2025 F-150 production and scheduling

[f150reasonswhy]

Update:

My 25 F150 is Built and "shipped".

01/11 Order Confirmed
02/24 Scheduled Week Of
02/28 In Production
03/01 Built
Current Status from Ford Chat is Shipped to dealer. I don't have a rail car number yet so not sure it is on the car even though they state it is. Deliver date is 03/16 - 03/22.
Very similar timeline to my 2018 F150 order.

Update:

My 25 F150 is Built and "shipped".

01/11 Order Confirmed
02/24 Scheduled Week Of
02/28 In Production
03/01 Built
Current Status from Ford Chat is Shipped to dealer. I don't have a rail car number yet so not sure it is on the car even though they state it is. Deliver date is 03/16 - 03/22.
Very similar timeline to my 2018 F150 order.

Mine is due to make it to the dealer march 4th to March 10th. Hopefully they are truthful with tracking information. I've also not received a rail car number. Deerborn plant is only 4 hours from me, I wish I could have just went and picked it up myself instead of paying 2500 for transport.

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[Stormpeakco]

Nice and good luck...on the Ford tracking site, ours is still "in production".

Juz hope the dealer sales manager wasn't "d'n" me last Friday (saying to expect it in DEN as soon as this fri-monday).

Fingers crossed for all and glad we ordered a '25, relatively early...

 

[Stefanolimotta]

Ordered 1/18/25 confirmed 02/17/25. In production 02/20/25. And hasn’t changed since it’s been two weeks hopefully next week some thing changes. 157 wb 501 max tow

 

[jakearb]

I ordered a 2025 XL Screw 4x4 through the fleet company we use.
Has the "104A" package, so includes the 3.5L powerboost and some other things that basically make it the same as a lower end XLT.

Ordered on 12/19
Truck was supposedly built on 3/4

 

[Stormpeakco]

Yeah, seems we're ALL (for the production week of 2/17) kinda getting "S-crewyed".
Phone call today to Ford marketing this morning still states ours is to arrive to my dealer by 3/15-21 despite an email message yesterday from my sales person, stating the truck left the factory then was brought back to the yard and nary any closer to being loaded on a train even though the posted blend and build date ware 2/18. I am devoid of any confidence, the truck will arrive to my dealer by 3/21

(Alas!) The ford tracking for the past 3+ weeks still states only "in production" and there have been zero VINViw updates in 4+ weeks.
(Likely, I am 'one and dun on ordering a custom F150' and even IF we're very satisfied w/this one after we eventually receive it, I'd just buy one off the lot w/o all the desired bells and whistles...it's a truck and not a forever urn or casket. Nonetheless, 21st century Ford logistcs and available data seem pretty poor given the terrifically nice folks answering the phones @ ford marketing.).

 

[F150Fordzilla]

Exactly Stormpeakco!
mine BUILD WEEK: 2/17/2025 BUILD DATE: 2/21/2025 still in production dealer says it’s probably waiting for spay in liner. But fire marketing says delivery scheduled for 3/12-3/18. I don’t see that happening.

 

[cjm83]

WINDOW STICKER SCHOOL:

I remember seeing a thread somewhere in here with some comments and info on decoding window stickers but cannot seem to find it, so here I am..

I recently received my window sticker and am curious to understand all the fun stuff on it. Maybe someone would be so kind to give another little lesson on a few things?

Blend date: Mine is 220250314... It looks like that March 14th, 2025 but am not sure as there is an additional "2" at the beginning of that coding.

I have a "W" inside the little box at the top above "Ramp."

At the bottom there is an RA42 inside the Ramp One box, and nothing inside Ramp 2. Is this a good thing? lol Next to that it says "Rail" which I assume means it will be shipped by train... Is that normally the preferrable option?

There are some other things but instead of listing them all, if there are any other notable things to understand on this sticker feel free to explain them?

Thanks so much!

 

[LN7]

WINDOW STICKER SCHOOL:

I remember seeing a thread somewhere in here with some comments and info on decoding window stickers but cannot seem to find it, so here I am..

I recently received my window sticker and am curious to understand all the fun stuff on it. Maybe someone would be so kind to give another little lesson on a few things?

Blend date: Mine is 220250314... It looks like that March 14th, 2025 but am not sure as there is an additional "2" at the beginning of that coding.

I have a "W" inside the little box at the top above "Ramp."

At the bottom there is an RA42 inside the Ramp One box, and nothing inside Ramp 2. Is this a good thing? lol Next to that it says "Rail" which I assume means it will be shipped by train... Is that normally the preferrable option?

There are some other things but instead of listing them all, if there are any other notable things to understand on this sticker feel free to explain them?

Thanks so much!

I found this helpful:

https://www.f150forum.com/f129/guide-understanding-tracking-your-custom-order-501106/

 

[cjm83]

I found this helpful:

https://www.f150forum.com/f129/guide-understanding-tracking-your-custom-order-501106/

That was very helpful information. Thank you for sharing.

 

[HWill]

Mine is confirmed to be on the train via VINView. ETA to the dealer is March 14, 2025.

 

[Stefanolimotta]

She’s built. No picture of it yet for some reason but one step closer

 

[Stormpeakco]

For the benefit of new prospective buyers considering custom order for '25 F-150.
Background:
- ordered '25 KR power boost, pro power on board (7.2Kw) on 11/14/25.
- built 2/18/2025
- vehicle sat in a Dearborn lot for 7 weeks, until a week and half ago when it was finally loaded on to rail and arrived in DEN 3 days ago.
- with ongoing delays our dealer took the initiative and found 10 antimatter blue KR with nearly the identical equipment within 250 miles and so we bought one of those 3/28 since no one at Ford nor the dealership could absolutely guarantee that we might actually receive the ordered vehicle at any time.
I took the F150 tour in Dearborn two weeks ago and nobody there had ANY answers for me but all of the tour guides insisted that "a truck almost always leaves the lot in under 3 days" (oh so wrong).

Ordering experience and tracking with Ford is graded as 'D'.
Personnel at marketing B+, very helpful but with limited resources and data at hand...there is no way for anyone at marketing to contact any personnel directly at [email protected] and [email protected] never responded over weeks to multiple queries from me and from personnel at ford marketing.

Recs
#1 Do not order with ANY dealer installed options (we ordered window guards, vault, removable bed mat and splash guards but NO spray in bedliner was ordered)....who really knows for sure but MAY have been the reason for the 7 weeks delay in shipping while sitting in a lot but absolutely NO ONE has any knowledge what the hold up ACTUALLY was.

#2 To register with Ford Pass, the primary vehicle operator SHOULD SIGN UP WITH FORD PASS FIRST (spouses and additional operators may be added later)-took me three weeks, dozens of phone calls through marketing-customer service-Ford Pass for someone at Ford Pass finally could diagnose and walk me through during a 90 minute
Q 'n A-walk through on line today using my Wife's cell phone for her to 'invite me', my cell phone and my lap top (90 mins is not an exaggeration).
E-mail queries were never responded to by [email protected].
Ford, 'discover your ford', tutorial scheduled for sunday morning.

Vehicle is impressive but I surely will NEVER go through the Ford ordering process
EVER again.

 

[HWill]

For the benefit of new prospective buyers considering custom order for '25 F-150.
Background:
- ordered '25 KR power boost, pro power on board (7.2Kw) on 11/14/25.
- built 2/18/2025
- vehicle sat in a Dearborn lot for 7 weeks, until a week and half ago when it was finally loaded on to rail and arrived in DEN 3 days ago.
- with ongoing delays our dealer took the initiative and found 10 antimatter blue KR with nearly the identical equipment within 250 miles and so we bought one of those 3/28 since no one at Ford nor the dealership could absolutely guarantee that we might actually received the ordered vehicle at any time.
I took the F150 tour in Dearborn two weeks ago and nobody there had ANY answers for me but all of the tour guides insisted that "a truck almost always leaves the lot in under 3 days" (oh so wrong).

Ordering experience and tracking with Ford is graded as 'D'.
Personnel at marketing B+, very helpful but with limited resources and data at hand...there is no way for anyone at marketing to contact any personnel directly at [email protected] and [email protected] never responded over weeks to multiple queries from me and from personnel at ford marketing.

Recs
#1 Do not order with ANY dealer installed options (we ordered window guards, vault, removal bed mat and splash guards but NO spray in bedliner was ordered)....who really knows for sure but MAY have been the reason for the 7 weeks delay in shipping while sitting in a lot but absolutely NO ONE has any knowledge what the hold up ACTUALLY was.

#2 To register with Ford Pass, the primary vehicle operator SHOULD SIGN UP WITH FORD PASS FIRST (spouses and additional operators may be added later)-took me three weeks, dozens of phone calls through marketing-customer service-Ford Pass for someone at Ford Pass finally could diagnose and walk me through during a 90 minute
Q 'n A-walk through on line today using my Wife's cell phone for her to 'invite me', my cell phone and my lap top (90 mins is not an exaggeration).
E-mail queries were never responded to by [email protected].
Ford, 'discover your ford', tutorial scheduled for sunday morning.

Vehicle is impressive but I surely will NEVER go through the Ford ordering process
EVER again.

I look at this and understand where your coming from. BUT there are just a lot of factors that make it impossible to logistically be consistent with vehicle orders. Alot of people have high hopes when ordering a vehicle but don't know or understand the process.

Ford cannot build a vehicle and just ship it to your dealership. It would be financial and logistically irresponsible.

Vehicles will get sent to a staging area after being built where they wait to get on a train/truck that makes the most sense, meaning they are usually waiting to fill the rail cars/trucks.
If you order from a small town that don't sell many vehicles you will probably have a long wait.

After a vehicle is built it is pretty much out of the hands of Ford and into the hands of transport and stagging lots.

I will say that the people at Ford are not that helpful and I seriously doubt anyone giving a tour knows what happens when a vehicle rolls off the line. But again, they could be absolutely correct in saying it leaves Fords lot in under 3 days. It most likely leaves Fords lot and goes to a staging lot owned by some transport company.

If dealer installed items were holding your vehicle up, your dealer could have easily found out.
I have seen people get the option to wait or not get a dealer installed option.

My experience was ok. My only gripe was not getting a railcar number.

I wouldn't tell anyone not to order as to me if you don't then you almost always settle on that vehicle.

It would be hard for me to buy another vehicle without ordering it just how I want.

Glad you got your truck.

 

[Stormpeakco]

I look at this and understand where your coming from. BUT there are just a lot of factors that make it impossible to logistically be consistent with vehicle orders. Alot of people have high hopes when ordering a vehicle but don't know or understand the process.

Ford cannot build a vehicle and just ship it to your dealership. It would be financial and logistically irresponsible.

Vehicles will get sent to a staging area after being built where they wait to get on a train/truck that makes the most sense, meaning they are usually waiting to fill the rail cars/trucks.
If you order from a small town that don't sell many vehicles you will probably have a long wait.

After a vehicle is built it is pretty much out of the hands of Ford and into the hands of transport and stagging lots.

I will say that the people at Ford are not that helpful and I seriously doubt anyone giving a tour knows what happens when a vehicle rolls off the line. But again, they could be absolutely correct in saying it leaves Fords lot in under 3 days. It most likely leaves Fords lot and goes to a staging lot owned by some transport company.

If dealer installed items were holding your vehicle up, your dealer could have easily found out.
I have seen people get the option to wait or not get a dealer installed option.

My experience was ok. My only gripe was not getting a railcar number.

I wouldn't tell anyone not to order as to me if you don't then you almost always settle on that vehicle.

It would be hard for me to buy another vehicle without ordering it just how I want.

Glad you got your truck.

Actually appreciate your insight but take exception to a great deal what you stated.
Agree to disagree.
Medical background- if I ran a life and death medical practice like Ford runs their car bizniz I'd have no living clientele.

 

[Mash150]

I’ll add my comment or two but thankfully FORD is not at this point in the medical field. I fully support everything HWill spoke about in his reply. Your vehicle could sit for a number of days post build depending on either truck or rail shipping from the plant. Railways fully load their auto carrier rail cars before train assembly at the plant, same goes for truck transports. They don't move with only truck on either truck or rail car. Further , depending on final destination by rail, the vehicles are offloaded a staging yard before being picked up by a truck auto carrier for delivery to the dealers. All of this takes time, it’s not an overnight operation from plant to dealer. My truck sat for over 4 months waiting for modules after the build date and took about 10 days to get to the dealer once it was released by the plant And it was well worth the wait.

Cheers

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