Unscheduled Lariat 2022 orders LED headlight delete - is $500 credit enough?

[MountainGoat]

Maybe a class-action suit is in the future if Ford keeps doing this? Since $500 clearly doesn't cover the cost of these headlights.

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[TREMOR]

Nope not enough, I cancelled my order.

 

[houseOfDogs]

Any action I take for me will be with Ford. I am using our pseudo sponsor dealership for my purchase (the 3% under invoice dealer), so this both isn't on the dealership and the dealership has no where to go in terms of any further discount.

I do think it is an inadequate credit amount, and fully understand for how many Lariat orders in waiting this could be the deal breaker and thus resulting in a cancelled order or a rejected delivery (which in today's market will still be a sale to the dealer).

Furthermore, I would assume Ford still has these assemblies on order, so their automatic deletion without reaching out to see if a customer would choose to wait further for the parts, is a poor decision for customer satisfaction.

 

[halligan1201]

Any action I take for me will be with Ford. I am using our pseudo sponsor dealership for my purchase (the 3% under invoice dealer), so this both isn't on the dealership and the dealership has no where to go in terms of any further discount.

I do think it is an inadequate credit amount, and fully understand for how many Lariat orders in waiting this could be the deal breaker and thus resulting in a cancelled order or a rejected delivery (which in today's market will still be a sale to the dealer).

Furthermore, I would assume Ford still has these assemblies on order, so their automatic deletion without reaching out to see if a customer would choose to wait further for the parts, is a poor decision for customer satisfaction.

I'm sure Ford is decreasing or cancelling their order for these since they aren't going on the next model year truck. My concern is replacements for trucks currently on the road when needed; Ford clearly has no supply of these for repairs so what happens when a truck hits a deer or one of the factory units goes bad under warranty?

 

[halligan1201]

Maybe I missed it; is the $500 for a full "You're never going to get it" delete or is it like the inconvenience refund they're giving us on our Explorer for shipping it without rear climate controls that will be installed down the road?

 

[9zero1790]

Maybe I missed it; is the $500 for a full "You're never going to get it" delete or is it like the inconvenience refund they're giving us on our Explorer for shipping it without rear climate controls that will be installed down the road?

yep its a 500 dollar washing of hands like it didnt happen lol.

 

[halligan1201]

yep its a 500 dollar washing of hands like it didnt happen lol.

Yeah that's no bueno.

 

[9zero1790]

Yeah that's no bueno.

ford tried to pull something similar to that on me when i got one of the mustangs with the cylinder walls out spec etc. said they would pay to have it scoped under warranty to prove that the piston slap and rod knock was normal operation and no damage was present but after that it would not be covered further. they changed the plan when my mechanic sent them a letter and explained his findings lol. i wish ford would just say hey we know this sucks, here 500 for the problem off your order and when the parts are in stock your dealer will install them on us. i think folks would be ok with that.

 

[remtv]

I found the stock halogen on my xlt to be quite lackluster and 500 bucks would not cover even scratched up lariat units from ebay.

I would probably walk away and get something else or wait another year.

As mentioned previously the lack of parts is going to be real fun in a few years and with how Ford has been handling everything recently I would not be surprised if they do not plan to address this issue at all, as in oh something critical went bad well feel free to park it here while we wait for backordered non existent parts until you either give up or idk the warranty runs out (If it works that way lol)

 

[vitacura]

I would go down to an XLT, but then I would lose the price protection and APR lock. Really thinking of canceling the order.

 

[Scottopia]

LEDs were a primary reason for going with the Lariat (and the B&O, instrument cluster, push button start, body color handles/mirrors and the other toys ). I would have lost my shit if they did this with out an actual LED aftermarket option. Biggest disappointment I had on my fusion was the non-LED lighting. Call Jimmy’s office!!

 

[FusedLogic]

You were not wrong. until this came up all Lariats did come with LED headlights. Evidently supply chain issues is causing delays so they are delivering some with halogen headlights to get them out the door. unfortunately it looks like they are not giving the buyers and option.

Since this generation of the Ranger is coming to an end, could it be that Ford has decided to stop building the LED headlight assemblies to save the components for the next gen?

When the supply chain finally gets back to normal, I foresee a glut of everything coming out of Asia.

 

[Danager]

I called my dealer about this, and they are going to purchase and install agreed upon comaptible LED headlights for me, as well as make any programming adjustments so they function properly.

Agreed upon as I do not expect to have them install the top of the line, but also will not accept the the entry level.

Compatible because I have seen LEDs that have been labeled as XL or XLT only, so not sure if there is some other change that is taking place outside of the physical headlight as well.

They say if the install them they will be covered in the bumper-to-bumper for 36 months, but I am also going to get that in writing.

Just a thought as a solution. Some dealers won't care, because if you walk away they will mark it up and sell t to someone else. Good (or even great?) dealers (like mine has proven to be) will want to make sure you are a satisfied customer, regardless of what Ford corporate is doing.

Now all I need is an actual production date so this actually means anything...

That’s a win. They know how much these things cost? Hopefully not just a $150 pair of replacement bulbs.

Has somebody added this to the list of items removed (temp)?

 

[RedlandRanger]

I have a feeling this may be a (sneaky underhanded) way of trying to reduce demand. If people REALLY want a Lariat, they will have to accept the token $500 of - if they don't that is one less order they need to struggle with. With the 5g coming to an end very soon, it may be their way of starting the transition.

 

[9zero1790]

i was thinking about the end of the 5g line earlier as well. makes me wonder if they are already behind on broncos rangers f150s and likely other models too, are we going to even see a new generation soon like we expected ? i wouldnt be surprised to see ford keep the 5g in production (sorta) for a few more years if nothing else just to catch up and not have to re tool and all that for a new model.

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