Support group for those waiting for their MY23 Ranger

[OrlandoJay23]

Wow, I have a Ford customer service representative that calls me once a week to check on us. Today they called and she was so very nice and gave me the rail car tracking number and rail car number.

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[OldBill]

Congratulations on getting your order in for the Ranger. This is the last generation of this ranger and 2024 will be the new version that has been already been out overseas. You got your order in now you’ll get notice of a build date probably within the next week or two and then it moves quickly. I’d say the build typically takes about a week and a half then they place you in another build queue and then all of a sudden within a day or two it’s finished and being Sent Ford has been pumping these rangers out here towards the end and they’re doing way better than they were before the Ford rangers are manufactured in Detroit Michigan plant so I would honestly in my opinion have to say that the Detroit Michigan plan is more efficient than any of the other say in Mexico or etc.. So congratulations you got a nice top-of-the-line truck. I think you’ll enjoy it. I drove an F150 for many many years several of them actually, and when I got my other Ford ranger, it was just more comfortable and more efficient and fun

Congratulations on the new Ranger. Hope your experience goes well. I ordered my Super Cab RWD XLT on 20 October and still have not received a build date. Dealer estimated 6 months or more. I fear my issue might be that because I ordered a truck with two uncommon configurations, RWD and Super Cab, I may have a long wait. In my situation a Crew Cab serves no function and I have been driving for close to 50 years and never missed FWD. From what I understand there will be no more Super Cabs in 2024, so the wait is justified for me.

 

[OrlandoJay23]

Congratulations on the new Ranger. Hope your experience goes well. I ordered my Super Cab RWD XLT on 20 October and still have not received a build date. Dealer estimated 6 months or more. I fear my issue might be that because I ordered a truck with two uncommon configurations, RWD and Super Cab, I may have a long wait. In my situation a Crew Cab serves no function and I have been driving for close to 50 years and never missed FWD. From what I understand there will be no more Super Cabs in 2024, so the wait is justified for me.

I’m sure they will get to you. I agree, I myself am all about functionality. If I don’t need it I don’t want it.

 

[Icemanhd]

Finallly.......After 5.5 months waiting (ordered Aug 10th) my Ranger XL is at the local dealership getting cleaned up for delivery this afternoon.

 

[OrlandoJay23]

There ya go! Congratulations ????

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Any of ya'll that have possession of your truck gotten forscan to work yet?

:-/

 

[OrlandoJay23]

Any of ya'll that have possession of your truck gotten forscan to work yet?

:-/

I was under the impression that installing for scan or using it would void your warranty

 

[Jhbryaniv]

I was under the impression that installing for scan or using it would void your warranty

I am not sure - I imagine they have to prove that me turning on bambi mode caused whatever the problem was...

 

[RK Racing]

Finallly.......After 5.5 months waiting (ordered Aug 10th) my Ranger XL is at the local dealership getting cleaned up for delivery this afternoon.

Could have been worse….. my 2022 did take 7.5 months to come in.

 

[Icemanhd]

Finally done, 2 hrs and 45 mins at the "stealership" yesterday afternoon and the 5.5 month process is over. Thanks to everyone on the forum, I learned some great info here. A few comments and 1 question below

• Sure enough, dealer went right to sticker price ($1,000 higher than the order invoice I signed 5.5 months ago) I pushed back and handed him a copy of the order invoice and they claimed "We always sell orders at sticker price". I mentioned price protection and offered I can prove it and am 100% positive so he disappeared to talk to mgr for 5 mins and came back and said "ok".
• In addition to the $500 pre order bonus offered in August I was able to score the $750 "recent college grad" discount on top of that. My youngest daughter graduated from college 18 months ago so I had her submit the info and she was able to generate the certificate/discount in my name. I figured this was a longshot but elated it worked.
• During the brass knuckle session by the paperwork/warranty guy he pitched the Ford extended warranty for like $5400, I was a hard pass but he came back with some tear jerking story how they "sell warrantys at a loss to keep up their volume" and offered it for $1504 for 7yr 60k miles. I countered with it has 3 yr/36k bumper to bumper and 5 yr/60k powertrain warranty already. My general inclination is still pass at $1504 but has anyone had favorable experience with the Ford warranty?
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[Jhbryaniv]

Finally done, 2 hrs and 45 mins at the "stealership" yesterday afternoon and the 5.5 month process is over. Thanks to everyone on the forum, I learned some great info here. A few comments and 1 question below

• Sure enough, dealer went right to sticker price ($1,000 higher than the order invoice I signed 5.5 months ago) I pushed back and handed him a copy of the order invoice and they claimed "We always sell orders at sticker price". I mentioned price protection and offered I can prove it and am 100% positive so he disappeared to talk to mgr for 5 mins and came back and said "ok".
• In addition to the $500 pre order bonus offered in August I was able to score the $750 "recent college grad" discount on top of that. My youngest daughter graduated from college 18 months ago so I had her submit the info and she was able to generate the certificate/discount in my name. I figured this was a longshot but elated it worked.
• During the brass knuckle session by the paperwork/warranty guy he pitched the Ford extended warranty for like $5400, I was a hard pass but he came back with some tear jerking story how they "sell warrantys at a loss to keep up their volume" and offered it for $1504 for 7yr 60k miles. I countered with it has 3 yr/36k bumper to bumper and 5 yr/60k powertrain warranty already. My general inclination is still pass at $1504 but has anyone had favorable experience with the Ford warranty?
• 

Congrats!

Glad that part is behind you. I was amazed at how long it took me at the stealership. After all, I had filled out and signed every bit of paperwork I could before we got there and it still took an hour. And most of that time was spent waiting for the finance guy "to get everything lined up". Dude, I literally told you when I was going to be there so we didn't have to go through this BS.

Shrug.

I can't wait until we can buy direct from the manufacturer and pick the vehicle up at the factory.

Question - does your hood have the rubber/foam padding around it? Mine does, someone in another thread that had been deleted from previous years...

 

[AzureRanger]

Finally done, 2 hrs and 45 mins at the "stealership" yesterday afternoon and the 5.5 month process is over. Thanks to everyone on the forum, I learned some great info here. A few comments and 1 question below

• Sure enough, dealer went right to sticker price ($1,000 higher than the order invoice I signed 5.5 months ago) I pushed back and handed him a copy of the order invoice and they claimed "We always sell orders at sticker price". I mentioned price protection and offered I can prove it and am 100% positive so he disappeared to talk to mgr for 5 mins and came back and said "ok".
• In addition to the $500 pre order bonus offered in August I was able to score the $750 "recent college grad" discount on top of that. My youngest daughter graduated from college 18 months ago so I had her submit the info and she was able to generate the certificate/discount in my name. I figured this was a longshot but elated it worked.
• During the brass knuckle session by the paperwork/warranty guy he pitched the Ford extended warranty for like $5400, I was a hard pass but he came back with some tear jerking story how they "sell warrantys at a loss to keep up their volume" and offered it for $1504 for 7yr 60k miles. I countered with it has 3 yr/36k bumper to bumper and 5 yr/60k powertrain warranty already. My general inclination is still pass at $1504 but has anyone had favorable experience with the Ford warranty?
• 

I don't have an ESP, but from what I have read, the best pricing available is through Flood Ford. Without knowing the details of your truck, I did a quick check on their site. A 7/60,000 plan for a 4 x 4 Ranger is $1,030 ($960 for 4x2) for the top of the line plan (PremiumCARE) and $0 deductible. So, you can do a LOT better than $1,504.

 

[Icemanhd]

I don't have an ESP, but from what I have read, the best pricing available is through Flood Ford. Without knowing the details of your truck, I did a quick check on their site. A 7/60,000 plan for a 4 x 4 Ranger is $1,030 ($960 for 4x2) for the top of the line plan (PremiumCARE) and $0 deductible. So, you can do a LOT better than $1,504.

I found them via online search right after I submitted the thread above, sure enough identical plan the dealer is offering me "at a loss" for $1504 is $740 with up to $50 off for paying by echeck and no rush to decide you have like a year to make your mind up. I'm still leaning against it even at half the price since most of those plans are heavily leveraging the bumper to bumper and powertrain warranty.

 

[Jhbryaniv]

I found them via online search right after I submitted the thread above, sure enough identical plan the dealer is offering me "at a loss" for $1504 is $740 with up to $50 off for paying by echeck and no rush to decide you have like a year to make your mind up. I'm still leaning against it even at half the price since most of those plans are heavily leveraging the bumper to bumper and powertrain warranty.

I figured if I got a warranty, the stealer would try and wiggle out of every repair they can.

And I would end up spending so much time and energy to get it paid for, I might as well just pay for the repair.

Ie my time is my money.

 

[AzureRanger]

I MIGHT consider an ESP if I were buying the first MY of a vehicle (which I have never done).

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