Chip Shortage Impacts Auto Industry
- Thread starter SubLGT
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I think this is going to affect me. My 21 escape started production on 1/4 according to window sticker and dealer cannot tell me whether it will be delayed. I’ve got other vehicles to drive but anxious for it to get here.
Vehicle manufacturing has been messed up since March. Just add this to the list of things that can go wrong and will go wrong.
Nobody in the chain can really afford to have much surplus inventory. JIT = hand-to-mouth. On paper it's perfect.
AutoMechanic
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Wow I’m surprised really.
Why? I have issues getting parts just about everyday......Stupid stuff like OE 4L60E filters & just about any high volume sellers from Sonnax for example.
Had to buy OE 6L80E 456 Steels from the dealer at twice the price because Raybestos/Allomatic seems to be WAY behind.
Might get worse before it gets better.
AutoMechanic
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Yeah I guess you are right parts have been hard to get recently. My parts stores have been out of some parts for quite a while. Based on what I have seen as far as parts inventory too it’s been sorry. And yeah it probably will get worse. Work has also been pretty slow in my area usually you see these shops packed to the max not anymore.
I have more work than I know what to do with.....7 days a week for me.
Not just them, I am having problems getting injector parts and other parts from Europe.
Bosch is all but shut down at the moment and way behind.
The price of some paint colors are through the roof and many supplies are short. Not good all the way around.
I have more backorders the past year, than my previous 13 years combined. For a long time the Motorcraft FA-1883 air filter was on backorder. Its not like it fits anything important, only pretty much every F-150 since 2011.
https://news.yahoo.com/toyota-production-japan-hit-parts-014954458.html
i wonder if (and hope, full disclosure) more decontented, base model, affordably priced, cars will be offered. “good enough” now may well be preferable to waiting for “absolute best” sometime in the unclear future. the production of simpler cars should present lower stress on the environment, if such a thing is of concern. k.i.s.s. has a certain value.
i wonder if (and hope, full disclosure) more decontented, base model, affordably priced, cars will be offered. “good enough” now may well be preferable to waiting for “absolute best” sometime in the unclear future. the production of simpler cars should present lower stress on the environment, if such a thing is of concern. k.i.s.s. has a certain value.
I’m not so sure I like all the computerized nanny features. I just discovered that the bass and treble was “locked out” during motion. No thank you! I’ll adjust it as necessary depending on The song.
maybe manufacturers can relearn how to get heat and AC with wires and switches
maybe manufacturers can relearn how to get heat and AC with wires and switches
