Lightning production restarting March 13 (after pause for fire investigation)

[detansinn]

Anyone with a Lightning held in transit get any kind of update beyond the Ford email?

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[Its PJ Bia]

Anyone with a Lightning held in transit get any kind of update beyond the Ford email?

Mine got pushed out another month again, now est. delivery is 3/28 - 4/10. Looked it up myself no word from Ford as I would expect.

 

[paitentlywaiting]

Anyone with a Lightning held in transit get any kind of update beyond the Ford email?

Not so much -- I called Ford after my dealership wasn't able to see where my truck was (it was previously at the rail yard ~10 minutes from the dealership on 2/6 waiting final transport) and Ford said it is either still at the rail yard or back in Michigan. They said their tracker is showing both.....so they essentially don't know where the truck is or if it went back to the plant. My ETA date has always been "next week". When that week comes, I log in to see it moved again to "next week". I have been playing this game since the first part of January with Ford.

 

[paitentlywaiting]

Just spoke with Ford corporate and they confirmed that my truck has officially been sent back to Michigan for a "battery issue". So back to square one it is

 

[Jim Lewis]

I wonder if the extent of the problem will show up in Ford's next quarterly earnings report and its projections for the next quarter after that.

 

[GolfJRM]

Anyone with a Lightning held in transit get any kind of update beyond the Ford email?

My delivery date just went from this week to almost a month from now (3/24-4/6). Working on getting my dealer to make a deal on one of the ones in stock

 

[abel408]

Just spoke with Ford corporate and they confirmed that my truck has officially been sent back to Michigan for a "battery issue". So back to square one it is

I'm sorry. Hopefully that's not the same fate for everyone's truck. Did your Vehicle tracking ever update?

 

[TaxmanHog]

I wonder if the extent of the problem will show up in Ford's next quarterly earnings report and its projections for the next quarter after that.

4250 trucks were not built for 5 weeks lost to eternity, should result in at least a mention.

 

[detansinn]

Just spoke with Ford corporate and they confirmed that my truck has officially been sent back to Michigan for a "battery issue". So back to square one it is

If the trucks are getting shipped back to Michigan, they’re likely replacing battery packs. It’s possible that all trucks aren’t getting that treatment. Still, not awesome.

 

[metroshot]

Not so much -- I called Ford after my dealership wasn't able to see where my truck was (it was previously at the rail yard ~10 minutes from the dealership on 2/6 waiting final transport) and Ford said it is either still at the rail yard or back in Michigan. They said their tracker is showing both.....so they essentially don't know where the truck is or if it went back to the plant. My ETA date has always been "next week". When that week comes, I log in to see it moved again to "next week". I have been playing this game since the first part of January with Ford.

I feel for you too - my MME order has been pushed back 7 times since it was built in December.

Feel like Ford isn't making the effort to actually get EVs in their customers' hands.

 

[paitentlywaiting]

I'm sorry. Hopefully that's not the same fate for everyone's truck. Did your Vehicle tracking ever update?

Unfortunately no, my tracker has always shown "next week" and this has always been the case. When that week arrives, my tracker adds on another week to the expected delivery. So not a ton of great insight there into it. Sorry!

 

[Old Aviator]

Mine got pushed out another month again, now est. delivery is 3/28 - 4/10. Looked it up myself no word from Ford as I would expect.

Mine moved from 2/27/23 to 3/13/23 to 3/27/23 to 4/3/23 seems to be slowing down so maybe next date will be 4/7/23

 

[Lightning Rod]

No word from Ford today? I thought for sure they would release a statement about restarting production. Ford has a lot of anxious investors in their EV technology... one would think that they need to say something to their investors AND customers that all is well and getting back to normal. They also should speak up as to when shipping will start back up.

 

[Jim Lewis]

I'm still "In Production," and my tracking hasn't been updated since 2/1/23 when I was scheduled for the week of 2/18/23. Shortly before that, I was scheduled for the more typical build date of 2/13/23. So, I've wondered if there wasn't already a blip in production before the 2/4/23 battery fire. IIRC, @TaxmanHog predicted a week or two ago, based on a Lightning work stoppage this past summer, that those of us with "In Production" vehicles would not get any further updates until the vehicle is actually built, which is a bummer to hear nothing for another month or so... Meanwhile, I have $100K sitting in a bank that's had some financial problems in the last few years, wondering if it might suffer a financial meltdown similar to SVB.

 

[Lightning Rod]

I have $100K sitting in a bank, wondering if it might suffer a financial meltdown similar to SVB.

Hey... I'm in the same situation. Don't jinx us ha ha.

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