So my tracker is now showing, -final preparation-, what does that mean?
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My guess would be where the dealership looks it over, maybe cleans it up if it got soiled at all during transit, generally just "prepares" it for you to pick it up. I could be wrong though.So my tracker is now showing, -final preparation-, what does that mean?
Awesome, looks like I'll be picking up the insurance and planning on make a trip to the dealership in the next day or two.
And then after that posting in the alto blue thread.
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Congratulations! Love that Alto Blue color! I can't wait for mine
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I know it goes down all the time but - is anyone else’s tracker down today? It just keeps kicking me back to the main page and of course it’s giving me false hope that I’m now in production.
Looks like the Maverick guys are on the case on this one and have got some decent ideas about whats going on
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/new-step-in-tracking.11226/page-4
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/new-step-in-tracking.11226/page-4
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Anyone have visibility on a current constraints list?
Everything electronic!
This information came out of the National Auto Dealers Association Show in Las Vegas on Saturday, where Ford executives spoke during a meeting of the company’s franchised dealers.
Ford will ship and sell vehicles without chips controlling non-safety critical features
Ford executives told dealers the company would provide the missing parts for dealers to install within one year.
March 12, 2022
Michael Martinez
LAS VEGAS -- Ford Motor Co., attempting to ease inventory constraints, plans to ship and sell partially built vehicles that are awaiting semiconductors or related components that control non-safety critical features, executives told dealers in a meeting Saturday, according to three people present.
The plan is a revision of an idea floated in July where Ford considered shipping partially-built vehicles to dealers to sit on their lots until parts became available. Now, according to the people, the partially-built vehicles Ford will send dealers will be both drivable and sellable.
Ford said it would send the necessary chips within one year for dealers to install in the sold products, the people said.
It was not immediately clear when it would start shipping and selling the partially-built vehicles or what models would be included in the plan.
A Ford spokesman was not immediately available to comment on the plan.
The automaker has been attempting to find ways to ease the glut of unfinished vehicles piling up on lots around its manufacturing plants. Most recently, what appeared to be hundreds if not thousands of Broncos were piling up in Michigan. Ford said the backlog was chip-related and that it planned to ship those vehicles within three months, pending parts availability.
The ongoing chip shortage has forced a number of automakers to remove certain features to accelerate deliveries to customers.
General Motors late last year said it would remove popular features like heated seats from much of its lineup, later saying customers who ordered vehicles missing that feature could have it added at a later date.
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