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Window sticker is live! See top post. Still on track for June 6 build date.
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That's a really low batch number. You should most certainly get built late Monday or early Tuesday. I guess not many are scheduled for next week. Mine was 3689/4056...no surprise it didn't get built until the end of the week.
actually, it's in production now. the sticker does not get created until it goes into production. if the tracker isn't showing 'in production' as the status I'm not that surprised. I bought 4 Fords in 2022 and the tracker was often wrong or completely inaccessible.
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Tracker has said "In Production" for the last few days. I'm putting no faith in the tracker.
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"In Production" is a loose term. That means that some of the parts for sub-assemblies are being put together, the body may be getting welded and sent to paint...the assembly line is really the last part of a process that can start several days ahead. The "blend date" is when things really happen on the assembly line, aka Trim Line, and the Build date is usually when they predict it all to be completed.
I didn't see the factory sprayed in bedliner on your window sticker or anything else that might cause it to delay reaching the 'built' status. (SIBL does cause a delay of 2-4 weeks because it's done offsite, after it comes down the line.)
Just need some luck with shipping. So, good luck!
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Yep. So the race is one: the Explorer recall vs the train with my Maverick.
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SIBL only adds a few days now. It might have been different during MY22. My 23 has it. I had a build date on Thursday, SIBL was done and the cargo management was installed and everything showed Built by Sunday.
My understanding is that blend date only applies to body on frame construction and that it is when the body is attached to the frame. At the very least, I'm certain that my Bronco window sticker (attached) has a blend date printed at the top and Maverick window stickers do not.
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I'm 100% expecting them to misplace my floormats...
My sticker does not have a blend date.
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There is still a blend date for the Maverick, even though it is not shown on the MY23 window stickers. We just have to guess now base on when the modules populate. Last year the date was shown on the sticker (in code). It is when the engine meets the body assembly on the final assembly/trim line.
Saw that, and my 2 MY22 Mavericks did not either, and every other Maverick sticker I've seen. But it is on every Ford body-on-frame window sticker I've seen in the past 2 years.
I don't work in the factory so perhaps the term is used there, as Bill seems to be asserting.
Since it's not on the sticker it isn't a piece of data you can find and reference on a Maverick window sticker, unlike a Bronco. Or any other unibody vs body-on-frame.
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I cut off the top of the sticker. No offense, but I don't want to share too much information.
oh, I didn't notice before that you'd censored the VIN. it's everywhere. I bet it's on your Ford dealer's website or will be once it's in transit. you can't do anything harmful with a VIN number and they're shown on all vehicles at the base of the windshield so anyone walking up to your vehicle can easily see it.
it's harmless, just like license plate numbers, but if it makes anyone feel better to spend the time to censor them that's cool.
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