Chip Shortage Impacting Ford’s Flat Rock and Dearborn Plants Through Early June

Ford is being forced to extend the shutdown of several of its plants across North America, plus initiate some shutdowns, due to the current global semiconductor shortage.

Locally, the Flat Rock and Dearborn plants will be shut down the weeks of May 31 and June 7. Dearborn will operate on a reduced schedule the week of June 14.

Here's the full list of impacted plants via Ford:

Chicago Assembly Plant will be down the week of May 31 and will operate on a reduced schedule the week of June 7
Flat Rock Assembly Plant will be down the weeks of May 31 and June 7
Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant – truck line – will be down the weeks of May 31 and June 7 and will operate on a reduced schedule the week of June 14
Hermosillo Assembly Plant will be down the weeks of June 21 and 28
Louisville Assembly Plant will be down the weeks of May 31 – week of June 28
Oakville Assembly Complex will be down the weeks of May 31 - week of June 21
Ohio Assembly Plant will produce only Super Duty Chassis cabs and Medium Duty trucks the weeks of May 31, June 7 and 14