F-150 Launch Hampered By Persistent Frame Vendor Issues: Autoblog

[El Kabong]

"It's a shame for the Blue Oval then, that it can't build all the trucks it needs because frame supplier Metalsa isn't delivering enough frames. Neither Ford nor Metalsa has said what the problem is, but Ford employees are at Metalsa's Kentucky plant trying to get it sorted out, Automotive News reports.

"Overtime shifts at the Dearborn Truck Plant and the Kansas City Assembly Plant have been canceled due to the shortage that's been a problem for at least two months now. The issue is exacerbated by this being the changeover period in production from the old model to the new, which comes with its own issues. That would help explain why even though Dearborn production finished ramping up in January, output in April was down 9.2 percent compared to last year, according to AN.

"Transaction prices are up for the new truck, but overall F-150 production in Q1 was down 40 percent, and missing product means missing profits. Combined with the production drop for the new Ford Edge, the company's Q1 bottom line was robbed of $1 billion."

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/30/ford-f-150-production-frame-shortage/#conversation

Edited June 1, 2015 by El Kabong

[Thed]

Holy $h! that's a lot of money...

[ocnblu]

So they have enough beer cans then?  Ironic that it would be the steel frame that hamstrings this crazy experiment.