The on Ford F-150 by Ford Australia in July has now been lifted.
The US-built full-size pickup truck, which is being converted to right-hand drive (RHD) for Ford Australia by RMA in Melbourne, was not the subject of a “stop sale” promotion and Ford dealers continued to accept orders, but RMA was asked to stop delivering vehicles to dealers.
“Shipments of remanufactured RHD F-150s have been paused while we work through some internal requirements,” Ford said in a statement provided to Daily Sparkz in July.
“We expect to be able to provide an update to our dealers by the end of July,” Ford said previously.
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Daily Sparkz We learned of the delivery hold – which we understand was due to a shortage of components needed for recall work – after Ford sold just 11 examples of the F-150 in June, while rivals like the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Ram 1500 and Toyota Tundra found 258, 279 and 48 new examples, respectively.
F-150 sales fell to zero in July due to the delivery halt, with just three sales recorded in August and just one in September.
January was the iconic pickup’s best sales month this year with 230 registrations, and only 549 F-150s were delivered through the end of September in 2025 (compared to 2,112 Ram 1500s, 1,636 Silverado 1500s and 618 Tundras).
While Ford Australia did not provide details on the reasons for the pause in deliveries, the move came ahead of a US recall for multiple Ford models affecting 646,000 vehicles, including the F-150 in North America.
Ford Australia’s F-150 has been the subject of several product safety recalls locally, including one in August due to defective rear wheel hub bolts that could loosen or break, potentially causing axle damage, loss of power and/or vehicles rolling when parked.
A recall was issued in July due to a possible defective rear-view camera, and there have been a total of eight recalls for the F-150 in Australia since it went on sale here in early 2023.
With the delivery hold now lifted and the 2023 model year vehicles still in local showrooms, Ford will now look to shift superseded inventory of the F-150, which has since been updated in the US.
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