GLB Delivery Delays?
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GLB Delivery Delays?
I have been intently following this forum and reading lots of posts. I wanted to find out if anyone that ordered a GLB is experiencing delays. I ordered mine in June 2021. The dealer told me it had to be changed to a 2022 because Mercedes was no longer making 2021s at the time of my order. My order went into production in August of 2021 and was built in November. However, I still don’t know when I will receive the car. The dealer told me it’s in produced not shipped status. However, when I called the Mercedes customer service, I was told it is at VPC and a new part was recently added. I know we are facing challenging times but it’s pretty frustrating not knowing when to expect to receive the car. Anyone else facing delays on their GLB build order?
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I have been intently following this forum and reading lots of posts. I wanted to find out if anyone that ordered a GLB is experiencing delays. I ordered mine in June 2021. The dealer told me it had to be changed to a 2022 because Mercedes was no longer making 2021s at the time of my order. My order went into production in August of 2021 and was built in November. However, I still don’t know when I will receive the car. The dealer told me it’s in produced not shipped status. However, when I called the Mercedes customer service, I was told it is at VPC and a new part was recently added. I know we are facing challenging times but it’s pretty frustrating not knowing when to expect to receive the car. Anyone else facing delays on their GLB build order?
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I have been intently following this forum and reading lots of posts. I wanted to find out if anyone that ordered a GLB is experiencing delays. I ordered mine in June 2021. The dealer told me it had to be changed to a 2022 because Mercedes was no longer making 2021s at the time of my order. My order went into production in August of 2021 and was built in November. However, I still don’t know when I will receive the car. The dealer told me it’s in produced not shipped status. However, when I called the Mercedes customer service, I was told it is at VPC and a new part was recently added. I know we are facing challenging times but it’s pretty frustrating not knowing when to expect to receive the car. Anyone else facing delays on their GLB build order?
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also, does anyone know what a B5C factory delay mean?
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I'm halfway considering a custom order but cannot wait 6+ months. I've seen (2) brand new GLBs this week at dealers in Florida. Both had credits issued on the window sticker options for liftgate and power seats. Meaning, due to "chip shortages" they cars were sent out without a power liftgate and manual front seats. Credit was established at -300 for the liftgate and -700 for the power front seats. It got me wondering if any pending custom orders are waiting on the same thing.
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
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I'm halfway considering a custom order but cannot wait 6+ months. I've seen (2) brand new GLBs this week at dealers in Florida. Both had credits issued on the window sticker options for liftgate and power seats. Meaning, due to "chip shortages" they cars were sent out without a power liftgate and manual front seats. Credit was established at -300 for the liftgate and -700 for the power front seats. It got me wondering if any pending custom orders are waiting on the same thing.
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
You may be better served by ordering a GLB currently available instead of going the custom build route.
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As far as I know-- those features will not be added later. Logistically it would be difficult to fully change the seats and liftgate. I have a GLB 35 order hopefully going into production first week in March and my dealer doesnt think they will pull any features but he said he really doesn't know. I guess they have tried to avoid pulling features from the AMGs but who knows at this point!
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Mer1018 here - got locked out of account.
I was contacted today by my dealer saying I was probably better off to just pick another model because production had been suspended on GLB again with zero indication of when it would resume. I am at about 7 months on my car order currently. It is in similar status to you built but not completed. Mine also switched to status B5C also.
I was contacted today by my dealer saying I was probably better off to just pick another model because production had been suspended on GLB again with zero indication of when it would resume. I am at about 7 months on my car order currently. It is in similar status to you built but not completed. Mine also switched to status B5C also.
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I'm halfway considering a custom order but cannot wait 6+ months. I've seen (2) brand new GLBs this week at dealers in Florida. Both had credits issued on the window sticker options for liftgate and power seats. Meaning, due to "chip shortages" they cars were sent out without a power liftgate and manual front seats. Credit was established at -300 for the liftgate and -700 for the power front seats. It got me wondering if any pending custom orders are waiting on the same thing.
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
Is it possible that I could put in a custom order and end up with the same result? Or would I be stuck in limbo like others here?
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Mer1018 here - got locked out of account.
I was contacted today by my dealer saying I was probably better off to just pick another model because production had been suspended on GLB again with zero indication of when it would resume. I am at about 7 months on my car order currently. It is in similar status to you built but not completed. Mine also switched to status B5C also.
I was contacted today by my dealer saying I was probably better off to just pick another model because production had been suspended on GLB again with zero indication of when it would resume. I am at about 7 months on my car order currently. It is in similar status to you built but not completed. Mine also switched to status B5C also.
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I was at my Mercedes dealer yesterday for service on my 2021 GLB 250. SoCal area. Walking around the lot kicking tires, they had 6 new 2022 GLB's. The salesman said they just received them on Monday.
3 of them had credit on the window sticker for no power seats ($700) and no power lift gate ($300). Also had a $5K markup on every one of them.
3 of them had credit on the window sticker for no power seats ($700) and no power lift gate ($300). Also had a $5K markup on every one of them.
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I think the $1k credit they give for that is a little light. As others said, it should impact the resale value. I'm on the hunt for a Galaxy Blue GLB. I've talked to 2 dealers in Florida, they claim they will sell at MSRP. I haven't seen them put a premium on them here.
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I think the $1k credit they give for that is a little light. As others said, it should impact the resale value. I'm on the hunt for a Galaxy Blue GLB. I've talked to 2 dealers in Florida, they claim they will sell at MSRP. I haven't seen them put a premium on them here.
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I have been intently following this forum and reading lots of posts. I wanted to find out if anyone that ordered a GLB is experiencing delays. I ordered mine in June 2021. The dealer told me it had to be changed to a 2022 because Mercedes was no longer making 2021s at the time of my order. My order went into production in August of 2021 and was built in November. However, I still don’t know when I will receive the car. The dealer told me it’s in produced not shipped status. However, when I called the Mercedes customer service, I was told it is at VPC and a new part was recently added. I know we are facing challenging times but it’s pretty frustrating not knowing when to expect to receive the car. Anyone else facing delays on their GLB build order?
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Did you actually get a VIN and all that as part of notification it was "produced"? I ordered my GLB with basically everything except Burmester sound (people said it is **** for the price and you were better off upgrading yourself) including AMG packages. Mine was ordered like July of 2021, and has been pushed back like three times. I want to say was originally going to be delivered in Nov of 2021, then pushed back to end of year, then pushed back to Feb, and then was told first of April. I did finally get a PDF with the "build" and it listed everything I ordered as well as a VIN. But I've heard nothing more for three weeks. I did notice that when I put my VIN into Mercedes ME after maybe two weeks of getting it I would see the vehicle change to match appearance of my vehicle and it would go into a verifying state for the vehicle. I'm hopeful that means it is actually built and shipped but have zero idea how long a wait I still have until it actually arrives. This **** is beyond frustrating but unless you want to go drop $40k on a used Outback there isn't many options. Where I live the GLBs that are delivered to dealers are way overpriced with zero features and almost never 4matic so I'm stuck waiting for nearly a year.
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Still waiting for my build. When I was initially told that my GLB was out of production, I received the VIN. Even the dealership is frustrated on how long this is taking. And plus they haven’t received a lot of GLBs and I haven’t found one that I can get in place of it. So I am still waiting. He did say that it will be sold at the MSRP so no market adjustments. Some of these markups, like the G-Wagon above, are crazy.
