Bronco Production dates

Yeah, not the truth my guy. I know people that work in the plant that are just as pissed as the rest of us.

Rock Biter

If you are a Dearborn insider you might be able to influence your production date. That’s just how it works. It’s not who you know it’s who you blow. The rest of us can only bend over and hope our Bronco arrives at our dealer by 2025.

Ford doesn’t care about production dates and hasn’t from the beginning. They just wanted to get orders on the books, the high numbers outweigh their lack of fulfillment, that’s why they kept taking 2021 orders even though they knew there was zero chance they could build them. Everyone thinks Ford had no idea what they are doing with the Bronco orders. Trust me , everything is going as planned for them.

I respectfully disagree. I don’t think there is enough brain power at Ford HQ to create a Bronco Master Plan. Every day is another Hail Mary.

Rock Biter

I respectfully disagree. I don’t think there is enough brain power at Ford HQ to create a Bronco Master Plan. Every day is another Hail Mary.

100% Truth

So, has anyone done the math to figure out how many Broncos will likely be produced in 2021?

I'm not saying this has gone swimmingly...but I would NOT want the job of trying to coordinate something this big with so many moving/changing parts. They can't win. If they had identified the roof issues and just delayed reservations altogether, folks would whine. If they fulfilled it in order by reservation number, delaying all other orders in the process, folks would whine. Now, they're fulfilling the orders that they can and doing their best to resolve the roof issues as expediently as possible, and folks are still whining. I'd be willing to bet all these armchair vehicle production/distribution masters out here would crap their pants inside of 5 minutes of trying to sort this out.

Got an email from Ford this morning that the September 27 production date for my Badlands Sas 2.7 MIC has been delayed. I will get an update in October. Good news they said I will be getting the 2021MY.

nrlucas

I'm not saying this has gone swimmingly...but I would NOT want the job of trying to coordinate something this big with so many moving/changing parts. They can't win. If they had identified the roof issues and just delayed reservations altogether, folks would whine. If they fulfilled it in order by reservation number, delaying all other orders in the process, folks would whine. Now, they're fulfilling the orders that they can and doing their best to resolve the roof issues as expediently as possible, and folks are still whining. I'd be willing to bet all these armchair vehicle production/distribution masters out here would crap their pants inside of 5 minutes of trying to sort this out.

Ford announced in 2017 that they were going to bring back the Bronco. In Jan of 2021 they started to accept orders. That’s 4 years to get the engineering and production details worked out. I can accept Covid related delays from suppliers. The MIC has design and production issues. Dearborn has to take that one on the chin.

Rock Biter

Ford announced in 2017 that they were going to bring back the Bronco. In Jan of 2021 they started to accept orders. That’s 4 years to get the engineering and production details worked out. I can accept Covid related delays from suppliers. The MIC has design and production issues. Dearborn has to take that one on the chin.

Yes, thank you…that pretty much sums up “things have not gone swimmingly”. But last I checked, Webasto was making the MIC hard tops. They are based out of Germany…not Dearborn, MI. And while this probably SHOULD have been caught during years of testing, in the words of Robert Burns, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

nrlucas

Yes, thank you…that pretty much sums up “things have not gone swimmingly”. But last I checked, Webasto was making the MIC hard tops. They are based out of Germany…not Dearborn, MI. And while this probably SHOULD have been caught during years of testing, in the words of Robert Burns, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

While they are based out of Germany. the plant that is building the tops is 5-10 mins away from MAP. While Webasto is making the hardtops, it is Fords ultimate responsibility to make sure everything goes as planned. The tops early as testing went were not mass produced, so not under pressure to make 1k plus a day. Now that they are under pressure there quality took a back seat to quantity. Webasto gave themselves and Ford a black eye with this one.

FYI. Webasto invested almost $50m in there plant for this from what an article said. sucks for them.

Agreed. I think the MIC didn’t get much attention during the design phase and it is now causing some pain for everyone.

nrlucas

I'm not saying this has gone swimmingly...but I would NOT want the job of trying to coordinate something this big with so many moving/changing parts. They can't win. If they had identified the roof issues and just delayed reservations altogether, folks would whine. If they fulfilled it in order by reservation number, delaying all other orders in the process, folks would whine. Now, they're fulfilling the orders that they can and doing their best to resolve the roof issues as expediently as possible, and folks are still whining. I'd be willing to bet all these armchair vehicle production/distribution masters out here would crap their pants inside of 5 minutes of trying to sort this out.

So you work for Ford? I’m in manufacturing and rule number one. Don’t offer and take money for something you can’t deliver. They are shitting the bed just fine by themselves, no need for more help there.

1Five1 Garage

While they are based out of Germany. the plant that is building the tops is 5-10 mins away from MAP. While Webasto is making the hardtops, it is Fords ultimate responsibility to make sure everything goes as planned. The tops early as testing went were not mass produced, so not under pressure to make 1k plus a day. Now that they are under pressure there quality took a back seat to quantity. Webasto gave themselves and Ford a black eye with this one.

FYI. Webasto invested almost $50m in there plant for this from what an article said. sucks for them.

All true

SierraHotelBronco

So, has anyone done the math to figure out how many Broncos will likely be produced in 2021?

17,000 total as of July.... Maybe 25k?

WuNgUn

17,000 total as of July.... Maybe 25k?

That was the number I was thinking of

I was reading some articles and thought I saw somewhere they had already delivered almost 5,000 Broncos to customers. That maybe is off or an old count but the only time I've seen a delivery number. Anyone else see that? I don't remember where it was though

WuNgUn

17,000 total as of July.... Maybe 25k?

15,000 have MIC issues and 10,000 sit at MAP's mud lot getting rusty waiting on Webasto

Gemini_69

So you work for Ford? I’m in manufacturing and rule number one. Don’t offer and take money for something you can’t deliver. They are shitting the bed just fine by themselves, no need for more help there.

Not even close. I'm a Network Engineer for a Big 10 school. I'm just a grown up who realizes that shit happens and that I don't have to let my emotions get the better of me every time I'm disappointed.

nrlucas

I'm not saying this has gone swimmingly...but I would NOT want the job of trying to coordinate something this big with so many moving/changing parts. They can't win. If they had identified the roof issues and just delayed reservations altogether, folks would whine. If they fulfilled it in order by reservation number, delaying all other orders in the process, folks would whine. Now, they're fulfilling the orders that they can and doing their best to resolve the roof issues as expediently as possible, and folks are still whining. I'd be willing to bet all these armchair vehicle production/distribution masters out here would crap their pants inside of 5 minutes of trying to sort this out.

Agreed, and people forget that Ford is establishing a new Bronco brand within the company. This isn’t just 1-2 vehicles we’re talking about. With that said, it’s still frustrating