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meford4u,Feb 25 2007, 02:19 PM Wrote:Can you believe there are rumours abound that we are getting laid off?

All true.  They are not pleased with Jan. sales figures after the late launch, engineering changes and supplier fawk ups.

The rim issue is a downright lie.  We did have a rim issue, but it was caused by Ford as they did not inform their supplier that the Freestar was not going back into production for jan./Feb..  The supplier was producing rims for the Freestar and declining the production for the Edge anticipating the change.
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IMO... There's no way they are going to layoff the 3rd shift in body/paint/final. Especially since they are canvasing for people to go to Detroit for "Fairlane" training. Not to mention the fact that we will be running "Fairlane" pre-production models in August with production set to begin in September. The numbers at that time won't allow for a 3rd shift being off.

As for the rim issue, our production wasn't affected at all. We are no longer dealing with supplier issues. Most of our downtime now is due to mechanical failures. Front window glass being the primary cause.

Most Ford dealers out in my area have a stock of 3-5 units on the lots so the vehicles are getting out to the dealers at a good rate now...finally.