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So I have my window sticker. Truck was scheduled for this week and the update last Thursday showed in production. So does getting the sticker indicate it is actually being built or am I just naïve? After many months I have been preparing myself for damn thing getting bumped.
So I have my window sticker. Truck was scheduled for this week and the update last Thursday showed in production. So does getting the sticker indicate it is actually being built or am I just naïve? After many months I have been preparing myself for damn thing getting bumped.
Window sticker does not guarantee it will be built that week. Sticker becomes available week prior the scheduled build week while they queue / program your truck for assembly. It can still get pushed (mine did).
Good indicator is if there is a date for 'in production' followed by as-built data being available.
I wouldn’t pay much attention to their online tracker. Mine went into production for a week, then back to scheduled for 3 months later, then pulled in 2 months. My dealer said it actually showed as built and in their inventory for a couple of weeks after this and calls to their Ford rep provided no clarity on what was really going on. It went back to in production for 9 days a couple weeks ago without ever having a firm date set. It now says built for the last 4 days but I’ll believe it when it hits the lot.
So I have my window sticker. Truck was scheduled for this week and the update last Thursday showed in production. So does getting the sticker indicate it is actually being built or am I just naïve? After many months I have been preparing myself for damn thing getting bumped.
As said, no, getting the sticker doesn't mean it's being built, however it DOES mean that it's been released from 'order processing' and sent to production (I was bored over the weekend and did a lot of reading into this). So now that you have the window sticker, the assembly plant actually has the order and will actually schedule it for build. That doesn't mean, though, that the 'scheduled week of' date is good - mine went from week of 3/31 to week of 5/19 to now week of 4/21. Getting an actual date instead of 'week of' is more indicative that it's going to be built.
Personally? I'm waiting until I get the 'built' notification (or check the tracker to see that it says 'built') before I get excited about anything else.
Waiting for truck to ship and noticed my tracker updated today, but I think it crashed out. Does this mean my truck was unbuilt and put back into part bins? LOL
Thanks everyone for the info. What I feared, but then nothing is surprising me at this point. It is amazing how much lack of certainty from Ford. What a helluvaway to run a business (or not), Good luck to all.
Waiting for truck to ship and noticed my tracker updated today, but I think it crashed out. Does this mean my truck was unbuilt and put back into part bins? LOL
Hahaha...well hopefully not but maybe they decided to build mine instead? j/k. Probably an 'update' glitch.
Waiting for truck to ship and noticed my tracker updated today, but I think it crashed out. Does this mean my truck was unbuilt and put back into part bins? LOL
im actually worried some of the trucks may need to be disassembled…. I moved into a fixer upper in 2019 right when the first round of tariffs caused everyone to seek new suppliers. My stain free quartz countertops are crap because the epoxy they used wasn’t up to par. In their rush for a new supplier quality suffered.
ford may be rushing the lines to get as much built pre tariff as possible they may turn out junk because they are trying to go too fast. Only time will tell and I hope I’m wrong.
im actually worried some of the trucks may need to be disassembled…. I moved into a fixer upper in 2019 right when the first round of tariffs caused everyone to seek new suppliers. My stain free quartz countertops are crap because the epoxy they used wasn’t up to par. In their rush for a new supplier quality suffered.
ford may be rushing the lines to get as much built pre tariff as possible they may turn out junk because they are trying to go too fast. Only time will tell and I hope I’m wrong.
I don’t think the tariffs going into effect are the same as when covid hit. During covid there was a supply chain issue, personal issue, and some companies closed completely. This required manufacturers to move personal around who may not be completely trained for a particular job and source material from different vendors. Of course quality would be affected. IMHO I think the tariffs are good and will bring jobs back to America. Market will go down, interest rates will go down and there will be a slump but will soon rebound and see a huge growth or boom. However, any anti-Trump fans will feel the world is ending, constitution is being burned and we need to build an ark.
I don’t think the tariffs going into effect are the same as when covid hit. During covid there was a supply chain issue, personal issue, and some companies closed completely. This required manufacturers to move personal around who may not be completely trained for a particular job and source material from different vendors. Of course quality would be affected. IMHO I think the tariffs are good and will bring jobs back to America. Market will go down, interest rates will go down and there will be a slump but will soon rebound and see a huge growth or boom. However, any anti-Trump fans will feel the world is ending, constitution is being burned and we need to build an ark.
Shipped! Wahoo!!!
im not going to get into a political discussion here. If you notice my timeline it was pre covid. No supply chain issues. The rehab work was done in 2018 and I moved into in 2019.
the only thing I will say regarding tariffs is read any macroeconomic text book from any well reputed scholar regardless of political affiliation and decide for yourself. Selling an idea based on buzzwords is easy but it’s very difficult to disprove the math behind it and there is empirical evidence to back that math up. (Google chicken wars).
there are other ways to get jobs back to the us which is a bipartisan issue and one I agree with.
regardless of your beliefs on tariffs if ford is trying to push capacity beyond normal limits it is reasonable to expect a higher error rate. That is my main comment.
when I check my 2025 order it says order number and vin not match with a corresponding to vehicle order!!! hope it's another ford glitch and they didn't delete my truck!!
The fun thing is that when I login to my ford account at ford I see my 2024 mustang gt and I see my not yet built 2025 Super duty in my vehicle dashboard!! How crazy is this!! And 3 mins later the Super duty is gone!!! from my vehicle dashboard???
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when I check my 2025 order it says order number and vin not match with a corresponding to vehicle order!!! hope it's another ford glitch and they didn't delete my truck!!
Mine did that for a couple of days as well. It was just a glitch. Dealer called me today and said it’s on the train and should be delivered next week. There’s hope.
The fun thing is that when I login to my ford account at ford I see my 2024 mustang gt and I see my not yet built 2025 Super duty in my vehicle dashboard!! How crazy is this!! And 3 mins later the Super duty is gone!!! from my vehicle dashboard???
I tried this about 10 minutes ago tonight and the same thing happened to me. Doing a google search this seems to be a glitch. People in the Maverick and Bronco forums come across this issue frequently.
when I check my 2025 order it says order number and vin not match with a corresponding to vehicle order!!! hope it's another ford glitch and they didn't delete my truck!!
It usually does something like this when they're doing something with your order and something is changing. Usually it's when it changes status. They most likely aren't deleting your order.
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