dwood622

I received an email the other day that my order is starting production - finally! (I ordered late Nov.) Sooooo..... typically, how long is the wait for delivery once the car enters production? I'm on the east coast (Florida).. and can't wait to get my new GLC!!

rbrylaw

Here are the codes that your car goes through. Once it's built, it goes to the port, where it is assigned to ship, waits for that ship, get's loaded on the ship, spends about 2 weeks crossing the ocean, lands at the VPC, where it goes through customs, then get's inspected and if required fixed if anything goes wrong during transport, then is assigned to a carrier, waits for the carrier and then is trucked to your dealer. It's about a month from build date to arrive at your dealership.

A4 FINAL SUPPLIER ORDER/SCHEDULED NOT PRODUCED
B0 19 DAYS TO PRODUCTION
B1 13 DAYS TO PRODUCTION
B3 NO CHANGES POSSIBLE
B4 2 DAYS TO COMPLETION
B5 PRODUCTION COMPLETE
B7 AT PORT/READY TO BE SHIPPED
B8 ASSIGNED TO SHIP
C1 SHIP DEPARTED
C2 SHIP NOTIFICATION/ON WQTER
CS SUMITTED TO CUSTOMS
C3 CLEARED CUSTOMS
C4 AT PORT
D1 VPC RECEIVED
D2 SURVEYED AT VPC
D3 POTENTIAL DELAY
D4 READY TO DELIVER
D5 RELEASED TO CARRIER
D9 WHOLESALE/CONSIGNMENT PENDING
F1 WHOLESALED AND INVOICED
I1 RETAIL

JEVA

Good info. I ordered a few weeks ago and the estimated delivery is March, maybe April so I have a ways to go.

dwood622

I thought The GLC's are now manufactured in Atlanta..? http://www.ajc.com/news/business/mer...atlanta/npCWw/

rbrylaw

Mercedes moved their US headquarters to Atlanta. Hence the Launch in Atlanta. They make don't make any cars in Atlanta. The manufacturing facility is located in Alabama, where the C Class and GLE Class are built. All GLC's sold in the US are built in Bremen, Germany. That may change in the future, but that's where GLC's are currently built.

dwood622

Oh.. thank you... so I guess I still have a bit of a wait.

rbrylaw

Yes, you have a bit of wait. But do what I did. Text your salesguy and ask for NetStar Codes for your car. Then just refer to the list I posted and you'll know what stage your GLC is. It's either that, or just wait for them to call and tell you it's here. I had to know myself, so I drove my salesguy batty asking for current status. .. NetStar let's them see where any car is in the exact stage they are in.

dwood622

Does anyone know ABOUT how long it take from completion in Germany to ship to dealer... 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks?

rbrylaw

From built to arriving at your dealer is about 4 weeks.

dieseldoc

I am very excited. My GLC is B1. Should be here in February. I cannot wait.

greenbe

Once your car ships from Germany you can ask your Sales person for the name of the ship that it is on and then track the ship on vesselfinder.com. Then you can track where the ship is going and the ETA for arriving at your port. It was pretty cool to watch.

dieseldoc

MY Car has gone B3 per my dealer suppose to be built in the next week. I cannot wait.

dieseldoc

My car has gone gone B4. It has. VIN. It should be completed soon.

dwood622

Mine is on the water... it's been a 2 month wait so far.... another couple weeks to go they said.

JEVA

Lucky guys...mine is still about a month away from production - assuming the schedule does not get bumped.

dieseldoc

My car has gone B7. Awaiting ship assignment. I am very excited.

mbglc

You have luck in the USA. Here, in Switzerland, if you order a Mercedes GLC today, you will receive it in November!

Mickfx

Dieseldoc, my GLC is in queue and I am very interested to see how your order moves through its cycle. If you have time, please post your build codes as your GLC moves along. Thanks.

larrypmyers

Ordered my C 23 Dec. The ship it's on due to dock in Baltimore 1 Feb.

Details to follow.

JEVA

Wow, I ordered mine that week and it's not even going to production until the last week of Feb.

dieseldoc

I think all of us are the victim of the dealer picking a car that was already allocated to them and was reconfigured to our specs and the factory being able to build it the way we want it. My dealer tried an earlier build for me but could not get me the build I wanted. I wanted the lighting package. It was not available on an earlier build.

Jeff

JEVA

Yeah, they said they'd try to find one already production slated and modify it but since I did a nearly full load out, it probably wasn't possible. That's fine, my current lease isn't up until March so good timing.

larrypmyers

That's exactly what happened to me.

When my order was accepted by MB the salesperson advised me delivery would be approximately early March. He allowed the lengthy period between order and delivery was attributable to nonavailability of led headlights. I immediately began to loudly whine.

The beginning of the following week I spoke to the person whose job it was to order all cars for the dealership. As a result he told me as soon as the led lights became available he would select a car ordered for stock and revise the dealer specs to mine. And it looks as though it's working.

dieseldoc

details to follow

JEVA

How are you seeing your build code progress - is the sales rep sending updates or is there somewhere you can monitor it online?