No allocations = no truck?

[Old Man]

Wait, nobody told me life wasn't fair. When did that happen? Well, I'm going to throw a hissy fit because someone else cut in front of me. Unless you are brilliant enough to come up with the perfect system to get cars you can yell at the wind all you want. The Asian manufacturers figured it out, you don't get to custom order. How would you like Ford, GM and Stellantis do that?

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[Mav_RICK]

It’s not the allocation system that’s the problem in and of itself. It the allocation system trying to work in an unprecedented manufacturing environment.

I can’t imagine how anyone expects a company to build vehicles in the order received even in a better environment.

That said there needs to be some kind of mechanism in place that catches these orders that fall through the cracks. There needs to be a point where allocation is no longer applicable and just get these people their truck.

 

[migraine]

So.... how do I find out if the dealer I ordered though has allocations or even enough allocations available?
Thanks, BH

 

[BradnChristine]

So.... how do I find out if the dealer I ordered though has allocations or even enough allocations available?
Thanks, BH

Ask them. They have nothing to gain or lose by telling you that truth. But hopefully, if they took your order, they know they have an allocation for you.

 

[A-a-ron]

A couple of thoughts:
1) I've seen a few people on here say their dealer put in a MY24 order for them even though they didn't ask for because they had already recieved their MY23, sounds like shady dealers dealing but beside that wouldn't when ford goes through to get ready to prioritize the roll overs notice that those people already recieved their MY23 and just cancel the MY24 order? Not blaming the customer at all it was done without them asking for it, just sounds like the dealer trying to game the system.

2) A hypothetical scenerio: let's say ford was getting down to having down to the last 500 retail orders (new and rollover) to be produced (something easily complete able in a months (or weeks) span, I know the chances are slim but, just a hypothetical scenario). So in that 500 ford has all the parts needed to build all 500, 1 (maybe more) of those orders are an order placed at dealership that has exhausted its allocations, would ford just skip over those orders for the sake of allocations or actually try to get the customer their truck regardless of allocations at that point?

I know we are probably still way off from a scenario like that as there still are tons of orders and lots of parts still constrained, but not much else to do besides wait and wonder when or if my truck will eventually arrive. Like others have said maybe it's dealers being more careful not taking too many orders but by this point last year banks were already closed due to inundated with orders that there may be a chance MY24 is where they "might" be able to get caught up.

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