First Edition #189

[tgdesrochers]

OK, not a First Edition then. Only some of the cars in the first few months were FEs, so it doesn't prove it *not* an early car, but if it did have the features it would have proved that it was.

It's just not adding up to me. I don't see how an 8/31/2020 warranty start date is even possible, since NO dealers even got a car to sell until late Dec. As Mark noted, only a handful of production cars were even produced in Sept 2020. And I'd bet those were late Sept. Pretty likely not a single production car was produced in Aug. Leading me to think that date is somehow wrong. No clue how that could be though. (Or it's a pre-production accidentally made public?)

And 10 miles on the odometer for the first 28 months is a giant red flag. How is that even possible?

Something is very suspicious with the data on that car, like it's registered wrong in the Ford database or something. Or someone swapped VIN tags or something. I dunno, but it's just not adding up.

I agree it's strange and that's why I'm here asking the Internet for help. All I have is the Oasis report to go off of and that's all Ford has to reference from. The build date is on the attached paperwork along with vehicle details.

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[dbsb3233]

I agree it's strange and that's why I'm here asking the Internet for help. All I have is the Oasis report to go off of and that's all Ford has to reference from. The build date is on the attached paperwork along with vehicle details.

If Aug 6, 2020 is actually the build date, then that almost has to be a pre-production unit.

Here's something from the wayback machine... our posts here discussing the production schedule at the time. First customer units were scheduled to start production Oct 26, 2020. Company cars Sept 28. Everything before that seems like it would have to be pre-production.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...ing-friends-in-mexico.1100/page-10#post-27674

Could maybe explain the missing 28 months too... a car that was never supposed to be sold to the public so it just sat somewhere, then accidentally got sold (?).

 

[dbsb3233]

Too bad I didn't zoom in to see the VIN plate on this pre-production red one I took a pic of at the road show we went to in Dec 2020. Be funny if it happened to be the same car.

 

[tgdesrochers]

Too bad I didn't zoom in to see the VIN plate on this pre-production red one I took a pic of at the road show we went to in Dec 2020. Be funny if it happened to be the same car.

That would be a fun coincidence!!

 

[Fixbear]

Did you verify the production date with the doorpost tag or from dealer paperwork?

 

[tgdesrochers]

Did you verify the production date with the doorpost tag or from dealer paperwork?

The production date is from Oasis. I received an Oasis report from Ford Corp and from my local dealer. I've also confirmed the doorpost tag, but since the car is currently at the dealer I cannot share a pic of said tag.

 

[tgdesrochers]

Too bad I didn't zoom in to see the VIN plate on this pre-production red one I took a pic of at the road show we went to in Dec 2020. Be funny if it happened to be the same car.

I just looked again. That one has white interior and mine is black. But still would have been pretty cool.

 

[tgdesrochers]

On updates, your aren’t the only one with a 2021 at 4.x software. Dealers can’t force software updates either. If yours has been sitting undriven, it would not be getting updates either.

Myself or SO drive the car every day. It's so fun we invent reasons to take it out for a ride. Updates are set daily at 0100. I doubt lack of use is the issue. FWIW I got the car in December with 12,400ish miles, 8 months later I've put on 8k miles. So pretty average American driving.

 

[hybrid2bev]

 

[tgdesrochers]

Thank you, can you color some context for me please. Looks like your research shows similar to Oasis.

 

[dtbaker61]

My VIN, digit 10 is M and 12-17 is A00189. Lines up with an early model First Edition. I'm guessing, as others have suggested, it was some dealer or Ford demo vehicle/show/"mannequin" and the services and warranty started even though there was no title or "owner". I'm wondering if Ford would be willing to retro the warranty to the First owner in 2022?? One can dream.

Any other early first editions stuck on update 4.2.5 and have a suggestion on how to get past it. 3 dealerships can't figure it out.

My MME Select AWD-SR was one of the first two delivered to Santa Fe, NM.... My HVBJB failed, was replaced, and I turned OFF auto-updates shortly after that. I am happily running 4.3.4, and do not plan to update unless I have to.

 

[HuntingPudel]

You may want to re-title the thread. The First Edition was a special early production trim built early in 2021 Job1. They were all Grabber Blue Metallic. ??

 

[hybrid2bev]

You may want to re-title the thread. The First Edition was a special early production trim built early in 2021 Job1. They were all Grabber Blue Metallic. ??

Or Rapid Red or Carbonized Gray

 

[HuntingPudel]

Or Rapid Red or Carbonized Gray

Oops. Duh. Grabber Blue Metallic was originally exclusive to the FE. I forgot that the FE was available in other colors. ?‍?

 

[ChasingCoral]

No, which is why, not

Nope, which is why I didn't realize it was such an early production model. It's currently at Koons Ford because of a multitude of errors with blue cruise, lane centering, driver camera, and more. Once I get it back I'll snap a pic of the door jamb, but no fun first edition features.

Which Koons Ford?

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