Ford Canceled All Production Shifts at Truck Plant Last Week, Now It Is "Fully Recovered"

Ford Restarts F-150 Production After Legendary Dearborn Plant Was Shut Down

Ford has suffered a number of work stoppages in its plants this year, and now its Dearborn facility is coming back online. Here's what's going on.

Ford Canceled All Production Shifts at Truck Plant Last Week, Now It Is "Fully Recovered"

Ford has "fully recovered" from the devastating fires at its primary aluminum supplier, Novelis, which severely restrained the production of the F-150 pickup truck and rushed the automaker to pull the plug on the electric variant. CEO confirms that all problems have been left behind. All disruptions at the Ford plants have been completely resolved, allowing the automaker to ramp up production after suffering significant... (continue reading...)

Ford Gets F-150 Production Moving Again After Supplier Disruption

Ford has resumed production of its bestseller, the F-150 pickup truck, at its Dearborn factory in Michigan. The American automaker was dealing with supplier issues and had halted production for nearly a week. MotorBiscuit reported that all crews and shifts at Dearborn were called off from Thursday, September 24, through Tuesday, September 29. The issue was attributed to a supplier-related problem, but neither the supplier nor the specific part i…

Supplier Issue Paused Ford F-150 Production, Hitting Wholesale Deliveries

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Ford’s Farley says F-150 supplier issues are fixed, sounds alarm on trades training

Ford F-150 supplier issue is fixed but will cut Q3 wholesale shipments, CEO Jim Farley says, with dealer truck supply already below target.