Ford stops delivery 2024 F-150 Lightnings for ‘high quality checks’

Ford has halted shipments of the brand new 2024 F-150 Lightning electrical truck as of February ninth whereas it carries out high quality inspections. A number of retailers reported the pause on Friday, however none might say what prompted the verify. Within the meantime, Ford continues to be manufacturing the Lightning on the Rouge Electrical Car Heart in Dearborn, Michigan, in keeping with Automotive Information.

The carmaker reportedly declined to say when the shipments will probably be resumed. Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg informed CNN that the maintain isn’t uncommon for the corporate when manufacturing strikes to a brand new 12 months. It’s unclear precisely what’s inflicting this freeze, however Automotive Information reviews a “provider elements concern” halted manufacturing of each the fuel and electrical variations of the F-150 for per week in January.

Final 12 months, a battery hearth that destroyed vans at its Dearborn facility prompted the corporate to pause F-150 Lightning manufacturing and recall among the vans. The corporate additionally introduced adjusted pricing for the 2024 Lightning in January, elevating the sticker worth for the three decrease trims and dropping costs for the highest two luxurious fashions saying it was to optimize “gross sales development, profitability and buyer entry to the IRA tax profit.”

A fleet buyer chatting with Automotive Information stated it had ordered about 100 F-150 vans that had been accomplished in December however hadn’t been delivered and had gotten “basically no communication from Ford” explaining what was taking place. A press release given to The Detroit Information by Bergg stated that Ford plans “to ramp up shipments within the coming weeks” after the checks are completed.