I've thought this exact same thing numerous times. I wouldn't be surprised if there is someone on this forum that works for Chrysler, so hoepfully they see this and take it back to whoever can make this happen. Probably wont do any good for those of us who have an order in, but maybe we can help for future orders.

 

But to go anywhere the door needs to be opened, so closed is a step before open, so I would think it's still moving backward. BX says it's ready to be scheduled, while BG says it's not ready to be scheduled, so that would sound like it's going backward to me.

 

If Chrysler does read this thread for the love of all that is web, hire someone who knows or teach those who do the your jeep build portion of web, AJAX. There is no reason why you need to reload the page w/ each option selection.

/rant

Back on topic: Since I ordered mine just under 2 weeks ago, when is it considered appropriate to call and ask for a status?

 

I have thought the same thing many times.

 

If they had it set up to check on the web noone would care who checked and how often. I have had my dealer check for the most part, I have called cs twice, the second time the rep was so confused he had to call my dealer anyway. I'm checking through my dealer from now on but it's a bother for them as well. Jeep should get that feature on-line and let the really anxious guys just keep refreshing the page until their Jeep is built.

 

Amen, brother.

 

An online VON check would seem to be an easy web application. The database is already there, and the dealerships have access, why not make it available on the jeep.com website?

I also went to the INDY four wheel jamboree today. They had some great looking JK's.

 

that would just make it too easy.

 

Picked up my Silver 4dr Sahara last nite...1 Mile on the Odometer....

 

Thanks to ToledoJeep's latest production/orders post, we can update our expectations for how long orders placed today will take to build:

So far in September they've received a total of 13,414 JK orders for an average of 958 per day.

Current production = 583 per day (5 days a week).

Total JK's on order = 49,972

JK Rubicon orders total 11870 @ 57 built per day = 208 build days required to fill those orders = 291 calendar days/41.6 weeks/~10 months average build time for a JK Rubicon order placed today.

The combined average build time for X and Sahara orders is 100 calendar days, with X's closer to a 9 week average.

Note that orders are still coming in at almost twice the pace than JK's are being built, which means that the list, and the wait, gets longer every day.