The 2024 Ford F-150 the same prisoner Bug Plagues 2024 Ford Ranger Raptorexcept this time the bug has spread all over the world F-150 queue up. Cars Direct saw one of the recent car manufacturers trader bulletins stating in part: “We are announcing the decision to disable the ability to submit new retail orders for 24MY F-150 on August 2, 2024. This impacts F-150 gas and hybrid alone.” That means that the 2024 F-150 Lightning hasn’t been sent to the shadow realm yet. Otherwise, buyers will hope to get an F-150 with their chosen to colour and options can place an order until Friday evening 10:00 PM EST.
Again, just like the Raptor Forest rangerChecking the forums shows that such an order should be followed by patience about the delivery date. When we visited a thread on the Ranger6G forum called “Order Tracker Status”, we went through 57 pages of answers, many of which came from posters who were waiting for us trucks they ordered a year ago or posters canceling orders and buying from dealer stock. A thread on the F150Gen14 forum called “Has anyone built and/or delivered their 24 yet?” is 96 pages long at the time of writing and contains similar stories.
Part of the problem this time was a late start to production, followed by a slow ramp-up ford problems fixed before trucks were delivered, followed by limitations on some components such as the head-up display. Ford’s 2024 order books, which closed in early August, are similar to those for the 2023 pickup, which closed in the first week of September last year. Yet the redesigned 2024 F-150 didn’t start production until December 2023, more than three months later. The company’s CEO Jim Farley said Ford worked around about 12 problems that led to remembers by postponing the start of deliveries. Currently there is a document sketching the car manufacturer’s production schedule shows the HUD is still restricted for trucks built the week of Sept. 2, as well as the turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost engine slipped into the base 2024 pickup, the Tough Bed bedliner, and two wheel and tire options.
Ford still has the best selling vehicle in the U.S. in the first six months, and with continued indigestion on the balance sheet, the automaker will want to avoid the same delay with the 2025 F-150. Given the supply and market situation, we expect production planners to be tearing their hair out trying to gauge the odds.