{"id":1465,"date":"2022-03-14T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/14\/ford-to-ship-and-sell-explorer-suvs-with-missing-chips\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:44:03","slug":"ford-to-ship-and-sell-explorer-suvs-with-missing-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/14\/ford-to-ship-and-sell-explorer-suvs-with-missing-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford to ship and sell Explorer SUVs with missing chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/13\/22975246\/ford-ship-sell-incomplete-vehicles-missing-chips\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/13\/22975246\/ford-ship-sell-incomplete-vehicles-missing-chips<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.830569574621\">\n<p id=\"jw64Ll\">Ford will soon start selling and shipping some Ford Explorers without the chips that power rear air conditioning and heating controls, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/nada\/ford-will-ship-and-sell-vehicles-without-chips-controlling-non-safety-critical-features\"><em>Automotive News<\/em><\/a>. The automaker will instead ship the missing semiconductors to dealers within one year, which they will then install in customers\u2019 vehicles after purchase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"KFSKie\"><q>Customers who purchase a vehicle without the rear controls will receive a price reduction<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"buWTn6\">Ford spokesperson Said Deep told <em>The Verge<\/em> that heating and air condition will still be controllable from the front seats, and that customers who choose to purchase a vehicle without the rear controls will receive a price reduction. According to Deep, Ford is doing this as a way to bring new Explorers to customers faster, and that the change is only temporary.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xVMfZh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/money\/cars\/ford\/2021\/07\/19\/ford-chip-shortage-vehicles\/8013003002\/\">The automaker originally had plans<\/a> to ship partially-built, undrivable vehicles to dealers last year, but now, the unchipped vehicles will be both driveable <em>and<\/em> sellable. As pointed out by <em>Automotive News<\/em>, Ford\u2019s decision comes as an attempt to move the partially-built vehicles crowding its factory lots. Last month, hundreds of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/sales\/ford-broncos-pile-new-delays-test-buyers-patience\">Ford Broncos were spotted sitting idly<\/a> in the snow-covered lots near Ford\u2019s Michigan Assembly Plant, all of which await chip-related installations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LjZaP8\">Like many other companies, Ford has been grappling with the constraints introduced by the chip shortage. After the lack of semiconductors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/2\/4\/22266483\/ford-f150-production-slowdown-semiconductor-chip-shortage\">forced Ford to scale back production of its popular F-150<\/a> last year (and once again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/02\/04\/chip-shortage-forces-ford-to-cut-production-of-f-150-bronco-suv.html\">earlier this month<\/a>), it started giving customers the option to purchase the <a href=\"https:\/\/fordauthority.com\/2021\/08\/2021-ford-f-150-can-be-built-without-start-stop-under-new-plan\/\">pickup without automatic start-stop<\/a>, the feature that turns a vehicle\u2019s engine off when it comes to a complete stop. Ford gave affected owners a $50 credit in return.<\/p>\n<p id=\"F6fuWi\">Other automakers have also had to make sacrifices due to the chip shortage, with GM dropping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/13\/22575836\/gm-wireless-charging-cadillac-chevy-tahoe-chip-shortage\">wireless charging<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/tech\/41307\/gm-pulls-hd-radio-from-2021-silverado-and-sierra-pickups-over-chip-shortage\">HD radios<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/3\/15\/22331766\/gm-pickups-semiconductor-shortage-fuel-economy-emissions\">a fuel management module<\/a> that made some pickup trucks operate more efficiently. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/11\/13\/22780037\/tesla-reportedly-shipping-cars-without-usb-ports\">Tesla sold some cars without USB ports<\/a> and made them installable at a later date. Luxury cars haven\u2019t been exempt from the shortage either, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/9\/29\/22701086\/cadillac-super-cruise-2022-escalade-semiconductor-shortage\">Cadillac nixed its hands-free driving feature<\/a> in its 2022 Escalade, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/11\/5\/22765709\/bmw-chip-shortage-touchscreen-car-suv-manufacturing\">BMW began shipping some cars without touchscreens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"H8sZ8x\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"53tD2R\"><em><strong>Update March 13th 1:45PM ET: <\/strong><\/em><em>Updated to clarify that the affected vehicles are Ford Explorers and that they\u2019ll be missing rear HVAC controls. Also updated to include some additional context surrounding Ford\u2019s removal of the F-150\u2019s start-stop feature due to the chip shortage, and information from a Ford spokesperson.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/13\/22975246\/ford-ship-sell-incomplete-vehicles-missing-chips\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/13\/22975246\/ford-ship-sell-incomplete-vehicles-missing-chips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Ford will soon start selling and shipping some Ford Explorers without the chips that power rear air conditioning and heating controls, according to a report from Automotive News. The automaker will instead ship the missing semiconductors to dealers within one year, which they will then install in customers\u2019 vehicles after purchase. Customers who purchase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-technology","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ford to ship and sell Explorer SUVs with missing chips - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/14\/ford-to-ship-and-sell-explorer-suvs-with-missing-chips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ford to ship and sell Explorer SUVs with missing chips - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Ford will soon start selling and shipping some Ford Explorers without the chips that power rear air conditioning and heating controls, according to a report from Automotive News. 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