Fixed hardtops start shipping out THIS WEEK!

NickP
Sep 07, 2021

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Sep 07, 2021

Ford confirms it will ship new Bronco hardtops, Broncos this week
Phoebe Wall Howard
Detroit Free Press

Ford Motor Co. will start shipping this week thousands of new hardtop roofs to dealers waiting to replace the faulty ones on 2021 Broncos already delivered, the Free Press has learned.

Also, Ford will be installing the new tops in 2021 Broncos that have been held back then shipping those vehicles immediately.

"Testing has been completed," said Mark Grueber, Ford Bronco marketing manager, told the Free Press on Tuesday. "We're ramping up production of the new roof and waiting for those units."


Three weeks ago, Ford announced that it would replace all 2021 Bronco hardtops for customers and dealers after extreme water and humidity changed their appearance.

In addition, Ford held its massive supply of non-delivered vehicles in large lots as the manufacturing process evolved.

In early July, the Free Press first reported that the Webasto hardtop problems were disrupting production and delivery of a product the began with 125,000 orders.

Ford began shipping the hot new SUV from its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne in mid-June. A combination of the chip shortage, COVID-19 challenges and supply chain issues combined with a manufacturing problem to create a high-profile headache.

"We’ve started the roof replacements on the hardtop. We’ll be continuing to ramp that up to replace the roofs on vehicles currently being held needing the new roof," Grueber told the Free Press. "Shortly, we’ll be starting to send the new roofs out to dealers for those vehicles that have already been delivered. We expect to be shipping the roofs and the Broncos with the new roofs within the week."
https://www.freep.com/story/money/c...rd-bronco-hardtops-ready-shipping/5754266001/
@Laura definitely going to want this one as a news story! Awesome news and fingers crossed that this is a permanent solution.
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Sep 07, 2021

#1
Whew - awesome to hear for all you hard-toppers out there. Selfishly I'm happy my soft-top got out late last week / early this week (got the shipping notice yesterday!) before all the masses sitting in purgatory got in. See y'all on the trails!
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Paleos, Speed Devil

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Sep 07, 2021

#2
This is great news.
CliffCo, Speed Devil

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Sep 07, 2021

#3
This is one of those Pinch me, I must be dreaming moments

mines in production, im actually gonna get it??
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Shadowblade, CliffCo

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Sep 07, 2021

#4
Great news! But I also can't shake the feeling that something's fishy about this. Why would Ford subject themselves to so much negative press for what amounted to a 3 week delay? That's a drop in the bucket compared to how long some folks have been waiting. I guess they had no way of knowing how long it would take Webasto to catch up, but still. Very odd. Here I was thinking that, as a soft top order, I'd slide forward in the queue a bit since they weren't producing hard tops.
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Sep 07, 2021

#5
finally.. some great news!!!!
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Sep 07, 2021

#6
Don't want to be negative but something smells funny about this...... Hope it's true though (as someone who's bronco is in dirt mountain)
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Shadowblade, Jakob1972

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Sep 07, 2021

#7
High hopes! I just sold my "other car" today, so it be nice to put this pony in its stable!
I wasn't there...
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Sep 07, 2021

#8
Great news! But I also can't shake the feeling that something's fishy about this. Why would Ford subject themselves to so much negative press for what amounted to a 3 week delay? That's a drop in the bucket compared to how long some folks have been waiting. I guess they had no way of knowing how long it would take Webasto to catch up, but still. Very odd. Here I was thinking that, as a soft top order, I'd slide forward in the queue a bit since they weren't producing hard tops.
Don't want to be negative but something smells funny about this...... Hope it's true though (as someone who's bronco is in dirt mountain)

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Sep 07, 2021

#9
Great news! But I also can't shake the feeling that something's fishy about this. Why would Ford subject themselves to so much negative press for what amounted to a 3 week delay? That's a drop in the bucket compared to how long some folks have been waiting. I guess they had no way of knowing how long it would take Webasto to catch up, but still. Very odd. Here I was thinking that, as a soft top order, I'd slide forward in the queue a bit since they weren't producing hard tops.
And that was why I chose to wait. It was about getting as many Bronco’s of all configurations, out to the masses as soon as possible. Ford and every other manufacture are desperate for sales. Bottom line, they need units out and sold. Period

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Sep 07, 2021

#10
I sure can understand the "fishy" comments. This reads like it was written by either a non-native speaker, or an elementary school kid.
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Sep 07, 2021

#11
Waiting for the mail...super excited (again) ....

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Sep 07, 2021

#12
In other words:

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Sep 07, 2021

#13
Don’t forget, they’re only scheduling FE’s this week. I’m tempering my excitement for that reason alone.
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CliffCo, Speed Devil

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Sep 07, 2021

#14
Don’t forget, they’re only scheduling FE’s this week. I’m tempering my excitement for that reason alone.

If indeed Fords messing with us;
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#15
Great news! But I also can't shake the feeling that something's fishy about this. Why would Ford subject themselves to so much negative press for what amounted to a 3 week delay? That's a drop in the bucket compared to how long some folks have been waiting. I guess they had no way of knowing how long it would take Webasto to catch up, but still. Very odd. Here I was thinking that, as a soft top order, I'd slide forward in the queue a bit since they weren't producing hard tops.

Hopefully they just didn't know how long it would take so they had to prepare for the worst? My biggest concern is that this quick turnaround is without thorough testing in all conditions (extreme cold, heat, humidity, arid/dry, etc.). I'd love to see what the new hard tops look like, as well... what is improved, what isn't. Did they take the opportunity to improve overall quality?
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Sep 07, 2021

#16
"Testing has been completed," said Mark Grueber the testing consisted of dropping one from the 33rd floor of Nakatomi Plaza tower.Unlike Hans the top survived.
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Sep 08, 2021

#17
In other words:


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Sep 08, 2021

#18
Don’t forget, they’re only scheduling FE’s this week. I’m tempering my excitement for that reason alone.

Just FEs? Where is this mysterious schedule... I'm picturing them starting at the outer edge of the lot and then slapping on MICs as they drive them out of the lot. This "comprehensive inspection" might take a while though. I'll picture a Take 5 Oil Change booth for that...

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Sep 08, 2021

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Just FEs? Where is this mysterious schedule... I'm picturing them starting at the outer edge of the lot and then slapping on MICs as they drive them out of the lot. This "comprehensive inspection" might take a while though. I'll picture a Take 5 Oil Change booth for that...

There is a thread called "IS BRONCO SCHEDULING THIS WEEK? (An Explainer) + Ask me your Ford Production Questions" where @Gloff posts info on what is previewing that week. On Monday he posted:

Cleanup Scheduling this week, only First Editions scheduling. Build weeks 10/4-10/18.
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