I can imagine the lack of coordination between corporate and dealership, but your original expected delivery date was December 2021 and now it is August 2022 at the earliest?Absolutely, it’s therapeutic….
For the reservation process in general it’s an absolute cluster with the dealer allocation model. I placed my order on 9/8 2021 and was communicated 12-16 weeks to get my car. By mid December I still didn’t have a build date and they were scheduling March. Meanwhile on the forums people with same config and October orders are getting build dates. With ford you get a priority code 0-99, that’s tied to dealers allocation. Once you get to 10 you can expect a build date. By feb 15th 2022 my priority code was sitting at 16 (and it’s like pulling teeth to get the dealer to tell you your #) That same week they had just finished slotting cars for May builds. So, best case scenario I would get a June 2022 build date with delivery in August. Best case scenario…
Then there were inconsinstances with deposit. Ford website requires $500, then you find that your local dealer requires another $500.
Ford also had numerous issues with plant shut down and no chips. My impression is that Ford is doing a really crappy job of getting ahead of supply chain issues - may be unfair of me but I’m in the que for an M3 and Rivian. Issues I read on Tesla forum pale in comparison to Ford. Rivian is somewhere in the middle.
How did you get updates on your priority code?