ice-capades Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 5 hours ago, nickqw14 said: Hello! I recently put in an order for an F350 Lariat on 02/03 and also happened to notice a lot of the options I had selected no longer show up on Ford's website. I am a software engineer so I got curious and started snooping around their source code. I don't believe this is a system glitch, I was able to find a large JSON object that contained all of the missing options (along with options still showing). I also happened to find a list of part numbers that contained ONLY missing parts/options. This tells me these options are deliberately being hidden from users. Maybe it's not intentional but it seems odd that this list combines individual parts that can be purchased separately along with options like 5th wheel prep, Adaptive Steering and Moonroof. I could be totally wrong here just throwing in my 2 cents. If you want to know what's available, all you have to do is read the 2022 Super Duty Order Guide which is available for download in the Dealer Order Guides section. The order guide is the definitive reference for the available vehicle specifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyall Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 6 hours ago, nickqw14 said: ... This tells me these options are deliberately being hidden from users. ... Hell of a first post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forderorder Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, doyall said: Hell of a first post. Does his lack of posts negate his professional experience as a software developer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forderorder Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, ice-capades said: If you want to know what's available, all you have to do is read the 2022 Super Duty Order Guide which is available for download in the Dealer Order Guides section. The order guide is the definitive reference for the available vehicle specifications. Ford can disable the selection of certain options in WBDO though, as seen in this video at 46:45: https://youtu.be/buEsRY6xflA?t=2781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickqw14 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, ice-capades said: If you want to know what's available, all you have to do is read the 2022 Super Duty Order Guide which is available for download in the Dealer Order Guides section. The order guide is the definitive reference for the available vehicle specifications. Yes I have the order guide just got curious on why these options are hidden when this is typically going to be a retail customer’s first entry point. I know the site for ordering at the dealer is hitting a different endpoint, but at least for myself, I built out a truck online countless times for months before I actually pulled the trigger. Seems odd to hide these options to the only customers that they are allowing to order trucks with them included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBears Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hello! I recently put in an order for an F350 Lariat on 02/03 and also happened to notice a lot of the options I had selected no longer show up on Ford's website. I am a software engineer so I got curious and started snooping around their source code. I don't believe this is a system glitch, I was able to find a large JSON object that contained all of the missing options (along with options still showing). I also happened to find a list of part numbers that contained ONLY missing parts/options. This tells me these options are deliberately being hidden from users. Maybe it's not intentional but it seems odd that this list combines individual parts that can be purchased separately along with options like 5th wheel prep, Adaptive Steering and Moonroof. I could be totally wrong here just throwing in my 2 cents. I hadn't thought about looking at the code in the page. Great thinking and very cool! Thank You! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, nickqw14 said: Yes I have the order guide just got curious on why these options are hidden when this is typically going to be a retail customer’s first entry point. I know the site for ordering at the dealer is hitting a different endpoint, but at least for myself, I built out a truck online countless times for months before I actually pulled the trigger. Seems odd to hide these options to the only customers that they are allowing to order trucks with them included. It’s not odd at all considering the glitches we’ve seen in the build and price over the years. It was probably a misunderstanding of the decision to limit those to retail orders only. It will probably be fixed soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyall Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Forderorder said: Does his lack of posts negate his professional experience as a software developer? Actually, I am impressed by it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickqw14 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Not sure if anyone else has noticed but looks like the options are back ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
787Toolman Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 5 hours ago, nickqw14 said: Not sure if anyone else has noticed but looks like the options are back ? They must have found a bunch of missing parts in Johnny Cash's lunch box.? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmcken81 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, 787Toolman said: They must have found a bunch of missing parts in Johnny Cash's lunch box.? “I built it one piece at a time and it didn’t cost me a dime, you’ll know it’s me when I come through your town”. Awesome reference. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
787Toolman Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 2 hours ago, sjmcken81 said: “I built it one piece at a time and it didn’t cost me a dime, you’ll know it’s me when I come through your town”. Awesome reference. ? Nice, I knew someone would figure it out, it's a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55...automobile...JOHNNY CASH - ONE PIECE AT A TIME - CADILLAC VIDEO - YouTube 787Toolman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denao_53 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Good to know they’re building so King Ranches. Order Lariat in August. Dropped Bed liner and AS in December and changed to KR. Going on 7 months now and still no VIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickqw14 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Denao_53 said: Good to know they’re building so King Ranches. Order Lariat in August. Dropped Bed liner and AS in December and changed to KR. Going on 7 months now and still no VIN Ouch. I just ordered a Lariat with all the low commodity options and I’m starting to lose faith that I’ll ever see the truck. The dealer told me 7-8 months, I’m fine with waiting but worried it won’t get done before 23MY production starts and who knows what’ll happen at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denao_53 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 7 hours ago, nickqw14 said: Ouch. I just ordered a Lariat with all the low commodity options and I’m starting to lose faith that I’ll ever see the truck. The dealer told me 7-8 months, I’m fine with waiting but worried it won’t get done before 23MY production starts and who knows what’ll happen at that point. I'm worried too considering I've seen similar builds ordered well after mine and they have already been built. Stating to look at other dealers. I don't mind driving, if I could find one somewhere else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayweezie Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 5th Wheel Prep and Adaptive Steering are showing as options again on FORD.com when you try to build a SD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YODA Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I just did a build on my KR again and everything was still there including spray in bed liner, adaptive steering etc, etc. Pricing did change a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigUnixGeek Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I'm sure it's just a conspiracy to hide the original conspiracy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue6 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I had looked the other day and was unable to build my order, just checked again and I can now build it again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickqw14 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Ha now they are hidden again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forderorder Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Ford needs to get it together. Apparently my VVR shows a pushed build week but I never got an email notification. Between the build and price randomly hiding options, the order status page not loading, the email click tracking link to the order status page giving a "requested URL cannot be found" error, and people not getting order confirmation or status update emails... Holy cow. Is Ford hiring IT people, and how's the pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewayne Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 8:49 AM, CBears said: I was just on Ford.com building out another F250 and noticed that they have removed almost all of the add ons that used to be on there. Bed liner, covers, console safe, floor mats, even rear window options. There were $3,000 worth of add ons I did when I ordered my truck that are no longer available on the builder. I just found this interesting. I noticed it too. I was on today it's all back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyT22 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) I'm glad I got mine ordered the way I wanted it before that happened! Edited March 8, 2022 by RustyT22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHorse27 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Looks like the options are removed again as of 04/04/2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trublu1068 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) I just ordered a F450 last week. I too found all the options mentioned were not available when I used the Ford build page. I talked to my dealer about that and he was able to add the options I wanted that were not available on the website. Edited April 4, 2022 by Trublu1068 add info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.