Starting to get concerned...

SethPoeski

Getting a little worried, though hopefully this was bad information.

Like so many on these forums, I've had a heavily constrained order (4 door Badlands MIC Lux etc. etc.) since October of last year. I've been pretty patient, but this tidbit has me concerned..

Girlfriend and I were doing some shopping, and on our way to one of our destinations we passed a local Ford dealer. She asked me to drop by, to see if they have any Broncos on the lot (she's now curious about getting a 2 door). They had about 10 or so, all customer orders that were being prepped for delivery. While we were browsing, a few salesmen approached, I told them how we just wanted to see package/model variation in person, which lead to discussing my order. Both salesmen told me I'm looking at "2 to 2 and a half years" until I take delivery, due to being heavily constrained. This straight up freaked me out. I'm totally fine to wait into 2023, but any longer than that and I'm out. I know others have been waiting since 2020 (which is absolutely absurd), but I'm missing tons of opportunities to travel and explore while I wait for a vehicle that I have zero idea of delivery time. To make matters worse, the last time I checked on my order through my dealer, they stated the 12-16 months they quoted me was accurate, "if not more time". Has anyone else heard anything like this? I know we're right around the corner until MY23 order conversion, which should potentially help, but if this info is true, the ordering situation has gotten considerably worse and is no longer feasible. Hoping for the best still!

jag2440

I feel your pain. I am coming up on 2 years of waiting. For anyone that has a soft top are you happy with it? I ordered a badlands hardtop 2.7 4 door lux

SethPoeski

Getting a little worried, though hopefully this was bad information.

Like so many on these forums, I've had a heavily constrained order (4 door Badlands MIC Lux etc. etc.) since October of last year. I've been pretty patient, but this tidbit has me concerned..

Girlfriend and I were doing some shopping, and on our way to one of our destinations we passed a local Ford dealer. She asked me to drop by, to see if they have any Broncos on the lot (she's now curious about getting a 2 door). They had about 10 or so, all customer orders that were being prepped for delivery. While we were browsing, a few salesmen approached, I told them how we just wanted to see package/model variation in person, which lead to discussing my order. Both salesmen told me I'm looking at "2 to 2 and a half years" until I take delivery, due to being heavily constrained. This straight up freaked me out. I'm totally fine to wait into 2023, but any longer than that and I'm out. I know others have been waiting since 2020 (which is absolutely absurd), but I'm missing tons of opportunities to travel and explore while I wait for a vehicle that I have zero idea of delivery time. To make matters worse, the last time I checked on my order through my dealer, they stated the 12-16 months they quoted me was accurate, "if not more time". Has anyone else heard anything like this? I know we're right around the corner until MY23 order conversion, which should potentially help, but if this info is true, the ordering situation has gotten considerably worse and is no longer feasible. Hoping for the best still!

okie4570

I know there are many many more softtops on the roads compared to hard tops. Nearly every complaint comes from a softop owner though. Not sure if it's due to the sheer amount of them or they really have that many more issues. Our hardtop has been trouble free other that on day three of ownership I wrapped the front panel guide pins to keep them from clicking on our rough, dirt county roads. Just over 8k miles now.

OrangecrushBronco

I don't own a soft top and thank God seeing them in person they seem very tinker toy. I've seen some members' rides in person and they have showed me damages and defects galore. Personally I just don't trust ragtops nor plastic windows that someone could easily cut to gain access. And those hinges eek they seem so suspect strength and quality wise.

OrangecrushBronco

I don't own a soft top and thank God seeing them in person they seem very tinker toy. I've seen some members' rides in person and they have showed me damages and defects galore. Personally I just don't trust ragtops nor plastic windows that someone could easily cut to gain access. And those hinges eek they seem so suspect strength and quality wise.

TK1215

It is pretty much exactly the way it has been. I finally got a build week on a similar build to yours and that is 23 months since I reserved. So it will be over two years from reservation to having keys in hand. And many will be closing in on 3 years from reservation by the time they get theirs. Hopefully it will improve as they aren’t taking any new reservations. But if they can’t get the constrained parts they will build as many basic builds to push out to dealer ships.

SethPoeski

I really feel the most for those of you early reservation holders. I'm really glad to hear you've gotten a build date finally, but 23 months since ordering is just.. out of control. I really hope this situation gets better.

SethPoeski

Getting a little worried, though hopefully this was bad information.

Like so many on these forums, I've had a heavily constrained order (4 door Badlands MIC Lux etc. etc.) since October of last year. I've been pretty patient, but this tidbit has me concerned..

Girlfriend and I were doing some shopping, and on our way to one of our destinations we passed a local Ford dealer. She asked me to drop by, to see if they have any Broncos on the lot (she's now curious about getting a 2 door). They had about 10 or so, all customer orders that were being prepped for delivery. While we were browsing, a few salesmen approached, I told them how we just wanted to see package/model variation in person, which lead to discussing my order. Both salesmen told me I'm looking at "2 to 2 and a half years" until I take delivery, due to being heavily constrained. This straight up freaked me out. I'm totally fine to wait into 2023, but any longer than that and I'm out. I know others have been waiting since 2020 (which is absolutely absurd), but I'm missing tons of opportunities to travel and explore while I wait for a vehicle that I have zero idea of delivery time. To make matters worse, the last time I checked on my order through my dealer, they stated the 12-16 months they quoted me was accurate, "if not more time". Has anyone else heard anything like this? I know we're right around the corner until MY23 order conversion, which should potentially help, but if this info is true, the ordering situation has gotten considerably worse and is no longer feasible. Hoping for the best still!

ljchristie

I have that same build, all the constraints (except I dropped the tow), reserved July '21, and I got a production date last week. Keep up the hope!!! They're still scheduling for all of October. Remember to check the backdoor site.

ljchristie

I have that same build, all the constraints (except I dropped the tow), reserved July '21, and I got a production date last week. Keep up the hope!!! They're still scheduling for all of October. Remember to check the backdoor site.

SethPoeski

Getting a little worried, though hopefully this was bad information.

Like so many on these forums, I've had a heavily constrained order (4 door Badlands MIC Lux etc. etc.) since October of last year. I've been pretty patient, but this tidbit has me concerned..

Girlfriend and I were doing some shopping, and on our way to one of our destinations we passed a local Ford dealer. She asked me to drop by, to see if they have any Broncos on the lot (she's now curious about getting a 2 door). They had about 10 or so, all customer orders that were being prepped for delivery. While we were browsing, a few salesmen approached, I told them how we just wanted to see package/model variation in person, which lead to discussing my order. Both salesmen told me I'm looking at "2 to 2 and a half years" until I take delivery, due to being heavily constrained. This straight up freaked me out. I'm totally fine to wait into 2023, but any longer than that and I'm out. I know others have been waiting since 2020 (which is absolutely absurd), but I'm missing tons of opportunities to travel and explore while I wait for a vehicle that I have zero idea of delivery time. To make matters worse, the last time I checked on my order through my dealer, they stated the 12-16 months they quoted me was accurate, "if not more time". Has anyone else heard anything like this? I know we're right around the corner until MY23 order conversion, which should potentially help, but if this info is true, the ordering situation has gotten considerably worse and is no longer feasible. Hoping for the best still!

tlowell01

How to put this simply...who knows, haha.

An additional 2-2.5 years seems unlikely to me. I'm not saying that parts contraints aren't still an issue...they are, but I don't think there are showstopper constraints like when Ford was actively telling people to drop the tow and the hard top to get built faster. If you read the build week threads on here, you'll see that every type of build are getting scheduled these days.

Also, if the salesmen were from a dealership that you don't have your order from, they would have no idea how many allocations your dealership has and where you stand in the queue.

And finally, those of us that were early reservation holders from July/Aug'20 that waited (or are waiting) 2+ years had almost of year of waiting when Ford hadn't even started their production line yet.

Oh and there's a saying around...Whenever you hear "My dealer says..." ------ DRINK!

EBG

Interested in a 2 door? Base, but V6/auto, Sasquatch. My order finally got built and is being shipped, but I got tired of waiting (2 years) and bought one off the lot a few months ago. Keeping that one, but when my order comes in, I'll turn around and sell it - don't need 2 New Broncos.