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There was a service message published by Ford last Thursday acknowledging this problem... There is a software fix that is expected to be available in October... all of the random "fixes" that have been done for this issue are extremely unlikely to actually fix the problem and are likely either making it worse or just kicking the problem down the road a few days. Wait until there is a fix, DO NOT go to your dealer and ask for a loaner. Call your dealer and talk to them about it and ask them to pull up SSM 51015 and ask if there are any updates. If they don't have anything, taking it to the dealer for diagnostics will be a waste of everybody's time.

Be careful with purchasing keys from places like that, Fords can be very picky about which key they have. I would check with your dealer for the part number then use that to order one online. You don't need forscan to program a third key if you already have two. There's a procedure in the owners manual to program a spare key using the ignition switch, backup slot, and brake pedal.

It's a glitch. Don't read into the window sticker appearing and reappearing. If it is still in production it is probably still waiting on a module or other component. Your dealer should be able to give you a better idea through the visibility report.

The bedliner and 5th wheel are kind of labor related, but more due to the way trucks are being ordered now versus how they were in the past. Before all of these retail orders, dealers would have bedliners and 5th wheel kits installed locally instead of ordering them already equipped because it was quicker/cheaper to get them that way. Now that everything is being custom ordered, people are ordering the trucks with bedliners and 5th wheel, which means they have to get put on before they are shipped out. The facilities that previously had enough throughput to complete all of the bedliners and 5th wheel kits for all of the stock orders now do not have enough throughput for the sheer number that are being ordered. The physical facilities are not built to handle the number of trucks being ordered with those options. They could hire more people, but there's no room for extra people with the current facilities.

What you see in Ford Pass is a very basic version of what Ford employees and technicians can see. The Ford diagnostic website has a very detailed report of every code that sets and when it set, but only certain Ford dealer and corporate employees have access to it.

If you have Fordpass enabled anyone who has access to PTS can see codes that have set within the last 90 days. I know a few people on this forum have access, but not sure how willing some would be to help out with that. Some of us *cough*me*cough* have nothing better to do with our time than look up this stuff on PTS so feel free to send over your VIN and I can look into what set at least. No guarantees that I can make any sort of diagnosis, but I can at least look up the codes that set.

Yup, held at the plant for a microchip. Visibility report shows an ETA of 5/7-5/13, but I never put too much faith in that ETA. It's rarely accurate for this type of thing.

Unbuilt MY22 trucks will not be rolled into MY23. Any unbuilt trucks once MY22 production ends will simply remain unbuilt and unscheduled.

No luck getting the bedliner delete yet. WBDO still doesn't seem to show it as an option.

My sales zone manager is looking into it and has confirmation as of yesterday afternoon that they are trying to get it fixed. No ETA as of yet, but hopefully we'll get it in there before any more scheduling happens.

It means nothing. People like to try and make it correlate with different things, but ultimately it is just the date the window sticker was generated. This has no relation to different steps along production. A new sticker is generated about once a week, sometimes sooner, throughout the production process and for a little while after the vehicle is produced.

The date change at the bottom of your window sticker has no meaning. The date changes about every week for a while during production but has no relation to the different statuses. It can continue to change for a couple months after production sometimes, too. Your dealer should be able to look up the exact status of your vehicle using the vehicle visibility tracker and tell you what is actually going on.

Then your salesman doesn't know how to read the VVR. He's either too lazy or ignorant to figure it out. Shoot me a message with your VIN and I'll figure out your build date for you.

Your truck would not have been scheduled or given a VIN if they did not have the specific parts allocated to your truck to build it. Can you post your full VIN? I'm sure there's some information about your truck that you aren't being told. Your dealer is correct that your truck order cannot be changed once a VIN is given, though.

Mind sending me your VIN? This all seems extremely fishy to me and I really doubt an unfinished vehicle got shipped, let alone to an auction yard... New vehicles are never shipped to an auction in the first place unless a dealer sends it there.