ETIS and Window Sticker Process

[FordGT]

Darryn,
That doesn't sound right.. (but then again, not much in this process does sound right!). Mine was built on 9th August and Deysha (Ford Service) advised me yesterday that it had arrived at the port the day before (Thurs 18th).

Hey Bernie what doesn't sound right? Mine was built on 20th July and still sitting in Flat Rock while yours built 9th August is in Baltimore!!! seems perfectly business as usual by Ford!:doh:
Cheers Danny

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[OZDAZ5.0]

Darryn,
That doesn't sound right.. (but then again, not much in this process does sound right!). Mine was built on 9th August and Deysha (Ford Service) advised me yesterday that it had arrived at the port the day before (Thurs 18th).

They are seriously all over the place.

 

[M1TCH]

Seems slow to me. I've been told around 10 days for the same process, including about 4 days of aftermarket stuff. Maybe NZ is a bit different?

You're lucky with the loan car. My existing car is going this week so I will be carless for at least a week.

That is more what I was expecting too from other owner reports. I guess they get an influx with each shipment and it's a rush to get everyone done and handed over but I think maybe they are just talking it up so I'm 'surprised' when it's available earlier.
I was going to get a cheap rental if mine sells, then they offered a loan car for 1-2 weeks if I need.

 

[Mustang GT007]

Steps for VIN, your Window sticker and ETIS:

Requirements:
A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a 16 alphanumeric unique serial number used to identify individual vehicles.
The VIN is normally obtained from your Dealer.
Sometimes you may be to get your Ford order number (a 4 digit code) from the dealer. You can then ask Ford AU service via the Ford facebook page for the VIN. The VIN is normally allocated about 6-10 weeks before the expected build date.


Once you have been provided with your VIN - there are 3 main stages that occur as your car is built:

Stage one: Checking ETIS www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do
About 2-3 weeks before the proposed build date - enter your VIN into ETIS.
If your build week has been allocated by the factory - then you will get a place holder in Etis. (this is normally updated on a Thursday in the US - Friday afternoon Aust time).
You will see the basic car information appear - ie Car type, colour, gearbox etc and it has a place holder build date of "30.11.0002". This is not the actual build date.

Note: If your VIN is not found in ETIS - then your build date has not been entered or allocated and it is at least 2 weeks away. Just keep checking every few days until it appears. (Note that checking hourly does not make it occur any sooner)...



Stage two: Window sticker http://researchmaniacs.com/VIN-Number-Lookup/WindowSticker/Ford.html
About 1 week out from the proposed build date - your window sticker will appear - it which will have a few more details about the car and the important "blend date" which is the actual build date.
The database is updated weekly (I believe Thursday nights local USA time).

Your car has now been scheduled to be built.
The Flat Rock assembly line builds around 500 cars each day. The build process takes around 26 hours from start to finish.
following is a video of the build process.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/f...how-the-2015-mustang-is-made-video-91554.html
Not much is known about the RHD cars build process. They may be built in batches or possibly being built only on 1 or 2 of the assembly lines.


Stage three: Etis
About 1-4 weeks after the car is built - ETIS will be updated.
when you put your VIN into Etis - rather than the basic info - you will now get a full list of the build and options etc. (click on the arrow down near the Minor features)

Note - the systems only seems to update the information in ETIS weekly on Thursday local time (Fridays Australia time). and the system are normally down on Sundays (local USA time) for maintenance.


The next steps - (these may take some time and the only way to track them is by using Ford Service).
To send PM to Ford Service - Go to Members List on the forum - find "Ford Service" and click on "Send Message"
I suggest that you don't go overboard on this as things take time - plus remember that they are in a different time zone (1 day behind us) and may take a few days for them to reply.



Upfitters:
After the car is built - the currently RHD cars go to the upfitters to get "final stuff done" which is a technical term meaning to do things that they could not do on the assembly line.
This process can take 2-6 weeks. The car then goes back to the factory for Gate release.
Update Jan 2016 - it appears that with the more recent RHD builds (ie from jan 2016) that many of the cars no longer need to go to the upfitters. This may be due to improvements on the assembly line and QC.

Gate Release:
After a final check over to make sure the car is completed to the Ford Standard - the car status moves to Gate release.
It is now ready to be transported.

Transportation to the dock:
The car is transported to the port of Baltimore ready to be loaded on a ship
This can take up to a couple of weeks.

Shipping: WWL
Your car is then booked by Ford onto a ship to take it to Australia or NZ.
Your car will only appear in the WWL web site a few days out from the actual sailing date.
you can use the "track & Trace" on WWL web site http://www.2wglobal.com/ to check which ship it is on and to follow the progress to when the car is off loaded.


You can track the ship's progress via http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-13/centery:-30/zoom:5
or other ship tracking sites.
This is another exciting phase of your car's journey - follow it as it cruises down the east coast of the USA and then enters the Panama canal. The ship will then disappears into the pacific ocean for a few weeks - but if you are lucky - you will see it appear near Nouméa.

After a 30 day relaxing south pacific cruise - your new car will be ready to be unloaded in its new home country.

Port unloading:
After being unloaded from the boat the car is inspected by customs and boarder control. The Australian compliance inspection is undertaken on all cars. Then if everything is in order the compliance sticker will be attached to the drivers door (inside the door jam).

Ready for shipping to dealer:
After unloading it takes 5-14 days for your car to be ready to be transported to your dealer.
you can track this process by using the Prixcars tracking app. http://e2.prixcar.com.au/e2/DirectAccess.jsp?task=VehicleTrackerHome.jsp
It can tell you the progress from when the car is unloaded - to when it is delivered to your dealer
This normaly takes 2-7 days depending on how far away the dealer is from the port.

Dealer:
The dealer should inspect your car, clean and detail, fix and adjust any minor items that need it and of course register your car so you can drive it on the road.
Hint: make sure you have you have arranged your own car insurance before picking up the car. You dont want to have an accident when driving out of the dealers yard.


I hope this helps people understand the many steps that need to occur in getting your car safety to you.

Now enjoy being a owner of a great iconic car - the Ford Mustang.


cheers
Bruce
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What going on with Etis Ford site??
It looks like its crashed..
Maybe I have checked for my car too many times:doh::doh:

 

[adabedas]

I believe they have a maintenance window (2 hours) every Sunday...

 

[Azairious]

Hey Bernie what doesn't sound right? Mine was built on 20th July and still sitting in Flat Rock while yours built 9th August is in Baltimore!!! seems perfectly business as usual by Ford!:doh:
Cheers Danny

It could be worse. My window sticker has a blend date of the 29th July and found out today it is still in production. It seems like the system is a bit out of wack with trying to push more through this time. It's a bit annoying hearing people who ordered up to 5 months after me have their car on the boat but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.

 

[OZDAZ5.0]

It could be worse. My window sticker has a blend date of the 29th July and found out today it is still in production. It seems like the system is a bit out of wack with trying to push more through this time. It's a bit annoying hearing people who ordered up to 5 months after me have their car on the boat but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.

I hear ya....I ordered mid July 15 was built 25th July 16 and still haven't made it to a boat yet :(

 

[Mustang GT007]

It could be worse. My window sticker has a blend date of the 29th July and found out today it is still in production. It seems like the system is a bit out of wack with trying to push more through this time. It's a bit annoying hearing people who ordered up to 5 months after me have their car on the boat but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.

When did you get a window sticker??

 

[Azairious]

When did you get a window sticker??

It was in the system on the 4th of Aug (got my vin on the 3rd)

 

[Sturty91]

It could be worse. My window sticker has a blend date of the 29th July and found out today it is still in production. It seems like the system is a bit out of wack with trying to push more through this time. It's a bit annoying hearing people who ordered up to 5 months after me have their car on the boat but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.

Why is that? Reckon it's to do with what dealer someone chooses? :shrug:

 

[Azairious]

Why is that? Reckon it's to do with what dealer someone chooses? :shrug:

No idea mate. I ordered at the end of may and feel a bit shafted but eh the car better be worth it.

 

[beammeup]

Mine has been built and now waiting at the dock for a ship for more than two weeks now. Ordered August 2015.

Checking Track and Trace website multiple times a day... No records found...

 

[MrMustang1974]

wow ford is certainly all over the place with these, talk about serious confusion and what seems like no build pattern.

• My Race red GT Manual was ordered November 19-11-15
• dealer ordered in system 11-12-15
• blend date 6-6-16
• then It had to go to another facility to get stripes,
• scanned at Baltimore terminal 11-7 16
• received at Baltimore terminal 12-7-16
• Loaded on the Tarago 20-7-16
• liner released 17-8-16
• discharged Port Kembla 20-8-16
• Eta dealer 27-8-16, then dealer needs to tint windows, color code and fit rear spoiler then install the cat back system.

Then a call and arrange a time to pick it up.

So for this car its about a little over a nine month wait. Which begs me to wonder why some are quick as mine and others are 12 to 15 months from order to delivery.

 

[OZDAZ5.0]

wow ford is certainly all over the place with these, talk about serious confusion and what seems like no build pattern.

• My Race red GT Manual was ordered November 19-11-15
• dealer ordered in system 11-12-15
• blend date 6-6-16
• then It had to go to another facility to get stripes,
• scanned at Baltimore terminal 11-7 16
• received at Baltimore terminal 12-7-16
• Loaded on the Tarago 20-7-16
• liner released 17-8-16
• discharged Port Kembla 20-8-16
• Eta dealer 27-8-16, then dealer needs to tint windows, color code and fit rear spoiler then install the cat back system.

Then a call and arrange a time to pick it up.

So for this car its about a little over a nine month wait. Which begs me to wonder why some are quick as mine and others are 12 to 15 months from order to delivery.

Wow....that sucks (for me) great for you...

One thing I noticed was my order was place 16th July 2015 but it seemed my dealer only placed the order to Ford Mid september 2015 which wouldn't help my cause.

 

[Sturty91]

wow ford is certainly all over the place with these, talk about serious confusion and what seems like no build pattern.

• My Race red GT Manual was ordered November 19-11-15
• dealer ordered in system 11-12-15
• blend date 6-6-16
• then It had to go to another facility to get stripes,
• scanned at Baltimore terminal 11-7 16
• received at Baltimore terminal 12-7-16
• Loaded on the Tarago 20-7-16
• liner released 17-8-16
• discharged Port Kembla 20-8-16
• Eta dealer 27-8-16, then dealer needs to tint windows, color code and fit rear spoiler then install the cat back system.

Then a call and arrange a time to pick it up.

So for this car its about a little over a nine month wait. Which begs me to wonder why some are quick as mine and others are 12 to 15 months from order to delivery.

Would it hurt if I asked my dealer what date they put the order in their system? Haven't seen anyone mention it?

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