xtraman122
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It would be nice if the shutdowns are to take what they have for chips and get them in the already built trucks, versus putting them in stuff coming off a line. Probably a pipe dream, but it would make a little sense at least. We'll only find out if/when trucks stuck in the lots have any movement during these of weeks for the plants.There's a pretty clear pattern at Dearborn at this point, at least as far as the purgatory builds go. Build weeks 3/15 through 4/26 (and maybe some in 5/3) had their trucks produced with missing modules and carted off the storage lots. As far as I'm aware, none of these ever made it to the "Built" status and are still "In Production" according to the tracker, whether they have a current ETA, past ETA, or no ETA.
From the 5/3 build week on, the majority of trucks seem to get to the "Built" step as normal and proceed to be shipped as normal. I can only assume that chips are being allocated to trucks coming off the line, rather than sorting out the mess in the storage lots.
All this to say, if you get to the "Built" step, you're probably fine. I further suspect that most of the orders from this build week will move through the process smoothly, at least when compared to the purgatory weeks.
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