As always, a lot of this depends on the dealership; but in my experiences, dealer financing is AWFUL ... I'm talking like 3% if you get your own financing vs. 11% interest rates with the dealer's from what I've recently run into with my wife's new vehicle (this shady Buick dealership tried...
Still "in production" / "on hold" etc etc. Not even doing the Ford chat ... I'll wait until the 7th when they said the hold should be resolved. I remember the good old days of April 13, 2022 when I was anxiously awaiting having my vehicle by the end of the month then WHABAM - "on hold" ...
That's what I want to hear! People don't realize "its a Jeep thing" ... isn't good! It means basically that Jeeps have a bunch of quirks that people put up with just because they like Jeeps. I'm sick of my back hurting after driving my Jeep for more than 10 miles because it sways back and...
I feel like I'm late to the party here ... well hello hello ... also coming from a Jeep Wrangler ... 9 Jeeps over my life starting with a 1997 Cherokee XJ and currently have a 2021 Wrangler Unlimited Freedom Edition. Seriously, I'm too tired from a 13 week old puppy to read this entire thread...
4/14 blend date ... in production since 4/19 ... shipping status "on hold" ... Ford chat says "delayed" ... Dealership says its subject to a chip hold ... BUT my window sticker date just changed to 4/29 so I most assuredly will have it by the end of the day tomorrow right?
I was just looking at...
Soooooo... dealership this morning says chip hold. 4/14 blend... all the mods popped, have the 4 character tear tag ... been "on hold" in ordertracker app and in production on ford's tracker. Guess I will lose my good interest rate i have locked until May 27. .
Also getting conflicting information now from Chat. Previously was told "Produced" with a shipping ETA of 5/4. Now this:
" Thanks again for holding! From what I can gather, the vehicle is not yet shippable or is experiencing a delay with plant release. This slight delay is estimated to get...
So still no build e-mail, still showing "in progress" in Ford's tracker; ordertrack app shows in progress with shipping "on hold" ... Ford Chat says it has been "produced" with ship date of 5/4. However, today my Ford app just gave me a notification that the vehicle has been activated and I see...
Ok ... I'm calmed down... ordertrack still says "on hold" but chat says this: " Thank you for waiting. I do see the order in the In Production status. The vehicle has been produced. ETA for start of transit is May-04-2022. With an ETA of May-10-2022. I am not seeing any delays at this time."...
I do have a roof rack so I'm hoping it is something simple like waiting in line at the shop to get that installed and they had to notify the shipper it isn't ready to head out yet ... do you have anything extra like that maybe?
I am going to say that date doesn't mean "nothing" ... something they are doing in their system is triggering a date change. It probably doesn't mean anything substantial, but it means they are doing something in their system that is causing the sticker to regenerate with the date the system...
Same for me ... except I'm not scheduled for shipping quite so soon. No build emails even though chat said it's built. At least my shipping status says "picked" ... picked for what? Picked for shipping? Picked up? Picked for demolition? Picked as the CFO's son's graduation present? Someone...