FORD MAVERICK DELAYS AND CHIP SHORTAGE

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Pretty sure Toyota resolved this issue over the past 20 years.

They did not resolve my issue. This is why I ordered a Mav.

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[OTACORB]

GM had announced they were not producing any vehicles other than high end models with heated seats, steering wheels or heated side mirrors. They are also limiting the availability of some of their safety tech on lower end models. Clearly all of those add ons require additional chips. I think it goes without saying that is the real hold up for those with Maverick Lux packages. Ford has just not said this yet, but they don't really seem to be very transparent when it comes to this stuff anyway.

 

[BobbyM]

Hey Tim, @fordvideoguy I ordered a Lariat Ecoboost w/ Co-Pilot 360 with you on the last day of ordering. Will it possibly speed up my order if I have the 360 removed. It's the only option I had other than HPR paint?

 

[BobbyM]

Yesterday, I saw a very long Union Pacific auto transport train in Nogales, Arizona, heading north from Mexico. Nogales is the entry point for Fords manufactured in the Hermosillo plant. I'm curious what the mix of Mavericks and Bronco Sports are on that train. It was the longest auto transport train I've seen in Nogales in quite some time.

Hopefully mine is on it. My Maverick XL was built 01/26 and email from Ford on 01/29 that it has been shipped. Hoping!!!

 

[Younglefthander]

Interesting, received email from FMC 2/04 at 11:00 pm that my 2nd ordered XLT Maverick 2.5 w/Lux moved back up to 3/07 from 3/21 after originally having a 2/21 build week. My 1st ordered Lariat 2.5 w/Lux with a estimated delivery of 2/21 got pushed to 5/22 like many others. Will be interesting to see if the XLT really gets built week of 3/07 and then shipped if the chip situation gets worked out. If so, will my Lariat get the chip(s) and ship before the XLT? Curious to see how this plays out.

 

[MTMaverick]

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Maybe I missed it, but is yours EB or HY?
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It's a hybrid lariat lux, 360... see signature.

Edit, lol I didn't have the Hybrid in my signature before.

 

[CoryDallas8123]

Interesting, received email from FMC 2/04 at 11:00 pm that my 2nd ordered XLT Maverick 2.5 w/Lux moved back up to 3/07 from 3/21 after originally having a 2/21 build week. My 1st ordered Lariat 2.5 w/Lux with a estimated delivery of 2/21 got pushed to 5/22 like many others. Will be interesting to see if the XLT really gets built week of 3/07 and then shipped if the chip situation gets worked out. If so, will my Lariat get the chip(s) and ship before the XLT? Curious to see how this plays out.

Did you order different models to just see which gets built first and that’s what you’ll “settle” for or do you want both trucks?

After this whole mess I should have ordered multiple trucks from dealers in different regions and just taken what “won the race” to be built first.

 

[Leroy]

Thanks Tim

I sure hope my hood does not have a decal saying "second edition"

 

[XLTLUXRED]

I'm thinking that now that the books are closed on ordering and Ford has a much better grasp on how many different packages they are going to need, scheduling might actually get better, especially if they are still trying to focus on the older order dates, which I for one am hoping they are. This also might finally give all those folks who ordered from smaller dealership a glimmer of light on finally getting their orders scheduled.

Kind of ironic, isn't it? After all that "whose on first" stuff, Thursday after Thursday, it won't really matter when your truck got put together because they're all "one chip short of a Maverick." Then when the chips finally arrive, the plant can put the chips in quickly and send them out en masse! MAYBE my truck constructed in December and given it's spray-in bedliner in January will arrive a week or two before those being built in April. But the trucks being built last will have been sitting around far less time than mine. Maybe the last built get the best deal after all.

 

[CoryDallas8123]

Kind of ironic, isn't it? After all that "whose on first" stuff, Thursday after Thursday, it won't really matter when your truck got put together because they're all "one chip short of a Maverick." Then when the finally chips arrive, the plant can put the chips in quickly and send them out en masse! MAYBE my truck constructed in December and given it's spray-in bedliner in January will arrive a week or two before those being built in April. But the trucks being built last will have been sitting around far less time than mine. Maybe the last built get the best deal after all.

Very true. Hindsight is 20/20 and it may work out that way.

 

[DryHeat]

GM had announced they were not producing any vehicles other than high end models with heated seats, steering wheels or heated side mirrors. They are also limiting the availability of some of their safety tech on lower end models. Clearly all of those add ons require additional chips. I think it goes without saying that is the real hold up for those with Maverick Lux packages. Ford has just not said this yet, but they don't really seem to be very transparent when it comes to this stuff anyway.

When you post something like this, could you give us a link to the article?

Oftentimes there's more detail buried in the article that could be useful to know.

Thanks...

 

[Younglefthander]

Did you order different models to just see which gets built first and that’s what you’ll “settle” for or do you want both trucks?

After this whole mess I should have ordered multiple trucks from dealers in different regions and just taken what “won the race” to be built first.

Man, wish I would’ve been that smart. I was sold day 1 on the Maverick and on June 7th didn’t know what a Maverick was. I want the Lariat w/Lux. Month later my wife wanted one. She went XLT. In Sept. got a Bronco Sport that has adapted cruise control. My wife after a couple months or so with the BS said if Maverick doesn’t have ACC then she’s out. I don’t see me having 2 Mavericks but……

 

[DryHeat]

It's one chip that is needed in every vehicle no matter what the trim or equipment is.

Tim AKA @fordvideoguy: Is this still considered accurate?

I ask because:

• there are a lot of posts on here and other threads about trucks built in mid-January that are being held up by the missing chip, and
• there are a lot of other posts about trucks built 2 weeks or more later that have already been shipped.

I'm trying to figure out how that could be if the chip that is missing is needed in all the trucks. Why be unable to complete some trucks and then, two weeks later, be able to complete other trucks with no problem?

Are they using all the incoming chips for the trucks coming off the line and letting the ones that are "on chip hold" just sit? Or is it something else?

 

[fordvideoguy]

Tim AKA @fordvideoguy: Is this still considered accurate?

I ask because:

• there are a lot of posts on here and other threads about trucks built in mid-January that are being held up by the missing chip, and
• there are a lot of other posts about trucks built 2 weeks or more later that have already been shipped.

I'm trying to figure out how that could be if the chip that is missing is needed in all the trucks. Why be unable to complete some trucks and then, two weeks later, be able to complete other trucks with no problem?

Are they using all the incoming chips for the trucks coming off the line and letting the ones that are "on chip hold" just sit? Or is it something else?

That was what I was told, I wouldn't think they would let a vehicle sit a couple weeks. Maybe it's a chip need on a certain package like the luxury package or CP 360. That would maybe make more sense. Maybe I'll have to investigate more.

 

[onetequilatwo]

Read a reply from Farley to Jim Cramer that a factory in China was shutdown due to COVID. They drained the Qtr1 chips produced and will have an impact in QTR 2. This explains why there are so many trucks parked outside the Mexico plant. Ford thought they would get the chips JIT and than poof China shuts down any city with COVID.

Chips ere in tight supply and chips from the shutdown plant will never be replaced. Now Ford is is telling branch managers there are not enough chips for all the builds.

Not happy, but get it. We've seen ECO boost orders in January get picked. Have seen a Dec 9th eco order from my dealer get scheduled. I'm in the middle of the pack for orders even thou in the last full week of October. Of course like my Hybrid by Labor Day for a long road trip. Will not go without the truck with all it's safety features on such a long drive. Not 19 any more.

Since we, hybrid orders have been passed over, It is my hope that Ford shifts the blend to be more hybrids sooner than later!

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