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2023 Ford Escapes and Lincoln Corsairs in Production?


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5 hours ago, silvrsvt said:

Normal production is about 60 units an hour for vehicle...if they have two shifts that could be about 960 units a day if they got out vehicles like that each hour. 

LAP job per hour is around 87.  LAP is the fastest production plant Ford has.  Explore days there we ran 95 to 99 per hour but now have more automation in so robots really can't keep up. 

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1 hour ago, chodaddy15 said:

Curious to see what Cinnabar Red looks like. Do we have any real world comparisons?

As a retired paintguy, I haven't seen the color yet. Renditions on line and in the car magazines are frequently off. The color displays at dealerships or your city's Auto Show, are fairly accurate. I've handled many a "Paint Standard", about the size of an index card. Still only gives you an idea of what it might look like on a full vehicle. Cinnabar is the ore used to obtain mercury. Cinnabar was an early red pigment. With the toxicity, it is certain the paint will not contain cinnabar. Would have been a great tie in for the departed Mercury product line.

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3 hours ago, 1984Poke said:

Can anyone who works at the Louisville Assembly Plant tell us if the plant is in operation, producing Escapes and Corsairs this week?

I hope so

i do not want my 3/20 build week to slip

I have a personal offer from ford in my lease statement for $1500.00 which expires in April 23rd

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I don't believe any 2023 Corsairs have shipped yet. The Louisville Assembly Plant appears to be in "hold" mode for some reason.

 

My wife ordered a 2023 Corsair Reserve last September and recently received her 5th notice of delayed production.

 

For what it's worth, here's a summary of this adventure from the beginning:

 

 21-Sep-2022:  Order placed at local Lincoln dealership

21-Sep-2022:  Order confirmation received from Lincoln

17-Nov-2022:  Scheduled for production week of 09-Jan-2023

17-Nov-2022:  VIN assigned:  5LMCJ2DA1PULxxxxx

21-Nov-2022:  Priority Code changed from 19 to 02 by Lincoln

21-Nov-2022:  Subwoofer delete confirmed; $250 price reduction

10-Jan-2023:  Production delayed until week of 23-Jan-2023

17-Jan-2023:  Production delayed (again) until week of 06-Feb-2023

25-Jan-2023:  Production delayed (again) until week of 13-Feb-2023

02-Feb-2023:  Production not scheduled per Lincoln online tracking

03-Feb-2023:  Production delayed (again) until week of 21-Feb-2023

09-Feb-2023:  Production delayed (again) until week of 27-Feb-2023

 

 

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Well, my order history for a 2023 PHEV Escape is as follows:

 

10 January 2023:  Placed an order for a 2023 PHEV Escape at local Ford dealership 

10 January 2023:  Order confirmation email received from Ford Motor Company 

 

That's it.  ?  My order was placed exactly one month ago today, thus my history is not as long as yours, Exit32, but I hope you get good news on your Corsair soon.

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On 2/10/2023 at 6:08 PM, rrandall0213@gmail.com said:

There was another launch update issued by the plant manager a few days ago. I haven’t been able to find it online yet. Hopefully someone leaks it soon. 

Serious question for anyone who knows:  Is info on when an assembly plant is in operation and producing vehicles vs. when it is idle and not producing vehicles considered proprietary corporate information the automaker does not want publicly disclosed?  It seems to me (an outsider) that it would be rather obvious when a plant is producing vehicles as opposed to when it is idle.  If nothing else, the employee parking lot would be full or mostly empty.

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9 hours ago, 1984Poke said:

Serious question for anyone who knows:  Is info on when an assembly plant is in operation and producing vehicles vs. when it is idle and not producing vehicles considered proprietary corporate information the automaker does not want publicly disclosed?  It seems to me (an outsider) that it would be rather obvious when a plant is producing vehicles as opposed to when it is idle.  If nothing else, the employee parking lot would be full or mostly empty.

Anyone near the plant see worker cars ii the lot?  :)

 

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We bailed on our 23 PHEV order last week. Bought a 22 Titanium PHEV off a dealer’s lot. Here’s our sad timeline 

09/21/22 ordered at dealer 

09/21/22 recd order confirmation email ford

09/21/22 sched starts 10/20 build start 11/28

10/03/22 sched starts 10/20 build start 12/12

10/15/22 sched starts 11/03 build start 12/12

11/03/22 sched for 12/12 & 12/19 - nope

11/05/22 recd 45 day supply delay email 

11/10/22  no scheduling 

11/17/22  sched for 01/09/23 - nope

11/24/22 no scheduling 

12/01/22 sched Jan through 02/06 - nope

12/07/22 sent email for SXM removal (21P)

12/08/22 no scheduling 

12/09/22 recd email confirm SXM removal 

12/15/22 sched Jan/Feb but not PHEV’s

12/20/22 recd 45 day supply delay email 

12/22/22 no scheduling 

12/29/22 no scheduling 

01/05/23 no scheduling 

01/12/23 sched for 03/05- nope

01/19/23 sched for march - nope

01/23/23 call ford cs, on material hold

01/23/23 emailed dealer about hold

01/26/23 no scheduling-nope

02/02/23 sched up to 3/27- nope

02/03/23 bought 22 Titanium PHEV off lot

02/06/23 cancelled order @ dealer

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More specifics: 

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Ford Motor Co. idled its Louisville Assembly Plant this week over a software issue that's affecting the recently freshened Escape crossover, according to the plant's building chairman.

Workers in Louisville were told late last week the plant would be idled Feb. 13-19, according to a memo obtained by Automotive News.

In a separate message, the plant's building chairman, Brandon Reisinger, said it was a software issue with the vehicle's cluster.

"We're on a day-by-day basis right now and I know that's frustrating," Reisinger told employees. "The issue we've got, the cluster, is a software issue. It's not a hardware issue. If it were to get out, it would not be something that would endanger anybody … but it would have the vehicles coming back to the dealership."

Reisinger noted the plant intended to make up the lost units of production when work resumes, which is expected to be Monday.

 

https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/2023-ford-escape-production-idled-over-software-issue?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D64909206779714911340930067206182659056|MCORGID%3D138FFF2554E6E7220A4C98C6%40AdobeOrg|TS%3D1676489208&CSAuthResp=1%3A%3A248300%3A20957%3A24%3Asuccess%3AE5FFE883FB17C7FD769C0882818D0FCF

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1 hour ago, tbone said:

I would rather them stop production and get it right than having customers come back to the dealership.  Maybe quality can be Job 1. 

I agree with you about preferring the plant stop production for a few days to sort out/correct the problem rather than send vehicles out with a known glitch that will only irritate the owners of those brand-new vehicles and require a trip to the dealership for a fix.

 

I would say that Ford needs to make quality "Job 1" for every vehicle and at every assembly plant.  (I know...easy to say but hard to do.)

 

 

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