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- What is a DORA?

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Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment.

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- Is there a chance that your vehicle does not get pulled, and if so, why would that be?

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Excellent chance. When demand is greater than supply - IOW when Ford has more orders than it can schedule for production in the next week - then they go by an allocation system. Dealers are given allocations for new orders, based on how many of that type vehicle they have ordered in the past. If a dealer orders 10 PSDs this week, but has allocation for only 5, then 5 of his orders gets pulled for production and the other 5 sit there waiting for the next cycle - or maybe for a cycle several weeks down the road.

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- Any way to increase chances of vehicle getting pulled?

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Sure.

Order from a dealer that has unused allocation for the vehicle you want.

Plus don't order anything that is in short supply this week. "Commodity shortages" happen all the time, and the dealers are informed as to what those shortages are. For example, if they run out of 4x4 SRW chassis this week, then they won't schedule any trucks that have that component until they receive a fresh stock of that component. Sometimes this delay is only for a few days, but sometimes it's for several weeks.

So the short answer to your question is to always order from a pro that keeps up with what is going on at the assembly plant for your vehicle, and that has plenty of allocation to prevent delays to your order. Ford provides plenty of info to the dealers, but it requires time to read and understand all the stuff Ford provides. That's why you will see so many folks suggesting that you order from Bobby or Cochise. They are both pros that keep up with the info Ford provides, and they keep their customers informed as to exactly what's going on. That's not true of very many Ford salesmen.