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Ford Pauses Mustang Production at Michigan Plant on Chip Shortage
Written by David Schollaert
April 28, 2022
Ford Motor Co. will idle some production of the Ford Mustang sports car due to the ongoing global semiconductor chip shortage, a company spokesperson told Steel Market Update (SMU).
Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant located just 24 miles south of downtown Detroit, Mich., will see a production outage on Thursday, April 28 and Friday, April 29.
“The global semiconductor shortage continues to affect Ford’s North American plants,” he said. “Behind the scenes, we have teams working on how to maximize production, with a continued commitment to building every high-demand vehicle for our customers with the quality they expect.”
The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker said the disruption will also impact the production of its Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R models.
This is the fifth time the Flat Rock assembly plant has seen downtime over the past year due to the lack of microchip readiness, and the second time this month.
All other Ford North American plants were running normal production this week. No additional disruptions are expected during the week of May 2, the spokesperson said.
Though chip and parts availability remain an ongoing issue across the auto industry, aside from General Motors’ week-long outage at its Bowling Green, Ky., plant this week, most other North American automakers reported no assembly delays.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Stellantis, and Daimler all confirmed to SMU that there are no current or foreseen production stoppages.
By David Schollaert, David@SteelMarketUpdate.com
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