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Posted By: SockPuppet Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/01/21
The microchip shortage continues to impact new vehicle manufacturing. Here's the latest from Ford:

Ford Closing Plants Due to Chip Shortage

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DEARBORN, Mich (FOX 2) - Ford is closing the Dearborn truck plant for two weeks due to a computer chip shortage.

The plant will be closed the weeks of April 5 and 12. The automaker is also canceling super shifts at the plant for the weeks of April 26, May 10, May 31, and June 21.

Ford said the part shortage is related to the global microchip shortage.

he microchips, known as semiconductors, are the brains of new cars. Some new vehicles have as many as 12 microchips.

The spring 2020 shutdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 has led to manufacturers trying to play catch up.

A large vessel blocking the Suez Canal and a fire at a Japanese chip plant also have caused issues for automakers.

Other Ford plant closures related to the shortage include:

Kansas City Assembly Plant – Truck side only – will be down the week of April 5. We are also canceling super shifts at KCAP Truck side the weeks of April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, June 7, and June 14
Kansas City Assembly Plant – Transit side – is canceling super shifts for the weeks of April 5, April 12 and April 19
Louisville Assembly Plant will be down the weeks of April 12 and April 19
Chicago Assembly Plant is canceling a super shift for the week of April 5
Ohio Assembly Plant is canceling super shifts for the weeks of April 12 and April 26
Oakville Assembly Complex will be down the weeks of April 12, April 19, and April 26
Posted By: Burleyboy Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/01/21
Maybe micron needs to fire up a few more clean rooms stateside. I remember when zilog made microprocessors in Idaho too.

Is it a good idea to rely on a country that is out to destroy you for so many key components. Anyone think that maybe China would like to hurt US car manufacturers given that the are trying to make more cars over there.

We should bring a lot of manufacturering back here. I doubt the current pres will ever do it as long as China is keeping his boy hunter flush with cash, drugs, and underage girls.

Bb
Posted By: AU7MM08 Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/01/21
I am someone that lives and dies by the automotive industry.
This has the potential to be a REALLY good year or a terrible one. I just don't know which yet.
Posted By: Dillonbuck Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/01/21
Originally Posted by Burleyboy
Maybe micron needs to fire up a few more clean rooms stateside. I remember when zilog made microprocessors in Idaho too.

Is it a good idea to rely on a country that is out to destroy you for so many key components. Anyone think that maybe China would like to hurt US car manufacturers given that the are trying to make more cars over there.

We should bring a lot of manufacturering back here. I doubt the current pres will ever do it as long as China is keeping his boy hunter flush with cash, drugs, and underage girls.

Bb



X1000.

There are even bigger stakes then Pappy getting a shiny new cruiser.
Fair trade is good, competition is good.
But things need to be balanced.
Companies need to look into and beyond the great cost saving idea.
America often thinks very short term.
Like the guy who puts $0 in his cars maintenance.
Only to be stranded and thousand of dollars into repairs.
Posted By: rem141r Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/01/21
the ford dealer where i bought my 250 5 1/2 years ago called me the other day and wanted to buy my truck. he said they would give me more than blue book. he said they can't get used trucks and new ones are even getting harder to get. weird times.
Posted By: centershot Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
Boss bought a new F-150 Platinum edition. Check engine light came on within the first 200 miles. Ford says it is a bad chip and they do not know when they will get a replacement. He is currently driving a loaner.......maybe they should have waited a little longer on that one.
Posted By: Old_Toot Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
Supply chain disruptions will continue for a long while.

I don’t think that we’ve seen the worst of it yet.
Posted By: slumlord Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
Say it again: cash for clunkers was a bad thing

Obama the good idea fairy.
Posted By: OldmanoftheSea Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
GM was running short of chips one or two months ago.

The canal blocker probably made things worse...
Posted By: elkmtb Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
canal had nothing to do with it. Plant that makes them had a fire and that was after they were already behind due to the covid scam.
Posted By: BobBrown Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
A chip . LMAO
Posted By: AU7MM08 Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
Originally Posted by elkmtb
canal had nothing to do with it. Plant that makes them had a fire and that was after they were already behind due to the covid scam.


Post a link to the fire you're speaking about.
Last Ford fire I am aware of was at a Tier 1 supplier like 3 years ago.
Posted By: Theo Gallus Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
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microchips, known as semiconductors

Idiot media. They might as well say "pickup trucks, known as steel".
Posted By: Cariboujack Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
I bought my 2019 F150 in the spring of 2020. They sent me a letter offering me $3000 more than I paid for it. I didn't even respond. I'm not interested in selling it.
Posted By: Whiptail Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21

Trade is great for saving money until you get caught short. At least it's not something really necessary like food....or medicine.
Posted By: MAC Re: Longer Waits for New F-150s - 04/02/21
Ford is going to have a heck of a long wait for me to buy a new F-150 or any other truck. There is absolutely no rational reason for the prices they want. I'll keep driving my 2006 Super Duty and when it will no longer run I'll put a new diesel engine in it and get another 20 years out of it.
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