The Friday Night Massacre

[Mach1E]

But not in the way I did on our last trip to Colorado. That was a trip.

Nope, same way. 420

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[jonkMACHE]

I guess I was one of the lucky ones, but my delivery date got accelerated by 20 days. My car was already built and shipped so I’m assuming I got in one of the last batch of chips before the shortage. My theory is now that delivery volume has cleared out all the cars actually built will arrive more quickly.

 

[Dan A]

By now many of you have woken up to seeing your estimated delivery dates jump three months (in the wrong direction). Such a large estimating mistake, or logistics mistake, far exceeds last year's "chip hold" delay which prompted the extra free 250kw from Ford.

To help draw attention to this disaster, I propose referencing it in this and other forums as the Friday Night Massacre ("FNM"). This will facilitate cover in the trade publications, as in "... described in social media as the Friday Night Massacre, the massive disruption of ..."

i got the same three month extension. I checked with my dealer and he says that my car is on chip hold. If shows as in production right now.

 

[seattledan206]

By now many of you have woken up to seeing your estimated delivery dates jump three months (in the wrong direction). Such a large estimating mistake, or logistics mistake, far exceeds last year's "chip hold" delay which prompted the extra free 250kw from Ford.

To help draw attention to this disaster, I propose referencing it in this and other forums as the Friday Night Massacre ("FNM"). This will facilitate cover in the trade publications, as in "... described in social media as the Friday Night Massacre, the massive disruption of ..."

I think this explains it.

By now many of you have woken up to seeing your estimated delivery dates jump three months (in the wrong direction). Such a large estimating mistake, or logistics mistake, far exceeds last year's "chip hold" delay which prompted the extra free 250kw from Ford.

To help draw attention to this disaster, I propose referencing it in this and other forums as the Friday Night Massacre ("FNM"). This will facilitate cover in the trade publications, as in "... described in social media as the Friday Night Massacre, the massive disruption of ..."

I think this explains it. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...ortage-tries-a-different-strategy-180228.html

 

[bruceski88]

By far not the first time and won't be the last, as others are saying, just wait you will see.

My experience at the major semiconductor supplier to Ford in the 80’s was also comical. They mixed up the order for their best selling Ford with a Lincoln Continental and had 500 ordered of the one they wanted 500,000 of. We convinced them to switch to programmable non-volatile memories. Less than a year later they forgot to order anything. They had to foot the bill to bring everyone back between christmas and new year’s including paying for everyone’s vacation.

 

[911roger]

I trust Ford ,it’s in their own self interest to get these models produced. Wailing about it won’t help it’s just a car not a lung transplant chill out and go along with the ride, think of the stories you can tell after you take delivery…………….

 

[Larry Paul]

My car has been stalled in production since 1/15/22. I got the same 3 month delay. If true this will mean that I will have waited for my car for 50 weeks. This might be worth the extra 3 month wait if Ford is going to install improvements like a redesigned battery pack or a heat pump, otherwise it’s pretty hard to take. I’m going to wait and see what the deal is before I start looking at other options from other parts of the world.

I think that they have assembled all of the 2022's that were scheduled to be built in January...except missing chips/components. I would not get your hopes up with getting any changes at this point.

 

[Woeo]

I am really puzzled by how the supply chain management works in Ford. Didn't they know that there is no chip to put on all these cars before yesterday? So they go and build stuff then suddenly at a Friday night they're like "ugh looks like we're out of chips, let's order some."

Look at the big brain on Brad.
You figured it out. Ford is just F’ing with you.

 

[KevinS]

Look at the big brain on Brad.

Are you saying it was because of the metric system? ? ?

 

[StephsMachE]

Sorry FNM or not, this really is pissing me off. I ordered early July 2021. Was NOT changed over to 22, so mine will remain as a 21. In production 12/6, original eta 2/6 and now 5/6. The joys of this crappy lack of communication process getting a 2021 Mach E mid 2022

 

[robbinbadams]

This is the first time so many orders slipped by such a large extent. Unprecedented. Not at all like the order status system going down for portions of most weekends.

The reality is that parts ordered months in advance that suddenly have delivery dates pushed out create production delays that cannot be avoided.

 

[phil]

That is an interesting shade of Black Onyx...

 

[Ghost Mach-E]

Strong words. Be patient. It will be worth it.

 

[All Hat No Cattle]

'Never in the field of automotive sales was so much delayed by so long to so many.'

- Churchill

Well, I've gotta ask.

How does Ford's screw up compare to Tesla having 1.2 million reservations, with deposits, for the Cybertruck, and pushing first deliveries to 2024? Just asking. Because it could always be worse. A 5 year wait? Hmmm.


https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/thanks-captain-obvious-musk.13881/page-2#post-335995

 

[B25Nut]

Many of us here had delivery dates in July 2021 that suddenly got pushed back to 10/31/21. I have to admit I started freaking out and began looking at my second choice again (GV80) and getting a Mach-E off a dealer lot that was not configured the way I wanted it. But just in time Ford moved the date to 9/7/21 and I figured I could live with that. My MME arrived 8/24/21.

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