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Originally Posted by Bossxr8
It's exactly as you say. It's not a law, but an undertaking you could drive a truck through.
And if they are on back-order, doesn't that imply that they are still making them?
So what's the issue here? Supply chain is rooted, everyone knows this.
Buy a second hander if you need to be on the road asap and can't wait.
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I think whats happening is the suppler tells Ford that they're not making them anymore and then it takes a while for the information to get down to the spare parts level so all the back orders keep coming in until the official
NLA comes in. Or Ford could be searching for an alternative supplier/option and still keeping it open.
Or it could just be supply chain issues, but its more on the fishy scale to me.
I can still buy genuine GM oil/air/fuel filters for my Caprice and its 26 years old, plus a bunch of other genuine parts for it so I guess the 'reasonable time' depends on internal policy.