Yea! Got my window sticker today!!

[Toz]

The LONG wait is getting close to being over!! yippee!! :bliss: :arrive_alive:

 

Edit: for thoes that don't remember I started with my first order Last Feb. So it will be about 11 months from first order to car in garage.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Toz

[trvlrschick]

Me too, woo hoo! My dealer said it's scheduled to be built November 13.

[KLH]

Congratulations! That's a LONG wait. I'm not sure that I'd have the patience for that.

 

The great thing is that I'm sure that you're going to love the car. I love mine.

[williape1]

Me too! Can't wait!

[Erik Strait]

Woohoo! Long time coming! I ordered my first one in June, but it came in wrong (I think it was a dealer transfer. Long story.) so I decided to wait for a 2014.

 

Thanks Erik

[Toz]

do you have a build date yet?

[Erik Strait]

Ya, mine was built yesterday the 7th! Exactly 1 week from the sticker date.

 

Is there a way to track trains besides posting on the other forum? I don't have the post count. To bad they don't have a charge option. I would gladly pay for the service.

 

Thanks. Erik

[jeff_h]

Is there a way to track trains besides posting on the other forum? I don't have the post count. To bad they don't have a charge option. I would gladly pay for the service.

 

Actually you already are paying for the service, as dealers have access to this info and yours should be able to give you more info. However with some dealers (based on reading comments in many threads here) they either don't know how to retrieve a Vehicle Visibility Report (my salesman said he didn't, said the sales manager didn't either) or they don't want to be bothered with digging up the info for their customers for whatever reason.

 

So ask your salesman and see what he/she says - if they don't know the info, hopefully their sales manager or inventory manager will be able to help... but in the absence of this help, that's why people start their own tracking threads in BOF.

[murphy]

Ask your dealer to get the railcar number off of his daily update.

Once you have the railcar number you call in to an automated system and touchtone in the number. (I can't find the link to the directions at the moment).

An audio recorder is helpful because the computer generated voice can be difficult to understand and multiple playbacks may be needed to figure it out.

[Toz]

Ya, mine was built yesterday the 7th! Exactly 1 week from the sticker date.

 

Is there a way to track trains besides posting on the other forum? I don't have the post count. To bad they don't have a charge option. I would gladly pay for the service.

 

Thanks. Erik

Very interested to see how long it will take for delivery. On this forum I have seen everything from less than two weeks to never(some of the very first 13's disapeared in Mexico, only to resurface 6 months later covered in dust at random dealer lots) . I hope that you are in the less than two weeks camp.

Edited November 8, 2013 by Toz

[Erik Strait]

Dealer has been messaged!

Hopefully it's fast since I'm only in Colorado and not on a coast.

 

Update: The dealer messaged me back and said that they are expecting my car next week! They didn't provide me with a rail car number, but that's what they told me. :)

Thanks Erik

Edited November 8, 2013 by Erik Strait

[Erik Strait]

I got a rail car number. Its a CNA # so I am looking up tracking info for them. I will update later!

 

Update: I called 1-800-235-2352. The automated messages were annoying because they couldn't recognize my voice as "CNA", but I finally got it! My car departed from Texas today. No ETA from the tracking system though.

 

Thanks Erik

Edited November 12, 2013 by Erik Strait

[Toz]

very cool, looks like you will showing up for Thanksgiving dinner in style! :)

[murphy]

I got a rail car number. Its a CNA # so I am looking up tracking info for them. I will update later!

 

Update: I called 1-800-235-2352. The automated messages were annoying because they couldn't recognize my voice as "CNA", but I finally got it! My car departed from Texas today. No ETA from the tracking system though.

 

Thanks Erik

Use touchtones

 

1. Call CSX at 1-800-235-2352

2. When prompted for location or weight, press "1" on your phone for location.

3. When prompted for the car initials, key in 74 71 (for SP); or 32 81 81 92 (for ETTX); (letter and position on your phone)

4. When prompted for the car number, say or key in your 6-digit car number and press #

5. When prompted for next car say DONE or press the # sign.

 

 

C N A

 

23 62 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 #

 

 

If it tries to transfer you to a live person, hang up.

Edited November 12, 2013 by murphy

[Erik Strait]

Great info Murphy! I tried using touchtones but it didn't work. I might have hit the wrong digit.

 

I kept having to hangup though because it tried connecting me to a live person and the article I did find said not to talk with anyone..

 

Until it arrives I might just call nightly.

 

Update: looks like it departed Goodwell, Oklahoma at 3:30pm!

 

Thanks Erik

Edited November 13, 2013 by Erik Strait

[Swiftd03]

So here is a dumb question for you guys. When you ordered were you given a priority code (such as M3 or G1)? I have a Fusion Hybrid SE on order and I'm being told that it is going to be MARCH before it gets here but when I spoke to the dealer they said they should have it in January. Just trying to sort out the mess.

[Erik Strait]

I was not given anything. The first information for me to track anything was my VIN #..

 

This is a heck of a difference. With them already being built I am not sure why you are being told such a long wait. Who told you March?

 

When I first ordered mine I was told late December/early January. Mine was already built and in transit to me, so they overshot the timeline (most likely to avoid an unhappy customer).

 

Thanks Erik

[murphy]

So here is a dumb question for you guys. When you ordered were you given a priority code (such as M3 or G1)? I have a Fusion Hybrid SE on order and I'm being told that it is going to be MARCH before it gets here but when I spoke to the dealer they said they should have it in January. Just trying to sort out the mess.

Ford priority codes are numeric with 10 being the highest priority (smallest number) that a dealer can set. Mine started out as 60 but eventually made it down to 10.

Somewhere on the Blue Oval forum is a description of everything that goes into a car being selected to be built.

[trvlrschick]

So here is a dumb question for you guys. When you ordered were you given a priority code (such as M3 or G1)? I have a Fusion Hybrid SE on order and I'm being told that it is going to be MARCH before it gets here but when I spoke to the dealer they said they should have it in January. Just trying to sort out the mess.

They probably told you that just in case it was like last year and the cars were really delayed. Then when it comes in early, they get to make like they pulled some strings and got it to you early.

[Swiftd03]

OK, so here is the back story. This is a fleet order through the company that I work for for my company car, not a normal customer order which I guess uses different priority codes that are actually more like date codes, actually more like date requests really. This is what I found online: https://www.fleet.ford.com/orders/ordering-and-production/priority-codes/ The code that I was given was M3 which designates a "beginning of production" of the 3rd week of December. According to their fleet ordering optimal order directions located here: https://www.fleet.ford.com/orders/ordering-and-production/optimal-order-submission/ that means if the schedule is followed that the vehicle will be delivered the first week of January. Here is what I don't get. Every vehicle Ford makes has a different timeline as far as building goes. There is no way that Ford could specifically plan out that they would be building that specific car in that specific week. In addition to that all the Detroit auto makers shut down the last 2 weeks of December, or at least they used to. Is it reasonable to say that the vehicle gets built the week before Christmas and then delivered the first week of the year? I don't think so. At the same time if they are building it in December why the heck would it take 2-3 months to get delivered?

[Toz]

maybe fleet orders are handled differently from individual orders or dealer orders? Maybe Ford does Fleet order in batches or production lots?

[Toz]

Yea, I know I am grasping at any new news for my car, but I can see it on the "SYNC my ride" site now.

 

Date Confirmed:

Nov 13, 2013

Version:

Gen2 - V3.6.2

[williape1]

My car was also a fleet order for my company as a company car. I was told that fleet orders work entirely separately from normal dealer orders. Primarily that they work on their own priority system. This is because most fleet orders are actually submitted in a way to be timed with a replacement lifecycle. I was told that many fleet orders are held until the end of the year for a spring delivery as this is when the normal Fleet lease cycle starts. My car was ordered on September 4th, it was finally built today and should be here before the end of the month. That's about three months start to finish. Ford has since increased the lead time on Fusion Hybrids to 14-16 weeks for fleet orders, it was 9-12 when I ordered. I would expect that March may actually be a realistic if the order was just placed although likely late January/February is more likely.

Edited November 14, 2013 by williape1

[Toz]

Car was Built yesterday! Now to start tracking for delevery :future:

[williape1]

Mine too, can't wait for it to get on a train. I imagine being in NYC that a train bound for the northeast should be relatively quick to fill and leave soon (hopefully). How long does it typically take? A few days?