Waiting room

[Little Wild Boar]

Checked, Ford tracker is down for me, ordertrack still has in production, sync updates still unavailable, no modules populated. If my scheduled build day was the 21st and and the 17 day lag is accurate then the 31st for actual build makes sense, or maybe tomorrow. Who the hell knows.

We figured mine would be 30th.. you definitely are either far ahead of mine or close behind.. depends who you talk to

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[thekingprawn]

We figured mine would be 30th.. you definitely are either far ahead of mine or close behind.. depends who you talk to

I honestly don't understand why Ford/dealerships are so tight with information. Communication is the key to success in any relationship whether personal, professional, or transactional. Do they want to fail or do they simply not get the concept?

 

[thekingprawn]

For anyone beyond "in production" on the ordertrack app, did the blend date ever populate on the status?

 

[Little Wild Boar]

I honestly don't understand why Ford/dealerships are so tight with information. Communication is the key to success in any relationship whether personal, professional, or transactional. Do they want to fail or do they simply not get the concept?

Well... This is the 3rd vehicle I have ordered from ford... And the other two did not travel by rail.. as far as I know. Since I'm in Michigan.. and there are ford plants all around this area. It was always like order and wait 6-8 weeks and it's at the dealership... Never even knew the details.. I think it's kinda cool to get statuses.. but it is also very very frustrating.. as you know... Seems to make the time go slower ..

 

[MJE]

I honestly don't understand why Ford/dealerships are so tight with information. Communication is the key to success in any relationship whether personal, professional, or transactional. Do they want to fail or do they simply not get the concept?

Honestly I suspect many think that ordering a car is just the same as it was 40 years ago. The last 20 years though have changed consumer expectations drastically. Really, Amazon has set the standard that companies need to reach for real time information & tracking. I’m just trying to be patient here without having that yet.

 

[thekingprawn]

Honestly I suspect many think that ordering a car is just the same as it was 40 years ago. The last 20 years though have changed consumer expectations drastically. Really, Amazon has set the standard that companies need to reach for real time information & tracking. I’m just trying to be patient here without having that yet.

I'm mentally back at my first description of the process as being like yelling your desires over the edge of a chasm and hoping the deity in the sulfurous depths is benevolent and responds with something other than laughter. I tend toward the dramatic sometimes. Honestly though, the data exists. Just communicate it.

 

[Moltenburn]

You won't get anything from them for this step. You'll only know by stalking it on the trackers.

Correct. Time to start hitting the rail and freight sites

 

[Clester74]

For anyone beyond "in production" on the ordertrack app, did the blend date ever populate on the status?

No

 

[Little Wild Boar]

For anyone beyond "in production" on the ordertrack app, did the blend date ever populate on the status?

No.. I don't think it applies to the bronco sport.. I believe it when the frame meets the body... This app was made for F150's .. ours is a unibody design

 

[Meanderthal]

No.. I don't think it applies to the bronco sport.. I believe it when the frame meets the body... This app was made for F150's .. ours is a unibody design

For a unibody vehicle, I would except the blend to be when the engine and drivetrain are assembled into the body. Those are assembled separately and go in as one big item, similar to the body sitting on the frame of a truck.

 

[thekingprawn]

For a unibody vehicle, I would except the blend to be when the engine and drivetrain are assembled into the body. Those are assembled separately and go in as one big item, similar to the body sitting on the frame of a truck.

All the reading I've done make it sound like day the guts go in and the unit moves down the line for final assembly. I was hoping that was a marker to watch for to indicate progress, but it seems to be a data point Ford has abandoned, at least for now and for these models.

I hope Ford is learning from the experience of shifting from a majority dealer stock to a majority retail ordered system. Dealers don't care quite as much about individual units as retail customers do. Ford has to get better at communicating the information to keep customers happy and brand loyal.

 

[Little Wild Boar]

We figured mine would be 30th.. you definitely are either far ahead of mine or close behind.. depends who you talk to

Ford caught up

 

[Tall Timbers]

You won't get anything from them for this step. You'll only know by stalking it on the trackers.

I don't have the VIN yet. Maybe I'll check with my salesman and see if he has that.

 

[WLK]

I have data!

 

[Jafo]

Wooo Hooo! It looks like they issued my window sticker yesterday! The wait continues, but at least it gave me something new to look at!

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