I totally get both sides of this issue. I have friends that were reservation holders who got their Broncos (4 door, soft tops) in about a year. I had no reservation and waited exactly a year from my order to get my production email. Aside from some fairly humorous texts with my salesman...
VIN tracker has yet to work for me. It just says:
Notice
This vehicle is not yet available in order tracking at this time, please check back later.
Do you have to wait a certain amount of time for it to work?
Scheduled today for 12/19. Walk in order exactly one year ago (literally 11/3/21). Converted to 23MY on 10/24 with priority upgrade from "11" to "10."
Two door in Carb Grey with Sasquatch and switches.
This sounds about right. To your point: I don't think my dealer did anything on this until I bugged them about it. Little risk to them, I guess, as they probably know I wouldn't abandon a 1 year old order at this point...