Volkswagen ID3 Delays

boredsenseless87

Hi. Not sure if this has been discussed but just wondering what people are being told about Volkswagen ID3 Delays by dealers. I ordered mine in early September to be told I would have it for week 1 January 2022. This hasn't happened and have been fobbed off since with no definitive delivery date... I'm sure there are other people in this boat and wondering what they are being told...

ddarcy

It’s a pretty common problem right now.

what ID3 did you order? A rumour is going and that the higher spec cars are being prioritised. So might be worthwhile if others had the version of the car as well.

boredsenseless87

I ordered the Tech version so it's one of the higher specs... I'm being told the usual thing thats it's built waiting on a semiconductor

cannco253

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volkswagen-expects-chip-shortage-ease-later-2022-2022-02-16/

Fingleberries

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058233253/volkswagen-id3-delays

In a similar boat to you - it's par for the course at the moment. I ordered a Tour 5 in mid-September. I was told December / January delivery.

In Feb, got two calls each with a bit of different information. Roughly the gist was: Build week looking like mid-April, Delivery in June / July (possibly). Sales rep almost seemed disappointed that I wanted to wait for the Tour5 rather than go for a lower-spec.

Online discussion seems to suggest that priority might also be given to id.4, rather than high-spec id.3, and higher profit margin models.

boredsenseless87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640311#Comment_118640311

Well I've been given the chassis number of my car so I'm hoping that means it's built 🤔 has anyone actually contacted VW directly instead of the dealer for an update?

Fingleberries

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640399#Comment_118640399

Fingers crossed for you - that is a positive step 🙂

I contacted VW, since I only have the commission number and no VIN yet. They were the ones that were able to give the more detail of mid-April (build week 18, I think). Dealer was nebulous with "second-half of the year, June/July at best"

Old diesel

Audi are literally cancelling customer orders at the moment on Q4 Etrons as they (Audi) seem to have issues with production*.

So there's clearly issues with VW group.

*simi conductors I assume.

ted1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640399#Comment_118640399

Yes , and they referred me

ted1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640511#Comment_118640511

Dealer understands the build weeks aren’t set in stone was doing a bit of expectation management

boredsenseless87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640808#Comment_118640808

Referred you to what now?

fits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118640399#Comment_118640399

Well if it’s built and you have the chassis number you’ll get it. Fingers crossed you won’t be waiting long.

backbones

I've ordered a Tour 5 in October and have also been told Build Week 18. It'll be interesting to see what happens to earlier orders to get an idea of how reliable the build week estimate is.

I have to say, it also sounds like the dealers you were dealing with basically lied to you on when to expect the car if they said ordering in September/October would deliver by 1 Jan. I spoke to my dealer first in early September, he was telling me that orders they were taking then they weren't expecting to deliver until March 2022 at the least. So I at least knew that my wait would be at least 6 months.

Gumbo

Very common. Guys on here that were due Audi's in April have been told 2023 now.

Others due MG's have been pushed from June to October etc

Its partly fueling the second hand market at the moment!

boredsenseless87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118643000#Comment_118643000

When the car hadn't arrived in early January he told me I'd definitely have it by month's end too (which obviously hasn't happened) So made contact with VW this evening who told me that my car was built in week 45 of last year but they still can't give me a date for when it will be ready to ship....

Gumbo

backbones

It was going to the US so unless VW has a crazy route for deliveries it shouldn't be any European orders. Question is how it might impact production schedules if they need to remake any cars.

cannco253

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-warns-output-cuts-amid-tensions-over-ev-shift

Diess said VW has introduced an early warning system for potential shortages and the company's software developers have already put 150 technical alternatives into the cars to replace missing chips.

Top models of VW Group's Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini brands are already sold out for all of 2022, and its truck businesses also seeing well-filled order books, he said.

The Wolfsburg plant is expected to produce about 570,000 vehicles this year, works council head Daniela Cavallo said.

I wouldn't mind seeing a list of what the "150 technical alternatives" were...

Fingleberries

I wonder if "technical alternatives" is like Tesla who removed a couple of USB ports from some models because of component shortages.