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As far as analytics go, you could break down the VIN numbers based on this VIN guide and really get into the details. Of course that might be digging up too much Ford dirt applying the right analytics. Could compare across Bronco, F150, mustangs, etc and narrow down which trims, build locations, engine models, etc have faster or longer lead times. Lots of interesting data there.
Yeah. I'd tread lightly here. I think there are a few implications. Totally a data nerd though and would love to sift through all that gold.
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Hello, Like many of you. I've been refreshing my order about fifty times a day hoping to see updates on it. This grew tiresome and my wife didn't like the groans every time I refreshed with no change in status.

Well. Modern problems require modern solutions.

I wrote a program that checks my order via an "API". This is the same API that ford's official order tracker seems to reference as well as all the other various trackers. My program checks the order once an hour, compares the dates to the last check and if they're different it emails me. Last night I rewrote this to allow adding additional orders to check. I'd like to extend my services, for free to anyone else here that would like email notifications when their order changes.

I'm not a programmer, and this program is held together with duct tape and rubber bands. Further, I have a day job and do fun projects like this in my spare time. I do this for free with no guarantees on functionality or performance.

If you would like to be added to the system PM me your VIN, Order Number, and email address. I'll get them all inserted as I have the time.

I first brought this to the forum in the 8/2 build thread. Feel free to look over there about more details on it.

Here's what one of the emails looks like.

There has been an update to your F150 order. Here is the current status.

Username: victimofareload
Order Date: 2021-06-16
Release Date:
ETA Start Date: 2021-08-22
ETA End Date: 2021-08-28
Production Date: 2021-08-03
Ship Date:
Transit Date:
Status:
Delivered Date:
Primary Status: In Production
Last Changed: Sun Aug 22 2021 22:04:11 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Can I PM my vin and get started
 
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Some stats for you nerds. I now track 13 trucks. Unknowns below are due to no window sticker being available yet.

Production Plant:
1 Kansas
7 Dearborn
5 Unknown

Trims:
2 XLT
5 Lariat
1 Raptor
5 Unknown

Powertrains:
1 2.7 Ecoboost
1 3.5 Ecoboost HO (Raptor)
6 PowerBoost
5 Unknown
 

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Some stats for you nerds. I now track 13 trucks. Unknowns below are due to no window sticker being available yet.
Don’t you have vin and order no? Can’t you look that information up in the tracker or get that from the raw details? Could use the Mach-e viewer. ??‍♂
 

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@victimofareload - Continued thanks for putting this together. You tha man!

Question for you. I just received an email update. (Which by the way is the most exciting email notification to receive ?). However, there was nothing really that was changed other than the "Last Changed" timestamp and the removal of the 1990 ETA start and end dates. Did you do something to update the code or is it saying that Ford updated/reviewed my order and kept it the same?
 
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@victimofareload - Continued thanks for putting this together. You tha man!

Question for you. I just received an email update. (Which by the way is the most exciting email notification to receive ?). However, there was nothing really that was changed other than the "Last Changed" timestamp and the removal of the 1990 ETA start and end dates. Did you do something to update the code or is it saying that Ford updated/reviewed my order and kept it the same?
I've seen this a few times on a few different orders. My program is very simple and just looks at the fields that come back. If they are different, it triggers a change. In this case an ETA Start Date of 1990-01-01 is not the same as a blank ETA Start date. So that triggers a change. In your case (And a few others). I've seen this status flip-flop back and forth on the api reply. One run it says "In order processing" with an ETA of 1990-01-01. The next run it says "In Production" with a blank ETA. As some of you have seen, this can trigger a lot of emails (one every hour it checks, if the status has flipped). TL:DR, if any field changes in any capacity, you get an email.

In other news, As of this morning MANY of the API queries are failing. So right now I have everyone disabled until it appears fixed.
 

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@victimofareload - does your API interface track other order characteristics too? Some of my ordered options are not showing, but I just noticed this morning on the FoMoCo order site that an option is showing that is disturbing to me - "Auto Start-Stop Removal" - which without any frame of reference on what this actually means would seem to negate much of the fuel savings of having ordered a hybrid powerboost engine.

If your API can check to see if options have "appeared" or in this case "disappeared", I would be interested in joining your list, please.
 

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@victimofareload - does your API interface track other order characteristics too? Some of my ordered options are not showing, but I just noticed this morning on the FoMoCo order site that an option is showing that is disturbing to me - "Auto Start-Stop Removal" - which without any frame of reference on what this actually means would seem to negate much of the fuel savings of having ordered a hybrid powerboost engine.

If your API can check to see if options have "appeared" or in this case "disappeared", I would be interested in joining your list, please.
From what I understand, this does not affect the powerboost equipped F-150s.
 
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@victimofareload - does your API interface track other order characteristics too? Some of my ordered options are not showing, but I just noticed this morning on the FoMoCo order site that an option is showing that is disturbing to me - "Auto Start-Stop Removal" - which without any frame of reference on what this actually means would seem to negate much of the fuel savings of having ordered a hybrid powerboost engine.

If your API can check to see if options have "appeared" or in this case "disappeared", I would be interested in joining your list, please.
My script does not check features. Only status and dates of the order. A lot of that data does come back in the API call. So it's possible that I could track it. But honestly I don't feel like putting the work into it to track that.
 

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@victimofareload - does your API interface track other order characteristics too? Some of my ordered options are not showing, but I just noticed this morning on the FoMoCo order site that an option is showing that is disturbing to me - "Auto Start-Stop Removal" - which without any frame of reference on what this actually means would seem to negate much of the fuel savings of having ordered a hybrid powerboost engine.

If your API can check to see if options have "appeared" or in this case "disappeared", I would be interested in joining your list, please.
Auto stop start delete has been added to all Powerboost orders it seems, but i think it is just a system thing as Powerboost engines don’t have auto stop start in the traditional sense.
 
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Just as an update. I'm still running the tracker and it's been doing well. There's been a few instances of people getting a few emails a day when their order ping-pongs between statuses. But nothing's gotten out of control. When I see an order ping-ponging I normally suppress a few emails so I don't blow anyone up. But if I'm out of pocket for the day that can happen sometimes. When I see a truck marked as delivered I stop tracking it. So in theory, The last email you'll get from my tracker is the update saying it's delivered. Anyways, Still accepting new tracking if anyone wants in. I've got my truck now, But this is easy enough to run I don't mind being a service to everyone else. I know what it's like waiting and tracking.

Also, some more stats for the nerds since I started. Currently Tracking 23 trucks.

Production Plant:
2 Kansas
18 Dearborn
3 Unknown

Trims:
2 XLT
12 Lariat
2 Raptor
1 King Ranch
2 Platinum
1 Limited
3 Unknown

Powertrains:
1 2.7 Ecoboost
2 3.5 Ecoboost HO (Raptor)
14 PowerBoost
3 3.5 Ecoboost
3 Unknown

Status:
11 Delivered
1 Awaiting Shipment
6 In Transit
1 In Production
3 In Order Processing
1 Unknown
 
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Well gents. It appears that ford has changed their API which broke my order checking process. I've not really get the bandwidth personally to go figure out what they changed. So unfortunately this service has come to an end. Thanks to everyone that worked with me on it. And hope everyone got their trucks!
 

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You’re awesome @victimofareload! Thanks for the time and effort you put into making this! It served its purpose well.
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