Well, finally went to D1 status yesterday, with a Delivery date of March 27th!!!!

 

Who gives you the delivery date? My Sahara went to D1 status Monday but nobody at DC can tell me how long to build when I call them.

 

tHE dEALER CHECKS STATUS AND GETS THEIR EXPECTED ARRIVAL DATE.

 

I was afraid that was going to be the answer. My salesman is a putz and doesn't seem to give two sh@&s about me. Anytime I ask him to help out with the status info, he blows me off and I never hear from him. If I had't been waiting for so long already I would have gone elsewhere to order my Wrangler. Oh well, at least I have this forum. It's been more helpful than any sales person or DCX for that matter could ever hope to be

 

The dealer is just estimating the date, dount count on it.

 

Actually, the dealer is not estimating the delivery date, it is the date that DC gives them. However it is thier estimated date of delivery set by standards of production. Calculated by the D1 status schedule for assy line and the regular time frame it takes to go through the rest of the "phases" and delivery to your specific zip code.They are usually pretty close to this target date. Having orderd 5 new vehicles in 5 years from DC, this being the 3rd Jeep, I have always found sheduled delivery within a day or two either way of the date given.
Also. don't ask your salesman, although 50% of the sales floor staff can look up your order status, you are best to go to the sales manager directly ( they are usually more than willing to help). Or ask who does the ordering, there is only one person per dealership that actually puts the orders through to DC. Your third line of defense is the person who you will meet (if you haven't already) that does the after market accesory sales.
now this is the guy, or gal, in the SALES dept NOT the parts Dept. Hope this helps, Jon