GOOD NEWS: MY JANUARY ORDER GETTING PROTECTED FINANCING & FARM BUREAU DISCOUNT!

[pa-outdoorsman]

Sharing this in hopes it will help/reassure fellow January order holders just now receiving VINs and being scheduled for production. As I reported in a separate post yesterday, I received a VIN and a build week of 11/7 for my Jan. 25 order. Order specs are in my signature for those interested.

After confirming with my dealer (Koch 33 in Easton, Pa.) that my truck is indeed scheduled, we began to discuss the deal itself. I had signed up for the Farm Bureau back in July in hopes I'd be able to use that discount in conjunction with the protected Ford Credit finance rates at the time of my order. I forwarded the certificate I received from the Farm Bureau to the sales manager, and he checked in VINCENT and confirmed that the Farm Bureau $500 rebate IS COMPATIBLE with the protected finance rates in effect at the time of my order -- 0% for 36 months, 0.9% for 48, 1.9% for 60 and 3.9% for 72. This is great news!

So, my plan is to use the 1.9% for 60, and glad to get the extra $500 Farm Bureau money too. I put down a $500 refundable deposit at the time of order, so I'm already $1,000 toward my truck before it even goes into production!

Also, in case anyone else runs into this, I ALSO CHANGED MY COLOR today. My original order was Hot Pepper Red, but after seeing lots of photos of Cactus Gray trucks on this forum, that color become my favorite. I actually figured I'd be pushed to MY23 and maybe switch to the new Avalanche Gray, but after being surprised by my VIN, I told my dealer I really wanted to switch to Cactus Gray. He was hesitant at first, because he feared it could cause additional delays, but I told him @fordvideoguy assured me a color change is easy even after you are scheduled and can be done pretty much right up until the order is sent to the plant for production. So, he did it this morning and almost immediately my truck was updated in the Ford order tracking system. Screen shot below as proof. Just figured I'd mention this in case anyone else had some doubts about their original color choice and wanted to make a change. Don't be afraid to do that. I figure I'll have this Maverick for a decade or more. That's a long time to look at a vehicle and think you ended up with your second choice on color!

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[thevol]

Thats interesting, I was told I could not change the color after a VIN was assigned, do you know how exactly it was done?

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

Thats interesting, I was told I could not change the color after a VIN was assigned, do you know how exactly it was done?

No. I mean, my dealer did it in the Ford ordering system. I don't know anything about how that works on the computer. But as @fordvideoguy explained to me, once you have a VIN and a build week, your order is no longer locked in the order system, even though it's still at Priority 2. So, the dealer can easily go in, change the color and hit submit.

That's what I told my dealer, and apparently that's what he did, because like I said, he emailed me an updated order sheet from his system, and then I logged into the Ford order tracking system and my red truck is now a gray truck. So, I'd say it worked!

If you need more, reach out directly to Tim at [email protected]

 

[Maverickblues]

Thats interesting, I was told I could not change the color after a VIN was assigned, do you know how exactly it was done?

I would go to the dealer if it is close by, but if not it still is an easy change. They just look up your order number with Ford and change the color listed. You can do it as long as it is not in production. I like to go to make sure they are going to follw through. That's just me.

 

[js380]

Sharing this in hopes it will help/reassure fellow January order holders just now receiving VINs and being scheduled for production. As I reported in a separate post yesterday, I received a VIN and a build week of 11/7 for my Jan. 25 order. Order specs are in my signature for those interested.

After confirming with my dealer (Koch 33 in Easton, Pa.) that my truck is indeed scheduled, we began to discuss the deal itself. I had signed up for the Farm Bureau back in July in hopes I'd be able to use that discount in conjunction with the protected Ford Credit finance rates at the time of my order. I forwarded the certificate I received from the Farm Bureau to the sales manager, and he checked in VINCENT and confirmed that the Farm Bureau $500 rebate IS COMPATIBLE with the protected finance rates in effect at the time of my order -- 0% for 36 months, 0.9% for 48, 1.9% for 60 and 3.9% for 72. This is great news!

So, my plan is to use the 1.9% for 60, and glad to get the extra $500 Farm Bureau money too. I put down a $500 refundable deposit at the time of order, so I'm already $1,000 toward my truck before it even goes into production!

Also, in case anyone else runs into this, I ALSO CHANGED MY COLOR today. My original order was Hot Pepper Red, but after seeing lots of photos of Cactus Gray trucks on this forum, that color become my favorite. I actually figured I'd be pushed to MY23 and maybe switch to the new Avalanche Gray, but after being surprised by my VIN, I told my dealer I really wanted to switch to Cactus Gray. He was hesitant at first, because he feared it could cause additional delays, but I told him @fordvideoguy assured me a color change is easy even after you are scheduled and can be done pretty much right up until the order is sent to the plant for production. So, he did it this morning and almost immediately my truck was updated in the Ford order tracking system. Screen shot below as proof. Just figured I'd mention this in case anyone else had some doubts about their original color choice and wanted to make a change. Don't be afraid to do that. I figure I'll have this Maverick for a decade or more. That's a long time to look at a vehicle and think you ended up with your second choice on color!

So a order placed on Jan. 8th 2022 has the 0% for 36 months Ford financing offer?

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

So a order placed on Jan. 8th 2022 has the 0% for 36 months Ford financing offer?

Yes! Interest rates did not change until Feb. 1, 2022, which was after the cutoff date for MY22 Maverick orders. ALL MY22 Maverick orders have the protected incentive interest rate.

 

[js380]

Yes! Interest rates did not change until Feb. 1, 2022, which was after the cutoff date for MY22 Maverick orders. ALL MY22 Maverick orders have the protected incentive interest rate.

Thank you very much for this information.
Hopefully a $750 Ford private offer will be able to stack with this as well.

 

[Maverick2023]

Some dealers just won’t do it. You can’t make them either. So it depends on your dealer’s willingness to help you make the change.

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

Some dealers just won’t do it. You can’t make them either. So it depends on your dealer’s willingness to help you make the change.

It took my dealer literally less than 5 minutes from the time I sent the email confirming I wanted him to make the change to email me back with an updated order summary with the new color.

I am sure there are dealers who won't, but my question is WHY? WHY would you not want a happy customer? A happy customer is a repeat customer!

 

[kcamp317]

Nice. I am also a January order and am glad to get confirmation that the rate and price protection is real. I did a couple changes to my order recently as well, added a moonroof and changed the color to carbonized gray. That was no big deal, neither really affect anything. Now just gotta keep waiting patiently on my VIN and build date. My order is a lux with CP360 but also with an unusual combo of FWD with the EcoBoost 2.0. I'm sure the CP360 and possibly lux is holding mine up but I want those options and not willing to give it up so I'll wait it out.

Nice call on the cactus gray. I like that color. But, I do like metallic paint better. I had originally went with the alto blue and it does look awesome, black in some light/blue metallic in other light angles but looks like a super high maintenance color to keep swirl free and clean. I think I'll be happier with the carbonized. Plus the alto blue was an up-charge similar to the hot pepper red so going to the gray paid for half the add on of the moonroof....lol

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

Nice. I am also a January order and am glad to get confirmation that the rate and price protection is real. I did a couple changes to my order recently as well, added a moonroof and changed the color to carbonized gray. That was no big deal, neither really affect anything. Now just gotta keep waiting patiently on my VIN and build date. My order is a lux with CP360 but also with an unusual combo of FWD with the EcoBoost 2.0. I'm sure the CP360 and possibly lux is holding mine up but I want those options and not willing to give it up so I'll wait it out.

Nice call on the cactus gray. I like that color. But, I do like metallic paint better. I had originally went with the alto blue and it does look awesome, black in some light/blue metallic in other light angles but looks like a super high maintenance color to keep swirl free and clean. I think I'll be happier with the carbonized. Plus the alto blue was an up-charge similar to the hot pepper red so going to the gray paid for half the add on of the moonroof....lol

Yes, Alto Blue almost always looks black to me, unless there is bright light hitting it. But I agree, would be a PITA to keep clean and maintain. I have had silver cars in the past (and son has one currently), they are definitely easiest to keep clean and don't show the dirt.

I have never had a flat color with a clear coat like the Cactus Gray, but I really dig it. So, I am looking forward to it.

Hope you get scheduled soon. I sure did not think I would get scheduled, so all I can say is, when you least expect it, expect it!

 

[DJF]

Hmm, my dealer just informed me that they can't make a color change once an order has been scheduled for production and has a VIN. Another instance of a dealer that isn't fully up to speed with Ford's ordering system? I just reached out to FVG, I'd love to educate my dealer on accomplishing this task. Hopefully I won't have to do this again with the financing once my truck shows up. They completed my order through ROVP a week after I placed it because I pestered them based on what I learned here and from Tim"s videos.

 

[pa-outdoorsman]

Hmm, my dealer just informed me that they can't make a color change once an order has been scheduled for production and has a VIN. Another instance of a dealer that isn't fully up to speed with Ford's ordering system? I just reached out to FVG, I'd love to educate my dealer on accomplishing this task. Hopefully I won't have to do this again with the financing once my truck shows up. They completed my order through ROVP a week after I placed it because I pestered them based on what I learned here and from Tim"s videos.

Hope you can get that worked out. It seems to be a pretty simple process.

 

[Shakesbear]

Is scheduling done for 2022? Never saw any scheduling posts for this week, and now that it's Friday, for next week. If you have been scheduled for Nov 7 week, then that would seem to be the end of the line, but no info on scheduling the week of Oct 31 or Nov 7 has ever been released that I know of. If that's it, then something should come out next week about exactly how and when to move the remaining 2022 orders to 2023; or 2024; or 2025. What a cluster this whole process has been from the very beginning

 

[NJ Pinelands]

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