Well there's good news and bad, I'll start with the bad.
This is more of a clarification, I've seen it in other threads and I just had it confirmed, if your truck was built without it due to the chip shortage it won't be added. My sticker shows Parking assist 2.0 and Automatic Liftgate DELETED. When I asked if it could be added later the answer was yes until I asked for that yes in writing, and honestly I've never seen anything from Ford/Lincoln saying they will, I saw fordauthority.com but that's not enough. So without that I have decided not to take delivery of the 2023 Black Label, no that's not the only reason more like the last straw. I was already makiing compromises from the color to the interior. As I mentioned before interior color and wood trim should be separate options, why does Black Label (the top tier) get limited colors while Reserve has more options? I wanted red and it's silly that once I say black label the paint gun can't spray red, but I compromised because I am a big Lincoln fan. I'm now holding out to see what 2024 will bring
On to the good news, I ordered Sept 19, 2022 and they gave me a build date of Dec 14, 2022, but when I checked Sunday December 11, 2022 my status had moved to in Production and I had a window sticker. If things hold up the truck should be in Houston in January which is pretty darn good considering they started building 2023s in November. Not sure what anyone else is experiencing but it looks like they are getting the schedule back on track with the '23s. Here's the even better news if you're tired of waiting or are having issues with your order or was thinking about ordering, I have a 2023 Black Label with Chalet interior coming to Houston (pics attached) for anyone interested the dealer will even accedpt X-Plan. Before you ask no I'm not selling it just letting you know one is coming and you can get it, message me for more info if you seriously want it.
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