If any of you are in the same shoes I am in...it sucks. I placed an order for a new 2021 Mustang. In hindsight, I wish I ordered just two weeks earlier. There was a shutdown at the Flat Rock, MI assembly plant about eight days ago. Well, that shutdown hit again. But now, with an additional 2-3 week shutdown.
My car was just nine days away from being built
. The lulls of not having your car as summer approach sucks. I hope others with orders for a new Mustang are serving better than I am.
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Article from - https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/fo...t-for-additional-2-weeks-due-to-chip-shortage
Other North American plant closures include the Chicago Assembly Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant during the weeks of April 19 and 26. Also, the Kentucky Truck Plant will be closed the weeks of April 26 and May 3, and super shifts will not be worked from May 8 through the week beginning May 31. Additionally, the Ohio Assembly Plant will produce only super-duty chassis cabs and medium-duty trucks during the weeks April 19 and 26.
In addition to the U.S. closures, Ford Otosan, the company's joint venture in Turkey, intends to temporarily stop production of the Transit Custom, including Tourneo, and Transit 2-Ton vans at our production facility in Gölcük, Turkey, from April 19 to June 13. This period includes a pull ahead of two planned weeks of annual summer shutdown and a national holiday week, Ford officials said.
The 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.
My car was just nine days away from being built
. The lulls of not having your car as summer approach sucks. I hope others with orders for a new Mustang are serving better than I am.Read more...
Article from - https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/fo...t-for-additional-2-weeks-due-to-chip-shortage
Other North American plant closures include the Chicago Assembly Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant during the weeks of April 19 and 26. Also, the Kentucky Truck Plant will be closed the weeks of April 26 and May 3, and super shifts will not be worked from May 8 through the week beginning May 31. Additionally, the Ohio Assembly Plant will produce only super-duty chassis cabs and medium-duty trucks during the weeks April 19 and 26.
In addition to the U.S. closures, Ford Otosan, the company's joint venture in Turkey, intends to temporarily stop production of the Transit Custom, including Tourneo, and Transit 2-Ton vans at our production facility in Gölcük, Turkey, from April 19 to June 13. This period includes a pull ahead of two planned weeks of annual summer shutdown and a national holiday week, Ford officials said.
The 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.
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