Build: What Do I Know and When Do I Know It?

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  1. bilofsky

    bilofsky Privolting Member

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    I was so good about not obsessing - until this week, when my PIP is scheduled to be built. (The dealer says it's this week. The last Toyota robo-email said this month. My order page still says April-May.)

    How soon after it's built will I get another robo-email from Toyota?

    Same question for loading on a ship. And how do I find out what ship it's on?

    Is there any point in looking at my order page any more?

    Or should I just call my dealer every hour or two?
     
    #1 bilofsky, Mar 28, 2012
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    I found that the build date and the in-transit date were within 24-48 hours of actual occurence. However, the arrival in port date was about a week behind...One person on the board actually went into the app (just for fun) and cancelled his order after he had already taken delivery as it still showed in transit.
     
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    Was that on the Toyota order web page? Or the robo-email?
     
    #3 bilofsky, Mar 28, 2012
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    on the website...the emails were weeks behind....
     
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    Weeks behind? Wow! That's great!!! I just got a robo-mail from the high seas.

    This must mean mine should be in port any ol' day now!
     
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    Here's a summary of dates i got from toyotamail:

    1/27 Plug-in will be built in Feb
    2/10 Plug-in finished
    2/15 Plug-in on it's way over the sea
    2/21 Dealer emails with VIN
    3/8 Plug-in on way from port to dealer
    3/14 at dealer, prepped n ready for delivery

    Keep after your dealer and keeping a dialogue going will help i think.

    Good Luck!
     
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    Crewdog is on the East Coast so his car had to go through the Panama Canal which is 20 days from Japan. My car came through Long Beach to Arizona - 1 month (29 days) from build until it showed up at the dealer as you can see below.
     
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    Update: Looks like all the information systems have a day or two lag in them, at least in this case:

    My PIP was built 3/29 or 3/30, depending on what system you believe, but I couldn't find that out for one or two more working days.

    On 3/30 (morning U.S., evening Japan), the dealer sent this status report which still did not show the build:

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    Not until 4/2 (morning U.S., late night Japan), two working days later, was my order page on toyota.com updated: "Your Plug-In was built 3/29/2012". The same day the dealer's system showed an actual build date of 3/30/2012. Robo-email was not received until the evening of 4/3.
     
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    My prius was built 3/22 but I haven't received any updates since. Is that normal? Do you think that it is on a boat already?
     
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    My car showed in transit to port (Long Beach) 3/2, arrived 3/19, and was at dealer ready for delivery on 3/29.
     
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    What does your dealer see in his database?
     
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    I haven't officially canceled my order yet, . . .

    My plug in was built on 3/27/12, and my dealer sales person says it will be on the TMC (name of ship?), and is scheduled to leave Japan on 4/9/12 . . . coming to the San Francisco Bay Area . . .
     
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    I'm scheduled on the same ship. Was built 3/30 and feeling bad about waiting 10 days. You're waiting 13. But maybe we'll catch an earlier ship.
     
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    LOL!
    That salesperson is a moron! :D

    Cars hat are unshipped all show TMC Japan.

     
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    Hahaha - thanks for clarifying what TMC Japan means :)
     
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    What does CBU mean (as in "Available for Shipment(CBU)" on the dealer's status screen?
     
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    This morning (4/11) California time, evening Japan time, my toyota.com order page showed "In transit to port - 4/8/2012." So three days delay in this coming up. My dealer didn't have it yesterday and I haven't gotten the robo-email either.
     
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    i got an email 2/29 saying they were going to build mine in march.
    my dealer called today and said it's in, so, 6 weeks altogether.
     
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    Mine says the same - In transit to port- 4/8/2012 - do you know which ship yours is on?
     
    #19 janie, Apr 11, 2012
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    My dealer hasn't confirmed yet, but I am assuming it's the Texas Highway, which is due in Benicia early morning of April 21. If I can get an updated time and it doesn't come in at night, I might try to watch it go through the bay.
     
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