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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    It is likely waiting for parts or a rail car. The likely ship path would be KTP to Kansas City, where Ford has a large rail head. Likely convoy out of KCAP to your location in Nebraska. If everything was "normal" you would have had it by now. The likely issue is rail car availability. Good...
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    Perhaps; but, trust me, if you see anything in the automotive scene that you believe to be stupid, unusual, tragic or harmful....It is due to some form of government regulation and or litigation. I could write a series of books....but, I would have to publish from a country that doesn't...
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    Rear A/C Evaporator Replacement?

    Full disclosure: I've never done this job. That being said, I looked it over and I have taken the right rear quarter trim off of my '20 to replace a shoulder strap and retractor (due to an unfortunate dog chewing incident). The evaporator part itself is ~$200. If all that was needed was...
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    No worries. For those who live on the left coast and don't realize it: All Destination charges on all vehicles of a given model have to be equal, regardless of distance or actual cost, by law (since sometime in the 70's or 80's). If you look at the sticker of a given year for a given model...
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    2h button light up

    On a related note, the drive repeater light in the lower left corner of the instrument pod, will display 4A or 4L steadily when in those modes; however, the 2H light in the same location ONLY illuminates momentarily when shifting into 2H, then it goes out. The first time you glance down at it...
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    OMG. I can't believe they trucked it out of KTP to San Fran. That's like taking a Conestoga wagon for that distance. They must be experiencing a rail car shortage, likely due to flushing through the January/February F150 hold that had trucks parked, everywhere around the light F plants...
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    To be clear, the VIN you're using is still linked to your "order number", correct? I would also talk to the dealer. If something catastrophic happened in transit, they should have been alerted.
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    Interesting. Is the VIN the same? If it is not....something bad has happened (like damage or theft in transit). If it is the same VIN that you've been tracking, there is likely some glitch in the system and your truck is still on the way.
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    Usually how long does the vehicle take to build?

    A little history: 3/11/24 "in production" means scheduled. Normally vehicles hit the "National Blend" schedule 1 week before the week that they are produced. Which means barring shortages, outages, holidays, etc. A painted expedition max body (in this case) would drop from trim selectivity...
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    2018 XLT feels like it's pulsing while driving

    I used the 495's on mine
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    Vibration While Accelerating

    Go ahead, you can say it...far more common on .....wait for it.... Jeeps! Seriously, though, there is a lot of research on U-joint life. More than 1 degree parallelism misalignment will lead to greatly reduced universal joint life. (So, when you see the lifted jeeps that have 5-10 degrees...
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    2nd Seat Removal (2023)

    I'm not sure what the dealership is basing their "all air bags are disabled" comment; but, the logic and control behind an air bag warning light are a LOT more complicated than that. Air bag lights are "master alarm" types of indicators that are triggered by a large number of failures...
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    Vibration While Accelerating

    Since the vibration is gone for now, imbalance can be ruled out as a root cause. While manufacturing defects and damage are exceedingly rare possible root causes for driveshaft U-joint failure; the typical root cause is misalignment of the components at the opposing ends of the driveshaft...
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    Vibration While Accelerating

    Interesting failure. Did they show you the parts or give you any pics?
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    Where does the left hands free lift gate sensor attach?

    All of those holes you can see in the bottom of the bumper cover in the pic. But, I'll save you some time....Toss it. They are useless. I disconnected mine years ago. It had two modes: 1) When both hands were full and I needed it to operate, it would not work on a bet. I would kick, wave...
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