[ChasingCoral]

Hello,
Anybody out there that reserved the F-150 Lightning on 05/19 and still has not received the email from Ford for placing the order? I thought being that I pre ordered so early I would make it into the early waves, but I still haven’t heard from Ford at all (and I have contacted my dealership, but they dont have any info)

Your dealership knows where you stand on the list within their dealership, both in relation to timestamps and their prioritization.

 

[ChasingCoral]

And to confirm, there are thousands of reservations from 5/19 that have not and likely will not be selected or order for the 2022 model year. There are simply too many and the distribution of trucks are not even to all reservations/dealers.

While that is possible, we really don't know this for sure at this point. Certainly we do know that a large number of non-fleet customers who wanted to order the Pro trim will be waiting until a future model year. We'll know more once Ford goes through all the ordering waves.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Wave 4 should break tomorrow.

 

[ChasingCoral]

As I suspected there are other things at play than simply the order in which you jumped on the reservation wagon. I went out and specifically found an eCertified dealer that had ZERO reservations and became their first. I believe that was key to getting a 2022. It makes perfect sense that FORD would want to spread these trucks out geographically as much as possible to get maximum geographical exposure.
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Hey! I see something exciting there. Yours is the first I have seen listed as Scheduled for Production. Have you received your scheduled build date?

 

[ChasingCoral]

No, but I'm hopeful for early March

Does your reservation show a VIN? If not, I recommend contacting your dealer to find out what they know including VIN and current scheduled build date.

 

[ChasingCoral]

That's me exactly - 5/19 reservation and nothing from Ford. I'd love to know how everyone else on here is getting info. My dealer claims they don't know anything. Other dealers I have called say the same. When I call the Ford marketing number, they tell me I need to contact my dealer. This is really frustrating!!!

Communications has not been a strong point of Ford's. Lack of communications was an issue when the Mach E came out as well. I've heard rumblings of the same for Bronco but have no experience with that.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Go take a look New Gallery and look at the documentation that apparently each dealer has, along with the systems they have access too. Maybe you print these and take too them. Your dealer should have access and should know.

If you want a pdf, that document is attached here.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I find it hilarious how it says "please do not place orders without permission from the customer",, LOL has this ever happened even once,, where a customer calls the dealer and says, "uhhh, hey, don't place my order, don't you dare",, LOL.

Yes, it has.

Dealers were scrambling to figure out how to lay their hands on Mustang Mach Es for their inventory -- inventory some marked up with big ADMs. There were a number of folks who cancelled their reservations/orders or decided not to convert reservations into orders, only to find the dealers placed the order without their permission.

 

[ChasingCoral]

What if your order screen doesn't show any of the info under order status? This morning I had a green check under order sent to dealer. But nothing for order accepted by dealer. I stopped by the dealership to chat with the team and sign a purchase agreement. They hadn't seen the notification (someone else mentioned the same thing) but they looked up the order number I gave them and clicked accept. But now, my account doesn't show anything at all under order status...
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If they hit accept it should show up. The server may be updating. See if it is there tomorrow.