Yep, and those mid year changes can have financial impacts too. In 21, they removed adaptive steering as a standard feature on high trims and made it a $1k option. It’s a slimy way of increasing the cost of the vehicle without the general population realizing.
Costs go up, I get it. If the bed lighting costs can’t be incorporated into a Lariat trim, fine - charge me extra to have them installed. But that isn’t an a la carte option. U.S. F-150 customers cannot get bed lighting on a ‘22 unless they add the Bed Utility package; I don’t want the power tailgate or the step. Nor is bed lighting an accessory that a dealership can add post-delivery. Beating a dead horse. Just frustrating.
It may be expensive but that's not my problem and why should I have to foot the bill????
That's definitely nice to hear.
That's just further evidence that there's NOTHING sinister going on. It's a brutal and monumental task to currently keep an assembly line going. We consumers way oversimplify all the moving pieces involved.
Disagree. Calling B.S. It's LED lights and some wiring. If I had to guess, Ford needed to raise the price on the Bed Utility package - Power tailgate, tailgate step, and work surface - from $639 (2021) to the new/current ~$995 (2022). I bet they were concerned too many people would end up on the other side of the Laffer curve. They don't make money on a standard tailgate - it's included for free. They make more money when people upgrade. So they needed to beef up what's in the Bed Utility package to make it more desirable and justify its higher price. What do you put in the Bed Utility package? What's already in the bed for their most popular models (XLT High and Lariat) . . . ah, BoxLink and Bed Lighting.
502A comes standard with CoPilot 360 Assist (option to upgrade to Active). CoPilot 360 requires either the 360 cameras (763) or the Tow Tech package (17T) . . . which includes (763) for free.Hoping someone in this thread can tell me whether or not my MY22 (that was converted from a 21) will have the 360 camera option? Kinda confusing with the way they shifted things around. I know I had chosen it as an option when I placed the order. Not a big deal either way, just curious.
Thanks man. I just found that order guide and that’s how I was interpreting it, but then I started second guessing, haha.
Adaptive steering increased by 1,000 and orders without it were not prioritized. Bed lighting was removed as standard to increase profit, Ambient lighting and glove box lights are gone. Sure it might be supply chain related but it is also profit driven.
