3/14/22 Build Week Gang

[Av8tor]

LOL, my car was just delivered to the dealership and I’m out of town for the week. Then I see this from @pnrmurph on Stop Sell Order. And @mdpmdp so sorry.

im betting the dealer does not want to tell me the bad news. We were planning on a pickup of Saturday.

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[pnrmurph]

FWIW, here it is. They were charging it, getting ready to prep it and then the news hit. Maybe someday I will get to drive it...

 

[mdpmdp]

Wondering if this will affect me - picked up the car last Monday but was using outside financing, dropped that off on Friday but the car is still marked as "ready to purchase" in my Ford account. Legally, they're not allowed to "sell" it now, so what happens? ?‍

 

[Regulus7]

This is unbelievable! I literally dropped off my check today!

The car is supposed to get registered for pickup on Thursday!

I am hoping my small town dealer is oblivious to the order...

 

[pnrmurph]

This is unbelievable! I literally dropped off my check today!

The car is supposed to get registered for pickup on Thursday!

I am hoping my small town dealer is oblivious to the order...

I wasn't quite there yet, but was planning on getting my bank check for the down payment today. Had already set up the insurance to switch to the mach-e on thursday and had to call them to do a ctrl-z (undo).

Now I have to figure out what to do about my currrent lease. Everything was falling into place even with all the chip and ship delays, but my lease is up on 7/21. I had scheduled the lease inspection, but have cancelled it for now.

What a mess.

I am sure the person who runs the ford motor company account on this forum is like this now:

 

[machdady]

FWIW, here it is. They were charging it, getting ready to prep it and then the news hit. Maybe someday I will get to drive it...

OMG! I'm so sorry. But as someone who just picked mine up a couple of weeks ago, I'm not sure I'm in a better spot. At least you don't have the anxiety I do - not sure I want to take mine on a road trip just yet.

 

[Regulus7]

It really super sucks for me as I was taking delivery this week. So missed it by just a few days. But on the other hand my wife said she would never drive in the car with an open safety recall and I have other cars so I don’t really need it. But I feel for those who had planned for the car and may have gotten rid of other cars and are now stranded !

 

[pnrmurph]

OMG! I'm so sorry. But as someone who just picked mine up a couple of weeks ago, I'm not sure I'm in a better spot. At least you don't have the anxiety I do - not sure I want to take mine on a road trip just yet.

Maybe they will let me go visit it once a week. I can read stories about horses to it whiile I visit lol.

 

[Av8tor]

Yep, I'm in the same boat, Dealer just called, told me he didn't have it in him to call me yesterday, the day he called to schedule a pickup.

Back to the waiting game, but least it's not sitting on a dock or train yard somewhere.

I'm with @pnrmurph maybe we can visit.

 

[pnrmurph]

Yep, I'm in the same boat, Dealer just called, told me he didn't have it in him to call me yesterday, the day he called to schedule a pickup.

Back to the waiting game, but least it's not sitting on a dock or train yard somewhere.

I'm with @pnrmurph maybe we can visit.

My dealer called me the moment he got the news. It was about 5 minutes after he sent me the pics of the car. He said it came up when they were prepping the car and checked the system to see if anything needed to be done to it. About that same time the dealer got the advance notice of the recall. He was very apologetic and was surpised at how calm I was. He had to call quite a few others with the news and was dreading that, but I guess was glad I wasn't being a "Karen" about it. I am cool like that . I reality, I know it is not his fault and that this issue needs to get fixed. It is a disappointment and also an inconvienence since my lease on my current car is up next month, but it is also a first-world problem.

It is interesting that news outlets are mentioning that the recall affects about half of the 100K mach-e's built on the 5/27/2020-5/24/2022 timeframe and not all of them like previously thought. I guess as this thing matures and more info comes out about it, we will have a better understanding of what we are dealing with.

 

[Av8tor]

My dealer called me the moment he got the news. It was about 5 minutes after he sent me the pics of the car. He said it came up when they were prepping the car and checked the system to see if anything needed to be done to it. About that same time the dealer got the advance notice of the recall. He was very apologetic and was surpised at how calm I was. He had to call quite a few others with the news and dreading that, but I guess was glad I wasn't being a "Karen" about it. I am cool like that . I reality, I know it is not his fault and that this issue needs to get fixed. It is a disappointment and also an inconvienence since my lease on my current car is up next month, but it is also a first-world problem.

It is interesting that news outlets are mentioning that the recall affects about half of the 100K mach-e's built on the 5/27/2020-5/24/2022 timeframe and not all of them like previously thought. I guess as this thing matures and more info comes out about it, we will have a better understanding of what we are dealing with.

Yep, I think they are working the issue with the 3rd Party that creates the Junction Box, I don't think this was a problem during testing, I think the 3rd Party might use different suppliers, and they now are trying to figure out when the problem was introduced, and what "Manufacturing Lots" are affected. Is the part Company A or B's part.

Since your VIN has a detailed manifest of all parts, they can then go back and remove the VIN's that are cleared.

I think we are waiting for the 3rd Party to flush out their suppliers.

 

[Av8tor]

Not that I'm competitive or anything like that BUT, the 3 of us left are now neck to neck in the race for delivery.

Remaining 3/14'ers

Member	Built	Shipped	Status
@Regulus7	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)
@pnrmurph	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)
@Av8tor	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)

 

[pnrmurph]

Not that I'm competitive or anything like that BUT, the 3 of us left are now neck to neck in the race for delivery.

Remaining 3/14'ers

Member	Built	Shipped	Status
@Regulus7	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)
@pnrmurph	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)
@Av8tor	3/29	4/21	Safety RECALL 22S41 (DEALER HOLD)

 

[mdpmdp]

I feel so bad for you guys - if the recall could've just held out another week, we might have all been in the clear.

I've seen speculation that non-GTs might just need a software update and GTs will need software + hardware, but nothing concrete to it yet. Hopefully the VIN list comes out soon and you guys are unaffected ?

 

[Regulus7]

yea... total bummer, especially if I had known I could have taken delivery this past Saturday or Monday morning before the recall hit. But it is what it is. My worry is the supply chain bottleneck and the likely 2-3 month wait for parts. Also I can kiss my nice rate goodbye after the FED hikes tomorrow...

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