No. You could very well receive good news this Thursday.Just got Dear John letter from Ford. Does that mean I’m out this week?
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No. You could very well receive good news this Thursday.Just got Dear John letter from Ford. Does that mean I’m out this week?
I called the dealer today to see if I was previewing and didn’t sound like it. Doesn’t seem like a good sign to be my week. Just annoying after 6 months not to even be looked at for an order but when you don’t get to know allocations it is tough.If Ford has maintained their EB ratio, it means a lot of EBs were built not for retail orders.
If your dealership got five allocations, they will build the first five buildable orders, whether that is retail or stock. If your dealer has the exact same order as your as a stock order, yours will be picked first by default as stock orders have a higher priority number (which puts them, counterintuitively, lower down on the list).
Right there with you. Similar build 10/30/21. Getting tired of patiently waiting.Same here. This Thursday, "build date release day", will be my 500th day, and I've all but thrown in the towel because I'm just out of time with my life situation and current vehicle. Already looking at pre-owned SUVs to get me by in the meantime (or maybe even permanently), because even if I get a date this week, it'll be a solid 2-3 months...if I'm lucky... before it arrives.
What a ridiculous process this was.
You could also hit the lottery. You have about the same probability.No. You could very well receive good news this Thursday.
Moment of weakness? My friend, I think you did just fine. $1500 over msrp is $1500 (I dunno, maybe 3k, maybe 1k) under book value. Congrats.Like I assume most people here with unscheduled orders, I have asked my salesman to call me about any available Mavericks, even if just to test drive. Today I finally got the chance to test drive a HPR XLT AWD with lux, black appearance package, and moon roof. I figured I wouldn't be buying it because I knew they would want a lot of ADM. They initially said they wanted $5K, but that quickly became only $3K. I wasn't playing negotiating games when I said no thank you, but before I got my car all the way out of the parking spot, my salesman said they would sell if for only $1500 ADM. It a moment of weakness, I said yes and I have the truck in my garage tonight. So I figure I have a pretty good chance of getting scheduled this week now that I bought something.
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Think of the allocations like the NFL draft. The number of allocations a dealer has for that month equals the number of rounds they can participate in. But the order of each round is completely random and some dealers will participate in more rounds than other dealers.
When it is your dealership's turn, Ford will take the first (priority or time) order that they can build and then move on to the next dealership. If your dealer has no retail order Ford can build, Ford skips them or grabs a stock order. So even if the 37th truck in line, if the 36 before you can't be built but you can, you will be selected.
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As for the predictions, Ford said 65% capacity was EB and they have scheduled ~41,000 Maverick so far according to @Automate's VIN tracker. 65% of 41,000 is 26,650. There were only 27,230 EB orders to start with so leaving Ford with only 580 EBs left to go. However, our numbers show Ford actually has ~8,600 EBs left to go, indicating they are not building EB retail orders at the ratio they said they would, even taking international orders in account. Thus, any spring prediction was rendered moot by Ford not actually scheduling EBs like they said they would.
i am pulling for you. You have been at this along time. Also in Ohio so pulling for ya! Seeing more and more mavericks around here in central ohioI'm going to get scheduled this week because I've lost desire for my Tremor.
I ordered 12/23/21If I do throw in the towel, not sure I'll stick around for a Maverick down the road. All of this has left a bad taste in my mouth (not to mention the dealer with zero communication), and has me second guessing the decision for a compact pickup truck anyway. I suppose I could jump at an AWD Hybrid in 2-3 years, but the killer thing is... no Maverick will ever be as inexpensive as the one I have on order. This was a once in a lifetime price/vehicle opportunity, and I probably missed it through no fault of my own.
i ordered 12/23/21 ( still nothing). The only time that I have talked with dealership is when I initiate it. If and when I ever get to drive my truck from there, I will let them know how terrible their communication and business is. The old saying is” the apple don’t fall far from tree” Ford and dealerships. Just acknowledge that your still open!!If I do throw in the towel, not sure I'll stick around for a Maverick down the road. All of this has left a bad taste in my mouth (not to mention the dealer with zero communication), and has me second guessing the decision for a compact pickup truck anyway. I suppose I could jump at an AWD Hybrid in 2-3 years, but the killer thing is... no Maverick will ever be as inexpensive as the one I have on order. This was a once in a lifetime price/vehicle opportunity, and I probably missed it through no fault of my own.
So annoyed since I was about to drop the Lux Package on my Hybrid and I thought I would try it this week. Should have just done Hybrid without anything. So annoying that you can’t get what you want to order. Plays games to get better odds and get screwed by something else.Just watched Tim. (Ford Video Guy). He believes one holdup, and not previewing/scheduling Mavericks with the “Full Size Spare”. All of his orders that were previewing did not have the full size spare. That sucks!
Does this mean packages like the Lux on hybrids aren’t previewing either?Just watched Tim. (Ford Video Guy). He believes one holdup, and not previewing/scheduling Mavericks with the “Full Size Spare”. All of his orders that were previewing did not have the full size spare. That sucks!
Ditto on tired of patiently waiting.Right there with you. Similar build 10/30/21. Getting tired of patiently waiting.
That is what is looking like after watching Ford Video Guy video this week. Although, he said it could change by Thursday's final scheduling.Does this mean packages like the Lux on hybrids aren’t previewing either?
If so, that sucks that ford didn’t call out that constraint.
My understanding is that Ford is way behind on Hybrid production and they are going in as fast as the plant in Chihuahua can crank out the engines, but some do get sent elsewhere for Escape Hybrids, so its not 100% for Mavericks. The 'often-right source" I have that provides some of my insighs also noted that with the recent announcement of the "increase of 80K by year-end" thing from Ford was also paired with efforts to increase hybrid engine output, but even if they double output, they won't be able to fulfill all pending hybrid orders, however your chances are going up a bit.I still believe they are going to try to put out as many hybrids as possible as soon as possible so they can close them out in order to get people to switch over to EB. They need more EB orders.
The problem is allocations aren't picked in the same order they are submitted. The dealership doesn't know which ones will preview or be accepted until it gets scheduled. That depends on parts availability/constraints, available slots to schedule, and how many allocations your dealer gets at any given time. They won't know until it either gets picked or sent packing.I think your dealer has to have an allocation for you to get scheduled. I think that may be my problem my dealer has only got 42 allocations for the year and I think they have sold over 80 so that means some of us are out of luck I wish they would just tell us if we are getting one or not
Fleet production is great for "core" training new assembly staff before they get let loose on retail orders that vary. Same build every time makes it easier to spot-QC it before it goes to the next station for those doing the training. I've heard that they are starting to hire and train in Hermosillo from my "often-right source" I mentioned earlier, and the timing also aligns with the intent to increase output in June by training them in May.Willing to conclude Fleet orders will take #1 priority since they can be done in batches. Ford will wait until they "beef up" their production team in July with rookies before starting to work on the bulk of Retail orders. Just a conclusion based on recent information and my opinion.
Very very likely. Somewhere in the fray of the pizza tracker losing dates and then dates resurfacing last week, it does seem people are seeing their build-to-day dates now instead of 'week of' dates. My Tremor as noted in my tagline was week of 4/17, and the tracker showed that date until it went MIA. Now, the tracker shows 4/19, and that matches the original build-to-day date my 'often-right source' gave me back on 2/23 as to when I would see it actually go into production.Unrelated to this weeks scheduling but my build week went from 3/22 to 3/24. What does this even mean? 3/22 is a Wednesday and 3/24 is a Friday. Is that my build day?