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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:07 PM
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I am waiting on my 2015 F150 Lariat screw built in Kansas city it is in transit. Has anyone received a truck from KCAP yet?
I was curious as to the quality controls from this plant as it compares to the Detroit plant which appears to be questionable.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:16 PM
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Mine is waiting to be shipped from there but i looked two over yesterday at the dealer and they looked good as far as body gaps, dash pad, paint ect.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:32 PM
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I hope that holds true. I saw on another thread that KCAP received some awards I guess that's better than nothing.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:40 PM
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KC = Same as Dearborn when they started in October 2014. New tools, new equipment, new processes, with an assembly line learning curve.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 08:54 PM
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msgford, do you know what they were building before the 2015's? It is a little concerning buying a all new truck in an all new plant hopefully the workers were well trained first and not like here you go getem built lol.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by maddog357
msgford, do you know what they were building before the 2015's? It is a little concerning buying a all new truck in an all new plant hopefully the workers were well trained first and not like here you go getem built lol.
They were building F150s. That is where mine was built.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 09:08 PM
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KC produced 2014 F150's until December 2014 and then they shut down for the 2015 retool. The good news, there definitely will be a transfer of knowledge from what dearborn learned over the last 6 months. This will hopefully give KC an edge with initial start up quality. Don't worry about your truck. It will be fine.
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 09:20 PM
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I hope your right can't wait for this bad boy to get here.
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http://www.at.ford.com/news/Plants/P...ity%20Assembly
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