"material hold"

[topless10th]

asked my salesman yesterday if he had my DORA and when he looked my order up the status is "material hold". is that typical?

 

[Add Name Here]

my dealer told me about this yesterday. he said he did not know exactly why but it could be as simple as an air filter issue and Ford will hold production on all vehicles. Again, I have absolutely nothing to back this up, just stating what I was told. a few months back he told me the first car they got would be race red and they'd have it by May. now he says it will be later due to the "hold" he told me he could only get a partial vin number and once he can get the full vin he can give me the details on what options it has. Not sure how true this is

 

[speedrx]

Material hold usually indicates a 3rd party supplier is having a shortage of supply and not able to provide enough parts on time to meet demand. There are other reasons such as a part is found defective and getting updated but most of the time it is just supply and demand.

It is very common on a lot of vehicles, just gets more visibility when it is a GT500 or a ZL1 where people are tracking every single issue or event.

 

[BrunotheBoxer]

"Material on hold" usually means that some supplier isn't able to deliver parts on time, or a defect has been found (usually accompanied by a recall for vehicles already shipped). That doesn't seem applicable to the Shelby though.

 

[bigdogmark2003]

Here is a link to answer your question.

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f61/ford-dealer-discusses-orders-allocation-19747/

 

[topless10th]

great read, thank you. but, what would make me feel better is if other people who have ordered a 2013 gt500 have this status, or i am the only one?

 

[needspeed]

I did not think that they were even ready for production yet......Steve

 

[jonesd]

Of course there is a hold... Production doesn't even start until May. Expect delivery around August.

 

[outlw]

Every vehicles shows this right now.

 

[CAPTAIN JACK]

Put in for a 13 GT500..came back same as above, which I expected at this time...