Ford to sell incomplete vehicles to dealers

"The automaker will instead ship the semiconductors to dealers within one year, which they will then install in customers’ vehicles after purchase."

"Other automakers have also had to make sacrifices due to the chip shortage, with GM dropping wireless charging, HD radios, and a fuel management module that made some pickup trucks operate more efficiently. Meanwhile, Tesla sold some cars without USB ports and made them installable at a later date. Luxury cars haven’t been exempt from the shortage either, as Cadillac nixed its hands-free driving feature in its 2022 Escalade, while BMW began shipping some cars without touchscreens."

 

What a mess

 

Who knew my 17 would have more tech than new ones.

 

Not really surprised at anything Ford does anymore.

 

It is a Storage solution.

At least they have the capacity and money to build them nearly complete. They should have reconsidered recoding their software the way Tesla did to make do with what you can find And not miss a beat.

Unfortunately their success is now a thorn in my side, since I live in Austin - we're basically slowly trading places with SF.

 

Gm owners around the country wondering, what microchip runs the cyl deactivation so we can pull it???

 

I could have sworn they were shipping out some without the DFM and got a $50 credit lol

 

If my Lightning ships incomplete I’m not buying it. I mean it’s all EV I imagine it requires bountiful chips

 

Stories I've seen say 1,500 to 2,000 chips in an EV. I will be the first to admit that I don't know if there's more than one way to count "a chip."

 

Betcha can't eat just one

 

Hell...They have been doing this for years, nothing new here.

 

I know at least one person who got one of those. In fact, I know a number of guys who traded in their vehicles like a year ago specifically *BECAUSE* they are Chevy/GMC fans, and their new trucks 'wouldn't have that AFM crap' as they put it.

And yet I get crap for buying a 'foreign truck'....that's essentially already set up in several ways like they want their trucks to be set up. (No AFM; simple interior; 4.30 gears; etc.)

 

I like how they say in a year??? WTH??? They have no idea how long it will be and the way things are going the length of time could be growing more distant every month!!!

 

They would have too be one helluva discount for me too even fathom that thought….

 

You don't know how true that ^^^ is.

 

Free BBQ....hell I'd go to that

 

I saw quite a few pisses off folks that got theirs before that happened.

but it’s also missing heated and cooled seats and other stuff

 

I second that !

 

I mean, not like they were going to work anyway even with those parts......

 

This sounds like a family day of fun filled activities. I hear the "build your own Ford" workshop will be a hit.

 

Ha! I'm one of those GM guys who bought the Tundra because I loved that it didn't have AFM, had a simple interior, 4:30 rear, etc

 

Sans chips

 

BYOC - "Bring your own chips" has taken a new meaning

 

We’ve had a shortage of truck drivers for a long while now. The major rail companies decided to help, by training some of their excess engineers to drive 18 wheelers.

But that just lead to a shortage of semi-conductors.

 

Oh yeah; every good ol' boy and 'in the know' person I know who's bought a GM/Chevy truck in the last 4 years or so has had the dealership disable the AFM even before leaving the dealership.