Updated Commodity Constraints List as of 2/13/23

[Christenhildebrandt]

Nobody has posted a scheduling outlook for this week yet which seems odd. Usually it is posted somewhere by now but maybe there is a pause after a flood of activity last week?

Usually it leaks out Tuesday Morning or at the latest on the @fordvideoguy livestream.

Sponsored

 

[commadorebob]

I think their constraints is an annual constraint. Scheduling seems to happen in chunks. They have a chunk of Lariat parts come in? We see a ton of Lariats scheduled. I wonder if the current hybrid flush will last or if we are due for a drought on the grounds the supplier has delivered all they promised this quarter.

Again, who knows. It's just irritating to see Ford build a ton of non-retail vehicles when they have already said they can't meet all the retail order demand. It's like, "yeah, well then effing stop wasting capacity on non-retail orders."

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Looks like my RAV4 will be in my garage for a LONG time. Oh well, come on Corolla Cross Hybrid or Taco Jr.

 

[reneau]

Thanks! The more you read the more confusing it seems to be.

 

[reneau]

Again, I’m 50yrs old and have always been a Ford man but I will say….. I’ll NEVER order another Ford ever again

Making me kind of upset with them as well! Never seen such a screwed-up mess as this. They should tell us if we will be able to get one this year or not. Just tell us something true! It's really not that hard. Waiting with no idea what is going on just makes people made.

 

[lsudelts]

Red = over capacity
Black = under capacity

My truck has been built and shipped. Today is 419 from original order. Waiting on delivery to dealer. XLT Eco Lux 360. My hitch will come from the factory. I ordered accessories through the dealer. Front and rear splash guards and the hard trifold cover along with a few others. Ordered on a Monday and by Friday everything came in except the hood protector. Hard to believe the factory cannot get the guards and bed covers.

 

[Huchipapa]

Again, I’m 50yrs old and have always been a Ford man but I will say….. I’ll NEVER order another Ford ever again

My parents had 4 new cars in their lifetime; 2 Fords and 2 Mopars. My sister bought a new ‘88 Taurus and my brother a new 1999 Taurus. But otherwise we’ve all continually bought Japanese/Korean. My Mav (should it ever get built) will be my first Big 3 new car. But my Plan B (I’ll cancel the Mav and move on in September) are all Japanese.

 

[bc22]

I'm a ford shareholder, so I want them to succeed. The last time i bought a Ford was in the 90's. But if they string me along for a year and cancel my order, then I'll never buy another Ford, and I'll make sure to tell everyone I know why. This whole experience went from a fun I'm buying my first new car to a less fun one due to this process.

 

[tarpkir]

I vote for luck. Why not just add the LUX package (which includes the hitch) and is under capacity, just like SIBL. That combo should have guaranteed a build also.

Absolutely, could be totally luck. There is no way to figure Ford's black magic formula for what to build. But, to answer your question; I guess I didn't order the LUX package because there's nothing in it I want. (I think they removed the SIBL, didn't they?) Plus, it's pricey.

Also, look at the items with the highest capacity. SIBL = 20. LUX = 5. So, maybe the chances for the LUX are not quite as high. Seems like if anyone wanted to guarantee a build, add the sunroof, which is a 25 in capacity available.

As to why your config hasn't been built yet, that is a mystery and it sucks. Seems like they have been picking configs with more options and yours certainly qualifies; plus the time you've been waiting,. Good luck. I'm optimistic you'll get it built this model year; which is all anyone can hope for on this vehicle.

 

[NextTruck]

Okay, but here's the part I don't get: dealerships who took more orders than they have allocations for apparently know that now (Ford didn't give clear allocation info before the bank opened). So now that they know, Ford should be leaning hard on those dealers to just TELL those customers who ordered later. Why even LET dealers keep those people hanging? I'd rather know than just hang for a year and THEN find out your dealer took x# of orders they absolutely could NOT fill.

I emailed my salesman last week and asked the question finally about orders vs. allocations. No response yet, so today I will call and see if he even still works there. This is the second no response.

 

[JoeJoe311]

Which considering the fact they were hoping people would jump to EB, it makes even less sense to drag those orders out. Burn through the EBs and then the hybrid people still waiting are only waiting because they want to. Ford can then be a little more gruff at the end of the year when the model year runs out: "you've known since January we couldn't build them all and had the chance to jump to an EB since June and get it in a month."

By dragging the EBs out, they specifically lose that argument.

/ranting posts (I need to go do scoutmaster things...)

Could it just be the parts that are delivered to the factory by all the companies that build those parts are 50% hybrid based and 50% EB based? I mean parts can only be build so fast by the subcontractors, it would make sense if two are making the opposite necessary pieces, the deliveries would be evenly split.

 

[Thoron99]

I think the problem with not many people changing their orders is a lack of communication from Ford and the dealers. If it wasn’t for MTC I wouldn’t know anything about the memos. Zero emails from my dealer or from Ford.

Not sure how many MTC members there are, but it’s probably a fraction of total Maverick orders?

 

[commadorebob]

Could it just be the parts that are delivered to the factory by all the companies that build those parts are 50% hybrid based and 50% EB based? I mean parts can only be build so fast by the subcontractors, it would make sense if two are making the opposite necessary pieces, the deliveries would be evenly split.

I would agree but the numbers just don't back that up. Ford is building plenty of EBs and could easily cover retail orders. They just aren't. The production numbers from December and January support that theory. They are only scheduling at 50-50, not building at 50-50.

It appears Ford is doing 35% Hybrid, 35% EB Retail, 30% EB non-Retail.

 

[realshelby]

Allocation? There IS some black magic involved with that.
So you ordered from a big dealer so you expect a better allocation and better chance of your Maverick being built!
Ordered from a small dealer...now you feel there is NO hope of Maverick being built!
Many larger dealers will have a larger allocation.
BUT...it seems to me some here think that is a big advantage? Maybe if you are first in line there. But they also may have many times the number of retail orders in their order bank too. A small rural dealer may only have a couple orders in the bank. But may still have allocation to fill all of them.
It is a gamble. In which we have almost no control over...

 

[Busterloo]

Red = over capacity
Black = under capacity

I ordered 2023 Lariat EB Luxury with 4K tow package. Is the 4K tow package a restraint?

Sponsored