Bristol Street Motors Ford in Stafford tried in on me in 2023, we ordered a Ford Kuga PHEV we were even given a build date however the would be unable to release the vehicle due to a safety issue engine fires which Ford were yet to resolve, short story I contacted Motability no more Ford Kuga.
To be fair to the dealership in that instance, there was a long pause on Kuga PHEV deliveries due to the exact reasons that they told you, although I thought that was back in 2021 because I wanted to test drive one when we changed that year and Ford had put a block on customer test drives due to the fire risk, which sort of put me off anyway 😂