Exclusive-Ford F-150 truck production down for nearly a week at Michigan plant, memo says

By Nora Eckert

DETROIT, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Production of Ford Motor’s most important vehicle, its F-150 pickup truck, is down for nearly a week at a Detroit-area plant, according to a memo viewed by Reuters.

All production crews at Dearborn Truck Plant were canceled starting Thursday, through Tuesday, September 29, the memo said. 

Production of the F-150 truck at other plants was also affected. Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant canceled some shifts this week due to the same issue impacting Dearborn, a person familiar with the matter said. Kentucky Truck Plant near Louisville increased F-150 production to make up for losses elsewhere, the person said.

(Reporting by Nora Eckert in Detroit; Editing by Mike Colias and Mark Porter)