The actions differ by plant however vary from additional time shift cancellations to services being closed for as much as three weeks from April via June. Or a mix of each.

The impacted crops are in Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario, Canada. They produce an array of merchandise – from F-150 pickups and vans to the Ford Explorer SUV and Ford Escape crossover.

Manufacturing of the F-150 in Dearborn, Michigan, can be down the weeks of April 5 and April 12, the corporate stated. Ford is also canceling additional time shifts on the plant the weeks of April 26, Could 10, Could 31 and June 21. One other plant in Missouri that produces the full-size F-150 can be idled for every week beginning Monday. Additional time shifts on the plant are being terminated for eight weeks via most of June.

Semiconductors are key elements used within the infotainment, energy steering and braking methods of recent autos, amongst different issues. As a number of crops shut down final 12 months on account of Covid, suppliers directed semiconductors away from automakers to different industries, making a scarcity after client demand snapped again stronger than anticipated.

Consulting agency AlixPartners estimates the chip scarcity will reduce $60.6 billion in income from the worldwide automotive business this 12 months. The issue is impacting each automaker in another way.

Ford’s Oakville Meeting plant in Canada, which produces the Ford Edge crossover, can be down for 3 weeks starting the week of April 12 – the longest of any of the crops. One other facility in Kentucky that produces the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair can be down starting then for 2 weeks.

Different crops that produce the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs, Ford Transit and E-Sequence vans, and medium-duty vans and chassis cabs may have additional time shifts eradicated.

Correction: This text was up to date to mirror that Ford is chopping manufacturing at six crops. A earlier model of this text misstated the variety of crops.