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Apr 21, 2019 | 08:55 AM

#16

297HOUND

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I went in and spoke with my dealership last Friday. Ford still hasn't issued the VIN!!! They estimated I am still 4-6 weeks out from delivery. It has already been 7 weeks since order was placed. Longer order time than I thought (and was told at time of purchase). My dealer really looked in the system (reason I went in because I thought they were busy and not taking the time to really look). Waiting kind of stinks, but oh well.

Apr 21, 2019 | 09:55 AM

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Buergel

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My dealer ordered my lariat sport on 3/25 and they stated at that time that historically custom orders had a lead time of 6-8 weeks. Last week they let me know that the estimated delivery date is scheduled for 5/6, so pretty much exactly 6 weeks. We’ll see....I’m in central Ohio by the way.

Apr 21, 2019 | 09:36 PM

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z0624

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Ordered 3/8 and delivered 4/19. Was showing as scheduled delivery of 4/29 so arrived early. I’m in Detroit.

Apr 21, 2019 | 10:55 PM

#19

mattymax

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Buddy ordered his on 3/29.
Build date is showing 4/23.
Projected delivery of 5/12 which would be right at 6 weeks.

We will see.

Apr 22, 2019 | 12:18 AM

#20

ExDakotaOwner

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From: Syracuse, NY

I dont wanna be "that guy" but are the early arrival dates kind of a bad thing? Seems like alot of minor issues lately because it was rushed, perhaps?

Apr 22, 2019 | 08:22 AM

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67L48

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From: Frederick, CO

I don't believe that anyone at Ford corporate is rushing anything. Builds are early and late due to two things: 1) the dealership didn't really submit the order when it said it would/did (people get busy, lots of deals, a form didn't get submitted) and 2) there is a complex system where certain builds can get delayed for parts. Despite what we might think, Ford doesn't have a bottomless pit of the 387,142 components used to build a truck. Someone did a really nice write-up to see how builds are allocated ... and how a given build can really suffer for lack of priority if things break the wrong way.

I've read a lot of these threads and see no correlation between issues and beating OTD.

Apr 22, 2019 | 09:06 AM

#22

z0624

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My delivery was early based really after the actual production process date. Logistics and delivery appeared to take far less time than was estimated and probably has a little something to do with the fact I'm in the Motor City which is also only 5 hours from Kentucky.