This was sent from a ford rep today as to why my truck has been delayed...

"Sorry for the delay on delivery. It has hold codes on it and the plant has not released it yet. There are over 1000 Dearborn F150s being held to check some issue (they don’t tell us what), sorry."

Anyone else ever hear this?

 

Can anyone put some insite into this , maybe an answer to the long awaiting shipment times se of us have seen

 

means they found something wrong with a certain batch of trucks, could be assembly related to a certain timeframe, or could be a bad batch of some sub component in certain optioned trucks.

 

Yeah figured that more wondering if anyone has an clues to the issue they are investigating/ fixing it , and a time frame to getting those trucks shipped out to customers . Maybe one of the ford reps on here knows something or could look into it , I'm guessing if it's a thousand plus trucks , we aren't the only two curious about this

 

I've sent this in a PM to Brittnay. No reply yet. I'd really like to know if this means a week, 2 weeks, a month? Really sucks being left in the dark.

My truck was built 4/7 with a blend of 0143

 

Well, fellow hoser ... there's curious, and then there's obsessive

Jist pullin' ye middle fanger thar, yungin' .. I reckon, th' way ah's been a-cipherin' me builds 'n blends, ah's in the same boat as y'all, given me timin' n' sich.

Oh yeah ... Good ol' Danielle ain't been returnin' ol' Bubber's calls fer some strange reason ...thet jist ain't neighbourly, aight ...

Salut!
Vladimirsky

 

I can't believe the amount of effort you put in to type like that...

 

I ordered a Lariat on 02/09/2015. Mine has been out of production and "awaiting shipping" since 03/27/2015. A couple of weeks ago one of the Customer Service Reps advised me that there was a "plant hold" on mine, but couldn't provide any details. Last week another CSR told me that the hold was lifted and that it was back to "awaiting shipping". The Sales Manager at my dealer can't provide any additional information. There is no ETA information on mine in COTUS.

I am starting to feel that there must be something wrong with it that I'm not being told. From the sounds of many of the posts here at this site, it appears that it may be a very general problem; probably the manufacturer wanting to avoid some future recall evolution.

I understand the manufacturer not wanting to ship a product with known defects. I also understand that at this point in time I do not own the vehicle. However, I do not understand the lack of communication. Being shuffled from one Customer Service Babe to another doesn't constitute good customer service. Truth and accuracy matters.

As a buyer (or potential buyer, at this point in time) of a $50K product, I expect better treatment than this. My dealer advised me that there would be about an 8 week wait for an ordered f150 when I ordered it, and that's fine. However at the end of 11 weeks now, with no end in sight, and no further information coming from the "mother ship", I'm not only becoming concerned about the quality of the product, I am now also becoming a bit pissed off.

Without further explateration, I think that if I haven't received a satisfactory explanation for the delay, and an accurate ETA by this time next week, I will very likely cancel my order. It's a truck; it ain't the Mona Lisa, and there are lots of alternatives out there. Friday Night Rant off.

 

Yer right it IS just a truck... and as such, not worth getting this agitated over.

Yer dealer my have shorted his estimate - mine said at least 8-10, perhaps longer. And more than a few folks have waited far, FAR longer than you.

Example - this hyur feller - ah don't see no histrionics evident neither, lol: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/wait-...2/#post4138762

Also realize that they are under no obligation to expose internal process changes or anomalies - nothing in their contractual verbiage speaks to that. Yep - you do NOT own it yet.

Additionally - are you not aware of the current lead time delay for extended tanks? It's been discussed - a LOT. So - being self-informed does hep with the ol' BP. And it hep ye manage ye expectations.

You nailed yer choice; wait or walk. It's that simple. Not gonna change a single solitary thing at the end of the day - for anyone other than yeseff. It's not gonna engender a massive exodus of frustrated would-be owners to seek solace and free kleenex at a Doodge er Chebbie dealership. Most appear to me as having a smidge of tolerance and patience... and perhaps something to keep them otherwise occupied. That's whut me hobbies be fer me - and me 'honey-do' list, lol.

Bottom line - yer not singularly special or entitled - so don't demand that Ford treat you as such. There is no weapon being held to ye head.

Rant noted.

PS - just so you know, yer Sexist remark concerning our very nice Ford Service reps is Report-worthy. There is NO Place for that offensive nonsense here.

 

I agree 100 percent , to everything you have said , and mdg your an idiot , people are entitled to their opinions , and personally when spending 50 grand I want some Damn customer service and some answers . Hell I ordered a memory stick the other day and could track it every step of the way , and needless to say it arrived on time . Now if that memory stick was supposed to be delivered on said day and suddenly there was no delivery date anymore and no one could tell me where it was , I would be considering canceling my order , a ford truck is no different .
And for your comment that he is only one person well you know what I'm one person too , so that makes two people , now take us two people and all the people well tell about our experience and maybe they change their mind ... Do you see where this is going ? Every person and every sale should matter , cause if no single person ordered , they wouldn't be in business now would they?