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Hi All...anyone have an idea why my ETA End date changed from 2021-6-10 to 1990-01-01?
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Well since Jerome Powell just gave the green light for hyperinflation today, I fully expect prices to increase in the 2nd half of this year. That is one of the reasons why I did not cancel my order, since our prices and rebates are locked in. I am, however, very concerned that my truck will have massive amounts of industrial fallout and etched bird crap embedded in the paint after sitting in a lot for 6 months....sigh.?
 

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My build sheet through MAS. Waiting on VIN confirmation and will add it. I am estimated delivery in December to Germany. Pretty much a base Lariat with added B&O, Spray Bedliner, V8. Kodiak Brow and Baja Tan.

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I have been in Logistics for over 40 years and the U S manufactures have never fell on there faces like this ever , so the hold ups or slow downs can happen but one would think someone with any organization would have parked vehicles so first in first out , not park them in a back lot where you cannot move them , they knew parts would show up and would have to be repaired first , ,Ford they supplied dealers with retail lot sales first over special orders , all you have to do is look at window stickers of those dealers out there , I have checked several Northern California dealers most of the stickers from Kansas have dates before or after mine so , I can read dates and they bounce around special orders , even found a special order out of Dearborne plant same time frame , this is all games to make the 2022 Lighting get the spot light. And Dearborne Never shut down , window stickers don’t lie.
 

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Guys just a little question.. My Blend date on my window sticker is 2021/06/23 and the window sticker where re-printed on 2021/06/22. First time printed on 2021/06/14.

So is it a good thing ? Bled date have not change and windows sticker reprinted on 2021/06/22.. ???
 

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I have been in Logistics for over 40 years and the U S manufactures have never fell on there faces like this ever , so the hold ups or slow downs can happen but one would think someone with any organization would have parked vehicles so first in first out , not park them in a back lot where you cannot move them , they knew parts would show up and would have to be repaired first , ,Ford they supplied dealers with retail lot sales first over special orders , all you have to do is look at window stickers of those dealers out there , I have checked several Northern California dealers most of the stickers from Kansas have dates before or after mine so , I can read dates and they bounce around special orders , even found a special order out of Dearborne plant same time frame , this is all games to make the 2022 Lighting get the spot light. And Dearborne Never shut down , window stickers don’t lie.
Yes and no. Dearborn did shut down for a few weeks lately. All the trucks that were partially built were basically set aside. When the chips arrived they went straight to the assembly line and the trucks scheduled for the next production week were built. VERY slowly they are working on the partially built trucks but the lions share will not ship until September or October. Even if they only run 1 shift instead of 3 they produced 10-15000 F150's trucks the weeks they were open in early May.
They reopened Monday 6/14.
 

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Well, clearly you're frustrated ... here's the way I look at it:

1. The #1 job of the CEO is to keep the shareholders happy, not us consumers - this is reality.

2. Jim Farley is not sitting in his office wondering how he can piss off customers... probably more than you or I, he wants trucks sold, built and delivered so the $$ flow in and Wall Street can dance with joy.

3. There is a turd in the punch bowl called a supply chain that has failed, and there is no easy solution to fix it. Ford execs are only now beginning to realize they don't sell cars, vans and trucks - they sell software packaged into something on wheels. The engineers have known this for a long time, but not the execs, and this is where they screwed up. They probably have multiple supply source agreements for all the non-electronic components, but they clearly don't have this for all the modules required for these trucks.

4. My concern is not so much the time it is taking to get the truck I ordered, but rather it is the quality of the truck: quality depends on engineering and the assembly process, and when they break the manufacturing/assembly process, I think quality is going to suffer. This is what will drive my decision to proceed or cancel my order. I think they need to extend warranties by 12 to 18 months.

I work for a major technology that has similar issues, even with multiple sources for the components of our products because somewhere down the line, the supply chains converge to too few manufacturers. This is impacting every industry because we all depend on the same supply chain, and it's broken.

At the end of the day, we consumers created the problem: we elected politicians who frolic in the public trough and slurp $$ from lobbyists, buy from companies with disingenuous marketing, and all of this topped by a lack of ethics across the board. It'll get worse before it gets better...
Vehicle buyers are share holders because if they have a good vehicle always spreads the good word and they keep buying that product , just look at Caterpillar tractor where I did work as a mechanic the dealership took care of 20 year problems and Cat warranty you cannot beat , if they built a road vehicle I buy it , so I have trusted Ford with my Trucks for years and now they have fallen to the level the Chevy so so commitment to customer service. So please Ford job #1 can kiss 2021 as one of the worst years for F150 customer satisfaction, I plan to keep my order just to make them deliver for what I have paid for and trusted in a good product, Ford Management needs to watch out , come back customers are your bread and butter , for parts and service and the next vehicle.
 

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Vehicle buyers are share holders because if they have a good vehicle always spreads the good word and they keep buying that product , just look at Caterpillar tractor where I did work as a mechanic the dealership took care of 20 year problems and Cat warranty you cannot beat , if they built a road vehicle I buy it , so I have trusted Ford with my Trucks for years and now they have fallen to the level the Chevy so so commitment to customer service. So please Ford job #1 can kiss 2021 as one of the worst years for F150 customer satisfaction, I plan to keep my order just to make them deliver for what I have paid for and trusted in a good product, Ford Management needs to watch out , come back customers are your bread and butter , for parts and service and the next vehicle.
I agree completely. I have been wondering how in the world the board has refrained from running Jim Farley over the coals. This response is simply not the Ford way. Then a little research discovered he is the grandson of one of Henry Ford's first employees. Wow, what a mess.
Here is an excerpt talking about Henry Ford's famous quote dismissing customer feedback

"Both Henry Ford and Steve Jobs have become notorious for dismissing customer feedback as a viable source of innovation. There’s some debate about whether or not the Henry Ford quote is accurate, but nevertheless the more I speak and write about the emergence of the Feedback Economy, the more people ask me about these famous quotes from famous entrepreneurs.

"Suddenly feedback became really easy to share—and share we do. There are billions of reviews of products, services, restaurants, travel destinations, company cultures, and CEOs online. Recent SurveyMonkey research found that 85% of people will leave feedback after a good experience, and 81% will leave feedback after a negative experience. That’s a lot of people commenting on how you’re doing. If you deliver sub-standard products and services or deliver them after you promised, you will be exposed. If you’re paying women less than men at your company, the web will tell the world."

Just a thought, Ford board members!
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