.

 

[blpublic]

Get your dealer to give you a visibility report and it will have the railcar or truck number on it for you to tell it. Worst case, you can go to Ford chat or call them and they can give you the number.

I still don’t have the truck. Ugh. The day before the last day of delivery date, I got a delay notice email:

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED.​

Dear xxxx, To ensure your complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your 2022 F-150 Lightning LARIAT is delivered to Rick Ball Ford. Your vehicle’s previous estimated delivery range of June 30, 2022, and July 6, 2022, has been updated to between July 14, 2022, and July 20, 2022. Your dealer will contact you to arrange the delivery and pickup details regarding your new vehicle.​

 

[Labs4Lightning]

I still don’t have the truck. Ugh. The day before the last day of delivery date, I got a delay notice email:

​

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED.​

Dear xxxx, To ensure your complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your 2022 F-150 Lightning LARIAT is delivered to Rick Ball Ford. Your vehicle’s previous estimated delivery range of June 30, 2022, and July 6, 2022, has been updated to between July 14, 2022, and July 20, 2022. Your dealer will contact you to arrange the delivery and pickup details regarding your new vehicle.​

Be nice to get one of those emails.
hopefully it will show up earlier than your revised eta.

 

[rlbussard]

I still don’t have the truck. Ugh. The day before the last day of delivery date, I got a delay notice email:

​

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED.​

Dear xxxx, To ensure your complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your 2022 F-150 Lightning LARIAT is delivered to Rick Ball Ford. Your vehicle’s previous estimated delivery range of June 30, 2022, and July 6, 2022, has been updated to between July 14, 2022, and July 20, 2022. Your dealer will contact you to arrange the delivery and pickup details regarding your new vehicle.​

I've noticed on the tracker that we've been doing there have been a lot of trucks get shifted a couple weeks to the right. Every June delivery that was still not delivered got shifted to July. There's was about 20 of them. I don't know why this is happening now. Sorry that happened to you as well.

 

[SmoothJ]

I've noticed on the tracker that we've been doing there have been a lot of trucks get shifted a couple weeks to the right. Every June delivery that was still not delivered got shifted to July. There's was about 20 of them. I don't know why this is happening now. Sorry that happened to you as well.

One thing I did learn to my dismay is high turn over rate of the auto yard rail worker. I was watching a video on how they load the auto cars, and it was explained that could start out with a crew of 14, and slowly that would dwindled down over the course of the night as they would just quit.

So if you take that into consideration, along with everything else - you will get really bad delays.

I have been technically waiting since the 6th of July to ship out. I see that I am next to the rail, but they are not loading up the truck. Others have been waiting longer too in the same area, so I don’t have much hope.

 

[rlbussard]

One thing I did learn to my dismay is high turn over rate of the auto yard rail worker. I was watching a video on how they load the auto cars, and it was explained that could start out with a crew of 14, and slowly that would dwindled down over the course of the night as they would just quit.

So if you take that into consideration, along with everything else - you will get really bad delays.

I have been technically waiting since the 6th of July to ship out. I see that I am next to the rail, but they are not loading up the truck. Others have been waiting longer too in the same area, so I don’t have much hope.

I had a ship email on 27th of June and I still haven't shipped. The regional director got a hold of the Ford logistics team and they told him my vehicle is supposed to ship this weekend. I haven't seen anything to show that is true, but I'm hoping. I don't know why Ford would send me a shipped email two weeks ago when it's been sitting in a yard somewhere. I suspect that that has happened to others on this forum as well.

 

[TaxmanHog]

I still don’t have the truck. Ugh. The day before the last day of delivery date, I got a delay notice email:

​

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED.​

Dear xxxx, To ensure your complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your 2022 F-150 Lightning LARIAT is delivered to Rick Ball Ford. Your vehicle’s previous estimated delivery range of June 30, 2022, and July 6, 2022, has been updated to between July 14, 2022, and July 20, 2022. Your dealer will contact you to arrange the delivery and pickup details regarding your new vehicle.​

Could you provide the IN PRODUCTION date for the tracker?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Combined 4/11 & 4/18 build week reports

I updated the Estimated Delivery Dates to be the latest in the range, this gives the MoCo the benefit of being measured "on time" if the truck is delivered by that due date, of course the due dates are subject to modifications as circumstances arise

 

[Labs4Lightning]

Combined 4/11 & 4/18 build week reports

I updated the Estimated Delivery Dates to be the latest in the range, this gives the MoCo the benefit of being measured "on time" if the truck is delivered bay that due date, of course the due dates are subject to modifications as circumstances arise

not sure what day you want to use for expected delivery.

 

[TaxmanHog]

not sure what day you want to use for expected delivery.

7/8 in your case, I might have made a finger flub posting updates, change posted, but I suspect you might see another modification the longer yours remains pending.

 

[Dparke55]

I received an update from FMC. She told me my truck was in Atlanta at a rail yard. It is good to know it has left the factory !
Being 250 miles from my dealer now, maybe delivery by Friday ?? !!!!!!!!

 

[Griddlez]

Looks like my dealers demo went from built 7/8 to shipped today, now in transit with an ETA of 07/15/2022 & 07/21/2022. Shipped before me with an ETA 4 days earlier but built 2+ weeks after mine. Fascinating how this all works...

 

[Labs4Lightning]

Looks like my dealers demo went from built 7/8 to shipped today, now in transit with an ETA of 07/15/2022 & 07/21/2022. Shipped before me with an ETA 4 days earlier but built 2+ weeks after mine. Fascinating how this all works...

It is odd how things are prioritized. My dealer reviews my VVR and mentions every time my priority is 1 - only mattered when I ordered. Day 82 and i’m still resting peacefully in a parking lot. From all photos it looks kinds like a place to leave em and let sleep. Haven’t checked today, but I doubt any update of an eta.

good luck to the few early builds who are still waiting for a journey to begin.

 

[RDeFran]

My shipping updated to 7-15 to 7-21 with no email.