I lived just outside of Des Moines for awhile as a kid, so flying into Des Moines and driving home will give me an excuse to take a road trip and drive by my old neighborhood and see how it’s changed.
Its oh so close....mine took 6 weeks to ship I didn't track mine so not sure where it got hung up....but usually dealer won't do anything but wait till Ford delivers it....
So, out of the dealer’s control? Meaning my frustration and anger are misdirected. I should still be POed at @Ford Motor Company
Basically you're in line waiting for space on a truck with a driver. It's a very local/regional thing on how bad the wait will be due to local employment conditions. My Bronco spent 11 days on the train then sat for 12 days at the auto ramp waiting on a truck to come the last 4 hours. Your dealership can talk to the regional rep, and they might be able to lean on the road carriers, but they normally will only do that if something gets lost or forgotten. The fact that yours is pretty much within walking distance has to be super extra frustrating. Ford will not let dealerships pick up vehicles from the ramp otherwise I'm sure your dealership would just go get it for you.
Soon you will be driving your Bronco and the memory of this will fade away. My auto ramp location also had vehicles from overseas so lots of trucks coming and going. A worker shortage on top of that. I know the wait is long but no one really knows how long an order will take. It's just a guesstimate they give you when you order and that includes the shipping. If I was Ford I wouldn't give people access to all this tracking information as it becomes stressful for the consumer and a burden to the Ford employees. Who wants to spend their days answering chats/calls all day when there is other work that can be done? I like to spend my time at work being productive and this would be a sucky job.
Thats why when mine shipped I did not track it.
Ford won't do nubs they have tens of thousands of ppl waiting on delayed vehicles. Dealer isn't going to do anything every single day they are flooded with calls asking where is my vehicle. This whole global world wide vehicle shortage debacle is a massive mess with no end in site. Its pain I know mine sat in Mexico 5 months so I lived it.
Well, I sold my vehicle the day after my modules went live. I work in a school and didn’t need the transportation immediately this summer (could drive my husband’s F-150 in a pinch). The BSs built days before mine had already shipped and I never dreamed this whole situation would have happened.
Very difficult process to go through yes. Ford doesn't tell dealers much if anything and dealers do not want to staff up to handle the flood of all the where is my vehicle questions.
I know for sure that it could be worse. When I found out about the microchip hold (one month after they knew it was the issue and lied to all of us that it wasn’t) I was fully prepared to either wait for months or buy a Jeep. I went with Ford because they were the only manufacturer who didn’t take bailout money two administrations ago.
Place the order online, that might help. You can also travel a bit to go to a bigger dealership. When you build your vehicle online you can choose which dealer it sends the order to.what do you mean tag the car with their name? Like their badge on it “Riverside”?
unfortunately I don’t think there will be a way around it, I live in a very small town and all of the dealers are owned by the same family. It is technically a dealer ordered vehicle because they wouldn’t do it under my own order. ??‍
