I build Raptors

Dearborn Dan · Dec 10, 2016 at 9:19 AM

Hi.

Was surfing the interweb and ran across this site. After reading some of the forum posts and giggling at the statements of some users, i decided to make an account.

I am a 25 year Ford Employee. I started my career at Wixom Assembly and am currently working at Dearborn Truck Plant (home of the Raptor).
Some vehicles I have personally been involved in assembly :
Lincoln Town Car, Continental, Mark 7, Mark 8, LS.
Ford Thunderbird (final 2 door body style)
FORD GT. 2004 model
Ford Mustang (including GT500,SHELBY,and all other specialized models, Mazda 6.
F-150
I will be skimming the site on occasion and trying to answer some questions.

Gdog · Dec 10, 2016 at 9:25 AM

Dearborn Dan said: ↑

Hi.

Was surfing the interweb and ran across this site. After reading some of the forum posts and giggling at the statements of some users, i decided to make an account.

I am a 25 year Ford Employee. I started my career at Wixom Assembly and am currently working at Dearborn Truck Plant (home of the Raptor).
Some vehicles I have personally been involved in assembly :
Lincoln Town Car, Continental, Mark 7, Mark 8, LS.
Ford Thunderbird (final 2 door body style)
FORD GT. 2004 model
Ford Mustang (including GT500,SHELBY,and all other specialized models, Mazda 6.
F-150
I will be skimming the site on occasion and trying to answer some questions.
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Welcome dan , we are all looking forward to your input here. We have been kept in the dark regarding our trucks as it relates to why trucks haven't been shipped yet some which have been built for nearly 2months. Hence the reason for speculation and the rumors that are so wide spread. Again welcome

Dearborn Dan · Dec 15, 2016

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Gdog · Dec 10, 2016 at 11:00 AM

Dearborn Dan said: ↑

You guys really are not going to like this but here are the 3 main reasons for the delay with the Raptors.
1. All of the primary builds AFTER the launch test builds went to China. After the previous years run of Raptors, the demand for them in china caused the price to exceed 100k US for the Chinese market. So, for the first month of regurlar production all of our Raptors went to china.
2. We had a few problems before we got the "ok to ship" on the new model Raptors. That means we build your truck and park it. We usually do not stop building more with the same problems while working them out so other trucks get parked with yours.
AFTER the problems have been worked out, we go back and fix your vehicle. We do this while still building new ones. This is one of the reasons why build dates don't necessarily mean you will get your truck soon.
3. The new 10r trans. Yep, it has problems. All of the new Raptors have it and we "had" problems with it.
The problem was big enough that we STOPPED building all new models including the regurlar F150 that took the 10r for over a week. That doesn't seem like much but it is.
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Thanks Dan, does that mean we are all good now and the raptors have OKTB and will begin shipping? Ford has stated they intend to have all trucks currently being held out to dealers by the end of the year. I was fortunate enough to take the rouge plant tour over the thanksgiving holiday and I can attest there are a lot of trucks waiting to be shipped!

Vikes91 · Dec 10, 2016 at 1:14 PM

Dearborn Dan said: ↑

You guys really are not going to like this but here are the 3 main reasons for the delay with the Raptors.
1. All of the primary builds AFTER the launch test builds went to China. After the previous years run of Raptors, the demand for them in china caused the price to exceed 100k US for the Chinese market. So, for the first month of regurlar production all of our Raptors went to china.
2. We had a few problems before we got the "ok to ship" on the new model Raptors. That means we build your truck and park it. We usually do not stop building more with the same problems while working them out so other trucks get parked with yours.
AFTER the problems have been worked out, we go back and fix your vehicle. We do this while still building new ones. This is one of the reasons why build dates don't necessarily mean you will get your truck soon.
3. The new 10r trans. Yep, it has problems. All of the new Raptors have it and we "had" problems with it.
The problem was big enough that we STOPPED building all new models including the regurlar F150 that took the 10r for over a week. That doesn't seem like much but it is.
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So I am assuming they are all good to ship since a dealer in Virginia has pics of 2 of them on his lot.

sapper_out · Dec 10, 2016 at 1:19 PM

Dan, thanks for your post. My question would be are the first builds retrofitted the same way the ones coming off the lines now .are they basically the same truck ?

firsttimeford · Dec 10, 2016 at 4:08 PM

Dearborn Dan said: ↑

You guys really are not going to like this but here are the 3 main reasons for the delay with the Raptors.
1. All of the primary builds AFTER the launch test builds went to China. After the previous years run of Raptors, the demand for them in china caused the price to exceed 100k US for the Chinese market. So, for the first month of regurlar production all of our Raptors went to china.
2. We had a few problems before we got the "ok to ship" on the new model Raptors. That means we build your truck and park it. We usually do not stop building more with the same problems while working them out so other trucks get parked with yours.
AFTER the problems have been worked out, we go back and fix your vehicle. We do this while still building new ones. This is one of the reasons why build dates don't necessarily mean you will get your truck soon.
3. The new 10r trans. Yep, it has problems. All of the new Raptors have it and we "had" problems with it.
The problem was big enough that we STOPPED building all new models including the regurlar F150 that took the 10r for over a week. That doesn't seem like much but it is.
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I'm calling BS on the first Raptors going to China. If a bunch of Chinese had theirs already we would be seeing pics/vids. That being said I have no faith in anything you post.

PackNIron · Dec 10, 2016 at 4:20 PM

Not saying I believe anything I read online these days, but that said.....
I'm in the wine business here in Canada and ship from Australia and New Zealand regularly. If in fact there was a batch sent to China, the reason there are no pics or video is it takes almost 2 months for the cargo to get there and they are still in their sea cans on board vessels.

Dearborn Dan · Dec 15, 2016

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sapper_out · Dec 10, 2016 at 5:42 PM

Thanks dan
Can you expand what exactly were the 10r transmission issues and what was the fix

And snow
I wish it would snow here

Dearborn Dan · Dec 15, 2016

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Dearborn Dan · Dec 15, 2016

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tonyap · Dec 10, 2016 at 6:49 PM

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