Ford could halt production of the F-150

[Raptor911]

Ford could halt production of the F-150, its bestselling and most profitable vehicle, following a fire at a supplier's plant in Michigan last week.

read more >> F-150s could be in short supply after plant fire

 

[Raptorguy1]

I just saw that they are shutting down tonight for an unknown length of time. My truck was due to be built next Monday.

 

[Buzzard2]

Just my luck had a build date of 6/3 I guess that's out the window.

 

[Driver]

The city manager in the town of the burned Magnesium plant had this to say according to the Detroit Free Press:

“In terms of getting them back and getting everything operational, the timeline that was given to me was 120 days,” he said.*

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[HotLap]

Just my luck had a build date of 6/3 I guess that's out the window.

Ditto, I heard an "unconfirmed rumor" on this mornings news that Ford had called back the Detroit work force to start on Monday...unconfirmed though and unlikely...

 

[Cfoltz]

I was sweating this as well. My original build date was to be 5/9. I called the SVT info line on the 10th after the news broke and luckily my raptor rolled off the line at midnight on 5/9, 24hrs before the plant was idled.

ETA in FL is 5/24 - 5/30

I also read that Ford had removed their tooling from the vendor that had the fire, so I'm sure they are quickly trying to find an alternative source of supply.

 

[RaptorMaryland]

3 differents news reports 3 different angles

1. Said it was a bracket for the radiator thats holding up production - from a tv news cast

2. Said it was parts needed to assemble the dash. From a internet site.

3, just said that the company had hired 300 folks to clean up the mess and would rebuild soon. A newspaper

This is the state of news today. No real facts and no real answers. Reporting is a dead science.

 

[Raptorguy1]

3 differents news reports 3 different angles

1. Said it was a bracket for the radiator thats holding up production - from a tv news cast

2. Said it was parts needed to assemble the dash. From a internet site.

3, just said that the company had hired 300 folks to clean up the mess and would rebuild soon. A newspaper

This is the state of news today. No real facts and no real answers. Reporting is a dead science.

On Blue Oval, they're saying Meridian makes front seat bolsters for F-150, 3rd row seat frame for Explorer and various liftgate parts for Flex and MKT.

 

[Raptor911]

Production to start back friday >> Ford to restart F-150 production Friday