Volkswagen ID.3 Forum

Butternut wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:24 pm

darknite1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:10 pm I just had the call. My order as a build week of 29 status 10, estimate delivery end of September. If they actually meet that that will be 48 - 50 weeks total since the factory accepting the order I might have to rethink this. I will post on here if I cancel, might free up a Life Pro Performance if someone is after one!!

I know the pain, it’s looking like a year for myself. I think there will be a lot of people in our situation. I’ve sent an email to Volkswagen as I have lost all faith in there ability to deliver the car this year, which is totally unacceptable to myself

MattgID3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:54 am You have to wonder woth the current lead time now more than 12 months and people having thier orders pushed back what the reputational damage to vw is as well as thier ev market share, Tesla seemingly are able to still get cars out in much shorter timescales vw need to come out and explain why they are so seemingly paralysed by the chip shortage and improve thier communication to thier customers.

darknite1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:30 pm It might just be the wrong time to get an EV.

Griff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:37 pm

MattgID3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:54 am You have to wonder woth the current lead time now more than 12 months and people having thier orders pushed back what the reputational damage to vw is as well as thier ev market share, Tesla seemingly are able to still get cars out in much shorter timescales vw need to come out and explain why they are so seemingly paralysed by the chip shortage and improve thier communication to thier customers.

I "assume" that VW use common chips/components in all their cars (EV and ICE) so prioritise production across a much larger range. Tesla are EV-only so from the EV perspective might be doing a better job but doesn't mean that VW are as paralysed as we perceive.

bbardsley wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:53 pm So I've just spoken to our dealer, we now have an unconfirmed build week of Week 39. Lex Autolease told us it would be here when we needed it for the 1st October... It's only just going to have been built by then...

We got a 'steal' of a deal compared to current market offers, so it looks like we'll have to negotiate keeping our current vehicle longer to tie us over.

I'm assuming that as it's being built so late in the year, we'll definitely have the latest specification and model year. *fingers crossed*

Utumno wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:40 pm

darknite1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:30 pm It might just be the wrong time to get an EV.

It may just be the wrong time to get a VW Group EV. Many other brands are coping better, anecdotally. I still think the ID.3 is one of the best packages for the price currently available, and when grants and PCP discounts were available it was almost a 'no-brainer' if an EV suited your travel patterns.

But it really does seem as though VW, for whatever combination of reasons, can't build the damn things.

Bubba82 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:13 pm Don’t know how accurate this is but from another forum as of today they are ceasing orders for the ID3 to catch up

darknite1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:04 pm

bbardsley wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:53 pm So I've just spoken to our dealer, we now have an unconfirmed build week of Week 39. Lex Autolease told us it would be here when we needed it for the 1st October... It's only just going to have been built by then...

We got a 'steal' of a deal compared to current market offers, so it looks like we'll have to negotiate keeping our current vehicle longer to tie us over.

I'm assuming that as it's being built so late in the year, we'll definitely have the latest specification and model year. *fingers crossed*

So you could be looking at delivery late December / January 2023??? Based on your order date 16+ months???

Gjrosser wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:41 pm Yes, had the dreaded call today, build week for my car has jumped from week 7 to week 38 (despite other that were ordered a week before still being week 7/8). This whole business is now ridiculous, if this is down to chips, a new factory could be built in 6 months to start producing them again. All we hear is ‘there’s a shortage of chips!,, The whole car industry is just going to destroy itself!

Car was ordered end August. Is this just some models being delayed further or what?

Skilldo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:54 pm Just off the phone to my dealer and my order has apparently come forward to build week 10. I was expecting a huge delay.

Grumps wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:27 pm Hi
First time poster.
Ordered 15/08/21
Originally told build week 1, 2022
Just rang dealer who says I am status code 10 and estimated build week 19, which is a little disappointing.

He did say that he views the info with a pinch of salt, as cars keep suddenly turning up. He seemed under the impression that cars already built and stored, were missing the infotainment system and something else (was distracted at that point).

Told to call back in a couple of weeks to see if they have any newer info.

duncsand wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:37 pm I ordered at the end of September through DTD and was told 21 weeks delivery at the time. I can't seem to get anything at all out of either DTD or the dealer. I just called the dealer earlier today, only to be told my guy "wasn't available", so I left a message for him to call me back. Rather than calling me, I got an email saying "Thank you for calling the office for a update. We have checked the system and we are still waiting for the factory to update the system with further information. We can only apologise for these delays at the factory which affecting updates on build weeks." I've asked DTD, but they just say to contact the dealer.

The total absence of any information whatsoever is very frustrating!