✅ 8/14/2023 Lightning Build Week Group (MY2023)

[TaxmanHog]

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Discussion about build week 8/14/2023
Sticker visible after 9 PM ET 8/3/2023

Gross production is 2115 Lightnings this week!

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[WildBlue]

Got the email yesterday, this is my build week, ordered 3/30. Hopefully they've worked out many of the bugs after the plant expansion and don't end up with sub-par Lightnings after the changes. Got me a bit worried about that.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Any new members in this week?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Hope to see stickers tonight!!
Please share the top margin like this example from the 8/7 build week

 

[TaxmanHog]

@sdingeldein I'm hoping you join the forum to share your build details, noticed you added your record to the build tracker recently for a build date of 8/14.

 

[sdingeldein]

@sdingeldein I'm hoping you join the forum to share your build details, noticed you added your record to the build tracker recently for a build date of 8/14.

What do I do to join this particular forum? And are you talking about details I get when Ford notifies me (presumably next week)

 

[WildBlue]

8/14 build week, just got my sticker; blend date appears to be 8/18/2023.

 

[TaxmanHog]

What do I do to join this particular forum? And are you talking about details I get when Ford notifies me (presumably next week)

Check your personal order page on FORD.COM, look for a VIN on the page related to your build week. Or contact your salesman for your VIN.

You can this see the window sticker now and begin using the various techniques of monitoring your build

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...ing-info-resources-for-f-150-lightning.13524/

 

[TaxmanHog]

8/14 build week, just got my sticker; blend date appears to be 8/18/2023.

Awesome, thanks for sharing looks like ramp up is progressing, 2115 trucks being build this week.

 

[WildBlue]

Awesome, thanks for sharing looks like ramp up is progressing, 2115 trucks being build this week.

No worries, thank you. Is there a link or a source that explains what all of the numbers and boxes mean at the top of the winder sticker (the portion I screenshotted)?

Looks like my truck may be built on a Friday (8/18). Sigh. Friday and Monday builds tend to be worse.

 

[TaxmanHog]

No worries, thank you. Is there a link or a source that explains what all of the numbers and boxes mean at the top of the winder sticker (the portion I screenshotted)?

Looks like my truck may be built on a Friday (8/18). Sigh. Friday and Monday builds tend to be worse.

We don't have a comprehensive breakdown of the sticker codes, but a few pointers in this thread
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...te-this-was-written-during-ice-only-era.2047/

 

[sdingeldein]

My Lightning is an 8/14 build week. Does Ford send you any notices of what's going on? I put the order # and VIN into the check order box on Ford.com and it tells me the order # is invalid?!?!

Edit: finally found the window sticker.

 

[TaxmanHog]

My Lightning is an 8/14 build week. Does Ford send you any notices of what's going on? I put the order # and VIN into the check order box on Ford.com and it tells me the order # is invalid?!?!

Edit: finally found the window sticker.

from you window sticker lower section, this is is your WBDO order number , not your reservation/order number

 

[christian20]

My tear tag just posted - blend date of 8/14, Lariat ER

 

[Phip ATL]

I'm an 8/14 build week with an 8/15 blend date. I spoke to the dealer yesterday and he said the truck has been built but is on a chip hold in Flat Rock, MI. I used resources from this forum to to get the Module Build Data (As-Built) data where I found my Tear Tag. There are a bunch of BCE Modules but no PCM Modules listed. I have no idea what any of that means by the way in case someone wants to de-mystify (TIA!)

In the meantime, while I wait in purgatory with everyone else, curious if anyone has a good answer for the definitions of the codes highlighted yellow in the snip. The second snip is my dads order (8/11 blend date) and he has more codes than me.

CERT: what does CERT mean and what does ULC mean?
TRD: what does TRD mean and what does U mean?
BUMP: I take to mean the state being shipped to (WA in my dad's case)
BOOK: definition?
EXFL: definition?
ROTA: definition

Red underlined numbers: My truck is 361 of 939 something? Someone in another thread mentioned this has something to do with spray-in liner, which I do have?
Blue underline number: Is this running total of Lightnings built?
Black underlined numbers: any idea?

For the Ramp definitions I found the following links to help my search:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1675502-ramp-codes-for-new-truck-deliveries.html


I only found my Ramp One code (CH02) on one of the spreadsheets and it says Alabama. Perhaps that is the way point on the truck's way to its final destination (I'm in GA). I originally thought it meant where my truck is "right now." And does Ramp Two eventually get populated?

Thanks for any insight from others who are in the same/ similar boat. Hopefully almost there--my dad was part of the 8/7 build group who got that automated message from Ford basically apologizing and saying we'll keep you posted every 45 days (pretty terrible message to send IMHO for people who have been waiting for 2+ years). And heard/ saw that people who placed their orders in July already have September build dates. Happy for them. Sad for us.