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10 hours ago, ice-capades said:
As posted in the 2022 F-Series Super Duty Production Information forum on 05/07/2022.
2022MY Super Duty - Product Change - Particulate Matter (PM) Sensor
ACTION REQUESTED
• Please be advised of a product offering change on Super Duty
SUMMARY
The automotive industry continues to be confronted by supply chain shortages of a wide variety of components used to manufacture Ford vehicles. As a way for customers to get their Super Duty trucks sooner, Ford is implementing a change on all Super Duty trucks with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke Diesel Engine. Beginning May 6, 2022, all Super Duty trucks built at Kentucky Truck Plant equipped with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke Diesel Engine, including retail, fleet and stock orders will be produced without the Particulate Matter (PM) Sensor in the exhaust system. Beginning June 10, 2022, all Super Duty trucks built at Ohio Assembly Plant equipped with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke Diesel Engine, including retail, fleet and stock orders will be produced without the Particulate Matter (PM) Sensor in the exhaust system.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The PM Sensor is used for On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) purposes only to detect and report changes in the emissions control performance and does not impact the emission level of the vehicle. Customers will be able to operate the vehicle normally without the PM Sensor. Super Duty trucks built without a PM sensor are certified for sale in the United States, including states that adhere to the California emissions standards, with a condition that a sensor be installed at no charge at a later date.
REPAIR PROCESS
Parts are projected to be available in Fall 2023; however, due to the uncertainty surrounding global supply constraints, this timing could be extended. Ford Motor Company will contact affected customers once the PM sensor becomes available, and installation will be completed at the customer’s local dealer at no additional cost to the customer.
CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
Customers purchasing a Super Duty built at Kentucky Truck Plant with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke Diesel Engine built on or after May 6, 2022 must sign a PM Sensor customer acknowledgement form. Customers purchasing a Super Duty built at Ohio Assembly Plant with the 6.7-liter Power Stroke Diesel Engine built on or after June 10, 2022 must sign a PM Sensor customer acknowledgement form.When I picked up my truck on 14 June, I had to sign the form mentioned in this post.
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Took a trip from Leavenworth, KS to Cedar Falls, IA a month ago in my 2019 F450 (26,000 mile on the odometer), calm weather running at 69mph and got the best fuel mileage that I had ever gotten in my 450, 16.6mpg. Traded in my 450 and picked up my new 22 F350 dually with 3.55 gearing and took made that same trip last week and got 19.3mpg (52 miles on the odometer).
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I watched the latest TFLTruck video where the compared the Lightning towing a 6,000lb trailer and a GMC 1500 gasser pulling the exact same trailer. The Lightning went 86 miles before it was down to 19% charge and had to find a charging station. It took 45 minutes to charge to almost 90%. That would make for a long, long camping trip.
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Finally got the keys. F350 6.7 Lariat w/ Ultimate pkg, LEDs. Ordered 10/27 picked up 6/14.
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This past Friday I completed all the paperwork to finalize the purchase of my new F350 and I was taken aback by a policy ( I guess I can call it that) that is in place when you remove items from your order (AS, 5WP). I ordered a F350 Lariat Ultimate package LED's and a dually, my order also included AS and 5WP, my agreed upon sales price was $77,100. After my order, at the recommendation of the GM at my dealer, I dropped AS ($910) and 5WP ($455) from my order. When I went in to finalize my purchase, my salesman brought out the contract and I see the sales price is still $77,100. I then ask him, "shouldn't the sales price be less as I dropped AS and 5WP from my order but I see that I am still getting charged for it?" The sales manager calls the Ford rep and I am giving a $127.00 discount from Ford. I asked the sales manager that my sales price includes $1,365 for options that I didn't get and Ford is only giving me $127.00 credit? He laughed and said that is Ford's doing not his. I said, so basically, Ford is still charging me $1,238 for nothing. So if my original order had not included AS and 5WP, my truck would have cost $1,365 less, but because I ordered those options and Ford, at the time, couldn't produce it that way so I remove those items from my order. Yet Ford still makes money on those items even though they provide nothing to the customer. What a racket these automakers have going on. BTW, I had to purchase the 5WP kit for 720.00 and pay to have it installed for 500.00 even though there is a line item in my invoice for the factory 5WP kit that I am still paying for.
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Ordered 10/27/21 - 6.7 CC DRW Lariat Star White
Order Confirmed - 10/27/21
January 22 - Removed 5WP and AS
Scheduled for build - 3/28/22 (it did change a few times)
Built - 4/2/22
Received shipped email 4/5
Truck at dealer 6/6/22
Finally! Now getting my hitch prep kit and spray-in bed liner installed.
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My truck was built on 4/2, received the shipped email 4/5, sat in Shelbyville, KY on a rail hold with an expected delivery date of 5/24 - 5/30 (it changed many times), however, I haven't received any other delayed delivery emails since the 5/24 - 5/30 notice and my truck is not at the dealer yet either. Frustrating indeed.
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2 hours ago, mitch42 said:
Another issue with these delays for the consumer is that interest rates are going up everyday that we are waiting on Ford to get our vehicles out to us. My local credit union car rates have gone up almost 2 percent since my first so called delivery date. Thats going to cost people over $3000 just for having to wait and probably more than that because they are still going up.
I have my loan already from Navy Fed at 2.29% that is valid for 90 days, if my truck doesn't arrive before June 17th I will have to go back and get a new loan with the higher rates
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22 hours ago, ice-capades said:
Based on actual experience with rail carriers, they've not been running fine until now. Ice Capades used to transport the cast, staff, stage sets, audio and lighting equipment, costumes, etc. by rail exclusively from 1940 up until the show was bought by Metromedia in 1963. Afterwards, cast and staff would travel via bus or plane depending on the distance between engagements. Those of us on staff that drove the tours throughout the U.S. and Canada did so at our own expense. The show's equipment (stage sets, audio and lighting equipment, costumes, etc.) continued to be transported until the end of the 1977 tours. Specialty equipment (refrigeration) always shipped by truck but after 1977 everything shipped by truck in a brand-new fleet of International Transtar II's with custom Fruehauf 45' trailers. When I eft the show, there were close to 30 trucks on the road traveling between close to 90 cities for 3 different tours.
I was one of four members of the "Wagon Crew" that was responsible for supervising, loading, unloading and transporting more than a dozen custom Fruehauf show trailers from the rail sidings to the various arenas, civic centers and coliseums in each city.
The change from rail to trucks was specifically because the railroads were so undependable and couldn't guarantee a delivery day or time. In cities where the show did a one-week engagement, the show did 9-10 performances from Tuesday through Sunday nights. The stagehand call at the building was at 8:00am Tuesday morning to move the show in for opening that night. Packing the show up actually started during the last performance on Sunday night after which we'd transport the show trailers back to the rail siding to load into our 4 custom rail cars. Mondays were usually a travel day for the company, otherwise a day off when we were playing a 10-14+ day engagement.
On my last tour, we finished loading the rail cars in Detroit at about 4:00am prior to them being tagged to the train going to St. Louis for our next stop. That "move out" was tough, the weather was lousy and there was a lot of salty language between us wishing the train would derail. Sure enough, after we'd left, the railroad moved the cars and they derailed in the yard with the cars ending up in about 8' of mud, etc. The railroad had to use cranes to lift the cars back up, etc. The show's company manager got greeted at the St. Louis airport with the news along with one of the Wagon Crew members that travelled with the company. They caught the next flight back to Detroit to inspect for damage, supervise, etc. I found out when I pulled into the hotel in St. Louis. The railroad arranged to ship all the show's equipment by truck and said that they had arranged to have two drivers for each truck so that they could drive straight through to deliver everything on time in St. Louis. Everything made it on time except for the truck with all the costumes, thanks to it only having a single driver that got stopped. As such we missed our opening night in St. Louis!
The story and photos are fantastic, thank you for sharing. I remember living in the Los Angeles area in the 70's and I would see commercials for Ice Capades. This brought back some memories for sure.
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What has been really eye opening for me is just how fragile the infrastructures are for businesses in America. I am no expert but for 57 years the trains have been running just fine, now all of a sudden they lack rail cars or people to move freight and vehicles. Are they being asked to ship more vehicles now than before Covid or has Covid become the "cover" for all of their current failures? All we hear for US to be flexible, how about Ford follow that advice as well, be flexible and let customers pick-up their vehicles at the factory or come up with a solution to this mess. Stop blaming and start fixing! If they had to reduce the sale price of their vehicle by a $1,000 bucks for every week that they sit at the rail yards we would all have our vehicles as soon as they are built. But since there isn't any negative impact to Ford they won't change a thing. Rant over, frustration continues.
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21 hours ago, ice-capades said:
Talk to your Dealer. The Vehicle Visibility Report will show the reason for any shipping delays if related to the new, additional reporting statuses.
Thank you Ice for posting this, my dealer said my delay was detailed as a "rail carrier" delay.
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Similar situation, mine was built 4/2 and on 4/5 an said it was shipped and headed to my dealer. I have received 3 delay emails and now scheduled for 24 - 30 May. It has been sitting in Shelbyville this whole time and hasn't moved.
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25 minutes ago, akirby said:
Your dealer knows whether it’s still at the plant waiting on microchips or whether it’s delayed in transit. All they have to do is check the VVR.I spoke with them yesterday, they have been very responsive. They indicated that the VVR is showing in transit delay rail carrier in Shelbyville Kentucky and this is exactly why I wrote my post. What does waiting on a rail carrier have to do with ensuring my complete satisfaction so we will require more time? Just say it's waiting to be loaded on a rail car.
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Just need to vent for a moment...I am a patient man and completely understand the state of the world right now, however, Ford, IMHO., could do a much better job of being concise and transparent and then I feel people would be a little more understanding to their situation. Let me explain what I mean. On 4/5 I received an email from Ford stating that my truck was built and had an expected arrival date at my dealer of 4/17 through 4/23. Then on 4/16 I get the generic email stating, "To ensure my complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your truck is delivered to my dealer." I have since received this email 4 more time with the last one coming last night pushing the delivery back to 24 to 30 May. My issues are with the "Built" email and the "To ensure your satisfaction..." email. Specifically, Ford tells me my truck is built but then the delay email seems to suggest otherwise. Just be upfront about the actual status of our trucks, is it built or do you need more time to complete the truck, i.e., waiting on chips or a lack of rail cars. If it's waiting on chips then it was never actually "built", just say that. Be upfront and transparent, that shouldn't be a lot to ask.
Ok, rant over. I will sit back and patiently continue to wait. Thank you!
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Good Morning Cyberdman,
Would you mind please checking again for me?
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Thank you very much!
Randy
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This is what we pull, wish we could pull it more throughout the year....one day!
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Looking for observations from those whose previous SD had Adaptive Steering but there new truck does not. Can you tell a difference? If so, what kind of difference and do you miss it? My current 19 F450 has it but my ordered F350 doesn't.
Thanks in advance.
Randy
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I saw this thread and looked on KBB at my trucks value. Back in October, when I ordered my new truck, my 19 F450 was worth and average trade-in value of 79K, this morning it says 86K. I am sure a lot has to do with what truck and location.
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Checked the mail this morning...and there was a Golden Ticket, I ,mean PCO for $2,500. I want to thank you fine folks on this forum for your advice on how to get one. It seems that maybe visiting Ford.com everyday for 4 months paid off.
Thank you and hoping everyone else who wants one gets one!
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43 minutes ago, akirby said:
Standard shipping delay emailThank you
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I received an email on Saturday and this is what it said:
"To ensure your complete satisfaction, we will require additional time before your 2022 Super Duty F-350 Lariat is delivered to Zeck Ford. Your vehicle’s previous estimated delivery range of April 17, 2022, and April 23, 2022, has been updated to between April 29, 2022, and May 5, 2022." I had already received the "Shipped" email a few weeks ago and an update that showed, "In Transit - Received Ramp 8P, Shelbyville Mc, KY Apr-05-2022, 08:00 ET." I understand shipping delays but this email makes it sound like they found an issue or something.
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Sir,
Would you mind checking for an update please?
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Thank you for taking the time out of your day to assist us.
Best,
Randy
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In October, when I ordered my new F350, I looked on KBB for the trade value of my 2019 F450 which is in perfect condition with 24k miles, and it showed the average trade in of $77,500. My dealer accepted that and we made a deal. Fast forward to today, my new truck is on a rail car headed my way and I was curious what the value of my truck is now...KBB it is now worth an average trade value of $88,000, the change in such a short amount of time is crazy. However, in my state, you only pay sales tax on the difference between your trade and the new vehicle price, since my trade in is worth more than the new truck, no sales tax is due. Dealer gave me $77,500 for mine and sold me the new one for $77,100, so a big tax savings and hassle free. YMMV.
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Good morning Sir,
May I get a status check on my truck please?
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thank you in advance!
Randy
Grid monitor warns of U.S. blackouts in ‘sobering report’
in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
Posted · Edited by rlp450
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Why was the catch phrase, "Global Warming" changed to "Climate Change"? Was it done so you really couldn't disagree that the climate changes? Hasn't the earth's climate changed many times over millions of years, even when there weren't factories and SUV's? In the 70's a cover of Time magazine said we were heading into another ice age. In 2000 scientists declared that the sea levels were going rise drastically and that numerous coastal cities were going to disappear by 2012. I don't recall which cities have disappeared? Have to wonder why some of loudest voices who scream about the melting of the polar ice caps and the dangers to coastal communities by the rising tides have purchased multi million dollar homes on the coasts, not in the mountains to be safe from the coming floods, but in places they say are going to flood in 7years. Also, I believe NASA's own documentation shows that the average temperature has risen by only 1.5 degrees F. How much did the temperature rise on earth to dry the water that covered the Grand Canyon? I don't believe we had factories or SUV's back then either. Could it be that the earth changes position and that causes the fluctuations in temperature and nothing we do can stop it? Clean air and water is a wonderful goal, but the U.S. can become carbon neutral and it wouldn't have any impact on the earth if India, China and Russia, among others don't become carbon neutral as well. We need to be smart in how we approach reducing carbon emissions, I do not want to end up like Sri Lanka. Anyway, more trees are good, just clean up the forests so when fires start they don't have so much fuel to burn.