✅ 8/15/22 Lightning Build Week Group

[CRAIGC540]

Overnight I moved to showing “built” on the ford.com tracker!!! Date stamp 8/30.

NO change for me , still in production.
Has anyone from California come out of production and shipped? I think there lined up waiting to fill a train to California.

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[TaxmanHog]

yeah talked to them yesterday and they said it was via convoy but couldn't tell me more than that.

Closer destinations do leave on CONVOY, generally around 300 miles or less though we have read about exceptions.

Just an FYI for all following along 100% of window stickers show convoy as method of transport, but the majority of traffic leaving the Rouge plant depart on rail, arrive at a regional rail-port disembark to a hot-shot or 18-wheeler CONVOY transport to the dealerships.

 

[SteelTerp87]

Closer destinations do leave on CONVOY, generally around 300 miles or less though we have read about exceptions.

Just an FYI for all following along 100% of window stickers show convoy as method of transport, but the majority of traffic leaving the Rouge plant depart on rail, arrive at a regional rail-port disembark to a hot-shot or 18-wheeler CONVOY transport to the dealerships.

Everything appears to be leaving from Ramp 51 in Flat Rock, correct? The trucks seem to be assembled at Rouge and then end up at Ramp 51 when they are ready to be shipped (despite still being "in production" according to the system.

 

[Dalton]

NO change for me , still in production.
Has anyone from California come out of production and shipped? I think there lined up waiting to fill a train to California.

I’m 8/18 blend to CA and not built yet.

 

[georgepearkes]

Closer destinations do leave on CONVOY, generally around 300 miles or less though we have read about exceptions.

Just an FYI for all following along 100% of window stickers show convoy as method of transport, but the majority of traffic leaving the Rouge plant depart on rail, arrive at a regional rail-port disembark to a hot-shot or 18-wheeler CONVOY transport to the dealerships.

this is great color thank you! it's also consistent with what my dealer has said and jives with the two week timeline that Ford.com is currently showing for ETA. You had mentioned checking rail reports in an earlier post...how do I go about doing that?

 

[TaxmanHog]

this is great color thank you! it's also consistent with what my dealer has said and jives with the two week timeline that Ford.com is currently showing for ETA. You had mentioned checking rail reports in an earlier post...how do I go about doing that?

Let us know your rail codes are a couple days after moving to shipped status, then we can figure out if it's trackable and what procedure you will need to follow, (LINE DEPENDENT)

 

[abombination]

Just spoke with my dealer and he said that while nothing has changed on the VVR, many times the vehicles just show up without being updated in the system and that the consistent ETA is encouraging, though seeing it assigned a transport would be better we just have to wait and see. I'll keep chatting with Ford regardless haha

I did my obligatory every-other-day chat with Ford. Same answer, built & awaiting shipment in Flat Rock.

Not sure what's worse, knowing it's ready but you can't have it yet, or knowing it's probably ready, but nobody's confirming it's ready... and you still can't have it yet.

 

[SteelTerp87]

I did my obligatory every-other-day chat with Ford. Same answer, built & awaiting shipment in Flat Rock.

Not sure what's worse, knowing it's ready but you can't have it yet, or knowing it's probably ready, but nobody's confirming it's ready... and you still can't have it yet.

Both! Until it's in our possession, everything is worse haha

 

[PeterInWallaWalla]

Just curious but looking at our group there are a lot of Star White Lightnings. Just wondering what brought all you Star (White) gazers to that decision.

To match my Star White MME

 

[PeterInWallaWalla]

Is it strange to have a convoy tag when it’s headed to Southern California? I would have guessed rail.

I am in SE Washington State and also have CONVOY

 

[CRAIGC540]

Just curious but looking at our group there are a lot of Star White Lightnings. Just wondering what brought all you Star (White) gazers to that decision.

I have a black F150 now and wanted the opposite.

 

[kab]

I am in SE Washington State and also have CONVOY

Window stickers for all Lightnings have said Convoy regardless of if they are rail or convoy

 

[SteelTerp87]

I have a black F150 now and wanted the opposite.

Mine is Blue Jeans Metallic so I went with Smoked Quartz for the Lightning. It's a slow process getting away from Blue haha

 

[SteelTerp87]

Hey All, going through another thread, I saw reference to "manually" confirming address with SunRun for FCSP (for those getting it included with truck). Anyways, I just went on and did mine, not sure if I will get a FedEx confirmation or not but I was able to verify my address and many people seem to have had it work for them. Here you go: https://shop.sunrun.com/ford/address/lookup/

You will need the order number from your Ford.Com account, not the four digit dealer order code.

 

[Jefro8]

Per Ford chat, my eta has been updated to 9/22-28 (was 9/18).
Production 8/17, ramp 51 a few days later, built 8/30, spray in, California

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