How long is "Normal" for in production?

[The Lone Ranger]

No, but if you look at the top of your sticker you will see the word blend with a number. In my case the blend was, 320240409. Ignoring the first number, you can see the date of 2024.04.09 (YYYY.MM.DD). That is the date your truck body and frame were or will be built and also all your modules will become active. So, if you have a blend date of say 2024.06.20 then your truck will be built tomorrow. Could slip a day or so depending on Production line issues.

This link will show all the modules associated to your truck. Once you see them that will indicate your truck has been built. Really nothing more about it except more confirmation that your truck has moved out of the being-built phase.

Index - FordServiceInfo.Com (motorcraftservice.com)

But the 'In Production' status is kind of general and it appears to include QA. So, depending on whatever QA finds, your truck could sit for days, weeks, months. Many on this forum have given up on their trucks that sat for months and found a truck pretty close to one they ordered as far back as May of last year.

The 'In Production' status is the black hole of statuses because it goes in and can sit without any explanation from Ford as to why your truck is sitting there. Most everyone here agrees that the wait would be less painful if Ford would explain what the delay is.

The Pre and Post 'In Production' statuses are fairly straight forward and things tend to move routinely. Usually, but no guarantees. I see you are in Oregon and so most likely your window sticker shows rail at the bottom left. It could take a while to get it from MAP to your dealer, but you can track it. There are rail codes that correspond to the one on your window sticker. Search these threads to find the rail code spreadsheet if you want to go down the proverbial rabbit hole.

But maybe you will be one of the lucky ones and get your truck in a timely manner. Whatever that is to you.

Good luck.

Great information - thanks very much. My blend date is 0607 - so assume from what you said it should be built by now even though it still shows "in production" ? The modules have 3 columns for each entry - some have two blanks and some have one blank - does that mean until you have all three columns filled they are still working on the truck ?

Sponsored

 

[GManGeno]

Great information - thanks very much. My blend date is 0607 - so assume from what you said it should be built by now even though it still shows "in production" ? The modules have 3 columns for each entry - some have two blanks and some have one blank - does that mean until you have all three columns filled they are still working on the truck ?

No, once you see all the modules listed in the first column that is all you can glean from that. Whatever values are missing will not change. It is just proof that your truck has made it to the end of the production line.

Now between Ford chat, Ford marketing, the 'pizza tracker', and your dealer you can track your status. But as mentioned before, the 'In Production' status is a bit of a black hole and the information you get from all sources may not be anything more than your pizza tracker. After checking the status with the tracker, my next go-to was ford chat. It feels like a bot maybe AI, but whatever it is, you can get shipping info from it. In my case the shipping date range given was inaccurate and the date range given came and went, then two months later a new range was given, and it was accurate. Now I am driving 6.5 hours to get my truck in another state tomorrow. I started the purchase process at a local but very small dealer in Nov '23, but ended up finding an out of state dealer that got an allocation in Feb '24. So, from the second attempt to receiving my truck was just over 4 months. I am lucky that it only took 4 months, some others are still waiting, others got their truck even quicker.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

My abandoned special order is now at 141 days in production.
I wonder if it will ever ship or just rot in parking lot purgatory.

 

[The Lone Ranger]

No, once you see all the modules listed in the first column that is all you can glean from that. Whatever values are missing will not change. It is just proof that your truck has made it to the end of the production line.

Now between Ford chat, Ford marketing, the 'pizza tracker', and your dealer you can track your status. But as mentioned before, the 'In Production' status is a bit of a black hole and the information you get from all sources may not be anything more than your pizza tracker. After checking the status with the tracker, my next go-to was ford chat. It feels like a bot maybe AI, but whatever it is, you can get shipping info from it. In my case the shipping date range given was inaccurate and the date range given came and went, then two months later a new range was given, and it was accurate. Now I am driving 6.5 hours to get my truck in another state tomorrow. I started the purchase process at a local but very small dealer in Nov '23, but ended up finding an out of state dealer that got an allocation in Feb '24. So, from the second attempt to receiving my truck was just over 4 months. I am lucky that it only took 4 months, some others are still waiting, others got their truck even quicker.

How does one know if the module list is complete or they are going to add more ?
"Pizza Tracker" ?? Is that the link Ford gives you initially to track your order ? Sorry for all of the questions - still using my "training wheels"

 

[GManGeno]

How does one know if the module list is complete or they are going to add more ?
"Pizza Tracker" ?? Is that the link Ford gives you initially to track your order ? Sorry for all of the questions - still using my "training wheels"

No, once I saw the modules get populated, it never changed.
And yes, the 'pizza tracker' is just what everyone here calls the status page where you currently see the 'In Production' status.

 

[telenerd]

I just got an email from Ford saying my truck is still being built.

My Raptor was built last week and I can see it on Ford Pass. So the vehicle is alive. Maybe it’s waiting on spray in bed liner? Hard to tell at this point. Dealer has no info.

I did chat Ford support and they said ETA for arrival at dealer is middle of July. We will see if that date sticks!

 

[Slyder]

I just got an email from Ford saying my truck is still being built.

My Raptor was built last week and I can see it on Ford Pass. So the vehicle is alive. Maybe it’s waiting on spray in bed liner? Hard to tell at this point. Dealer has no info.

I did chat Ford support and they said ETA for arrival at dealer is middle of July. We will see if that date sticks!

Same for me.

The truck was built last week with what the blend date shows and the modules are populated and active. I just have the base Raptor with nothing else, so it's hard to say what is going on.

 

[telenerd]

Same for me.

The truck was built last week with what the blend date shows and the modules are populated and active. I just have the base Raptor with nothing else, so it's hard to say what is going on.

Keep us posted!

 

[Catalyst]

I received the same email today about it still being built, modules and tear tag showed up Friday the 14th. I do have the SIB as my only option.

 

[Slyder]

It's just a thought, but would the recent CDK cyber attacks be part of the reason for the emails that were received stating the truck is still in production?

 

[Fredie53]

Even though I have already purchased mine from an out of town dealer.
My local dealer, who I have bought seven trucks from over the years, checked yesterday
and it was still sitting at the MAP.
Then today it shows this for the first time

 

[telenerd]

Even though I have already purchased mine from an out of town dealer.
My local dealer, who I have bought seven trucks from over the years, checked yesterday
and it was still sitting at the MAP.
Then today it shows this for the first time

Im still sitting at in production even though the truck is built.

 

[Raptor1996]

Im still sitting at in production even though the truck is built.

same here, they are telling me it will be delivered to my local dealer between 6/27/2024 and 7/3/2024.

we will see....

 

[Slyder]

Im still sitting at in production even though the truck is built.

Same here. I'll be keeping an eye on my Dealers new truck listing to see if it pops up on there.

I'm just not sure if it will pop up on their new truck list, because all of the Rangers, with the exception of the first Ranger Raptor, never popped up on it. Now that I think back, it's been the same way with their Broncos also, with the exception of 2 Bronco Raptors.

 

[The Lone Ranger]

No, but if you look at the top of your sticker you will see the word blend with a number. In my case the blend was, 320240409. Ignoring the first number, you can see the date of 2024.04.09 (YYYY.MM.DD). That is the date your truck body and frame were or will be built and also all your modules will become active. So, if you have a blend date of say 2024.06.20 then your truck will be built tomorrow. Could slip a day or so depending on Production line issues.

This link will show all the modules associated to your truck. Once you see them that will indicate your truck has been built. Really nothing more about it except more confirmation that your truck has moved out of the being-built phase.

Index - FordServiceInfo.Com (motorcraftservice.com)

But the 'In Production' status is kind of general and it appears to include QA. So, depending on whatever QA finds, your truck could sit for days, weeks, months. Many on this forum have given up on their trucks that sat for months and found a truck pretty close to one they ordered as far back as May of last year.

The 'In Production' status is the black hole of statuses because it goes in and can sit without any explanation from Ford as to why your truck is sitting there. Most everyone here agrees that the wait would be less painful if Ford would explain what the delay is.

The Pre and Post 'In Production' statuses are fairly straight forward and things tend to move routinely. Usually, but no guarantees. I see you are in Oregon and so most likely your window sticker shows rail at the bottom left. It could take a while to get it from MAP to your dealer, but you can track it. There are rail codes that correspond to the one on your window sticker. Search these threads to find the rail code spreadsheet if you want to go down the proverbial rabbit hole.

But maybe you will be one of the lucky ones and get your truck in a timely manner. Whatever that is to you.

Good luck.

Searched for rail code spreadsheet - but only got that my RB code says it is going to Oregon - is there more information than that available ?

Sponsored