✅ 9/11/2023 Lightning Build Week Group (MY2023)

[OtterJohn]

No email, no picture, no change in two weeks, shipped literally a month ago, still sitting in Portland at the rail yard apparently. I'll bug Ford chat again on Monday, because my sales guy is useless (he's the one who said he couldn't sell it when it arrives because of a recall it doesn't have...).

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[trailcat]

No email, no picture, no change in two weeks, shipped literally a month ago, still sitting in Portland at the rail yard apparently. I'll bug Ford chat again on Monday, because my sales guy is useless (he's the one who said he couldn't sell it when it arrives because of a recall it doesn't have...).

My truck was in Montana last weekend, so I'm guessing it must be at the rail yard in Portland at this rate as well. Yet, I just noticed my estimated delivery jumped from 10/27-11/1 to 11/2-11/8. Even worse is that the tracking site shows 10/30-11/11. Must take a long time to move the car 30 miles.

 

[snowy_91]

I will have to see if the dealer is going to do the updates during PDI. FDRS shows a few of them to do.

 

[trailcat]

Got back from the dealership and found out that my truck is in Portland, but the reason why it's just sitting there is due to a backlog of deliveries. There is a shortage of truck drivers to deliver the vehicles to the local dealerships.

Looks like the earliest delivery for me is at least a week away.

 

[OtterJohn]

Just got the "complete purchase" email at 5:15pm; https://shop.ford.com/vehicleordertracking shows the status updated as of today, and in "final preparation" mode. My dealer closed two hours ago (4pm) and they're closed on Sundays...guess I know what I'm doing Monday afternoon!

It'll be really interesting to see if my sales guy calls me Monday morning or not...not holding my breath. I think I'm going to have to do all the work on this one...

 

[OtterJohn]

Got back from the dealership and found out that my truck is in Portland, but the reason why it's just sitting there is due to a backlog of deliveries. There is a shortage of truck drivers to deliver the vehicles to the local dealerships.

Looks like the earliest delivery for me is at least a week away.

Just got my delivery email, and we're in the Corvallis area...hopefully yours will get to you soon!!

 

[trailcat]

Just got my delivery email, and we're in the Corvallis area...hopefully yours will get to you soon!!

Crossing my fingers! Do you know when your truck got to Portland?

 

[OtterJohn]

Crossing my fingers! Do you know when your truck got to Portland?

Not sure; when I pinged Ford chat on 10/24, they said it was in Portland waiting for pickup/transport. My ship date was 09/29.

 

[trailcat]

Not sure; when I pinged Ford chat on 10/24, they said it was in Portland waiting for pickup/transport. My ship date was 09/29.

Thanks for the update. Hopefully I'll get my delivery email sometime next week.

 

[onekopaka]

I've now gotten the strange drop back to Order Confirmed status... so tonight it's going to be marked as shipped it sounds like?

I am very excited! I'll be checking on it more tonight.

 

[TaxmanHog]

I've now gotten the strange drop back to Order Confirmed status... so tonight it's going to be marked as shipped it sounds like?

I am very excited! I'll be checking on it more tonight.

Yes, CONGRAT'S!!!!!

 

[onekopaka]

I've now gotten the strange drop back to Order Confirmed status... so tonight it's going to be marked as shipped it sounds like?

I am very excited! I'll be checking on it more tonight.

Nothing changed yet on the tracker, but my sales person reached out to me today, said Ford shows him an expected delivery window of November 13th - 19th. For context, my dealer is in Puyallup, WA, and from my understanding the rail car will be dropped in Kent at Union Pacific's facility right by WA 167 (ramp on window sticker is listed as CA72).

I hope others here are making progress on shipping as well!

 

[Matigo]

My May 9th order is still in build status… supposed to be shipped October 27th - November 2nd…..

However, I email several dealers around town and ended up buying a Lariat SR at a 6% discount, before the $7500 incentive from Ford. That is a 72k truck, discounted $5,000 (Dealer), $7,500 (Ford Incentive), $7,500 (Fed Government tax rebate), ending up costing about $57,000.

My advice to anyone still in the build stage is to shop around, especially if you have several dealers in your area. EV are sadly not selling and there are opportunities out there.

Best of luck to everyone on a great deal or speedy delivery!

 

[TaxmanHog]

Nothing changed yet on the tracker, but my sales person reached out to me today, said Ford shows him an expected delivery window of November 13th - 19th. For context, my dealer is in Puyallup, WA, and from my understanding the rail car will be dropped in Kent at Union Pacific's facility right by WA 167 (ramp on window sticker is listed as CA72).

I hope others here are making progress on shipping as well!

I have five samples of trucks delivered to ramp CA72, 18-28 days {ship to final prep}

 

[Acuna4MVP]

So I have tracked my Lariat off the train and now sitting in a parking lot in Atlanta, about 80 miles away and has been there since Saturday morning. Anyone have any insight on how long this could take to find a truck ride to North Ga? My FordPass is active so I can see the exact location, and this is nice and torturous at the same time.

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