Ford Halts Shipments Of 2024 F-150 Lightning Due To Undisclosed Quality Issue

The primary two months of 2024 point out that it is going to be a really difficult 12 months for a lot of EV producers and Ford is considered one of them.

In keeping with Automotive News, Ford halted shipments of the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning mannequin over an undisclosed high quality difficulty. The stop-ship order went into impact on February 9 and there’s no information on when it is going to be lifted.

The 2024 mannequin 12 months Lightning will not be an exception, as an identical stop-ship order considerations the 2024 Ford F-150 with an inner combustion engine. Within the case of the ICE model, the problem began in December 2023 and lasted for a number of weeks (shipments to sellers lastly began a number of days in the past). Due to that, “a whole lot, if not hundreds, of vans have piled up,” awaiting some extra high quality checks.

We do not understand how severe the scenario is with the Ford F-150 Lightning, however we do know that Ford introduced an intention to enhance automobile high quality and keep away from remembers.

Manufacturing of the Ford F-150 Lightning on the Rouge Electrical Automobile Middle in Dearborn, Michigan continues, although at a reduced rate “to achieve the optimal balance of production, sales growth and profitability.” As we perceive, demand for the electrical F-150, on the present pricing turned out to be decrease than anticipated. In 2023, Ford bought over 24,000 F-150 Lightning, whereas in January sales amounted to 2,258 (on par with January 2023).

Ford additionally utilized modifications to the pricing of the 2024 F-150 Lightning, increasing prices of all versions aside from the top-of-the-line Platinum trims. On the similar time, the company sells the existing inventory of the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightnings with substantial discounts of up to $12,500.