You place your order & within a week you should begin getting status reports, someone is also getting them at your dealership
A member of another forum, sign in name SPP posted this
Status B - Your order exists but isn't fully confirmed yet. Plant doesn't know about it yet. Systems are checking the order to ensure it's valid in terms of sales codes, Finance is checking to make sure the dealer has all their ducks in a row, etc.
You may receive a VON# about this time ( Vehicle Order Number )
Status C - Your order is "subfirm". The plant can see the order at this point but it's not fully committed to building as the supplier may or may not be able to get parts to the plant to build the truck.
Status D - Firm order. Your order now has a name instead of a number: A VIN! Materials should have been ordered by this point if all goes well, you should have a truck.
Status D1 - The date is set for your truck to be built. The plant knows when it should have parts sequenced for building and it should start to be built within 48 hours of the date set.
D2 - It's going to be built. The computers are being programmed, materials are being sequenced, framing is about to occur.
E - Frame. Metal is welded together to form the body and frame. The body is inspected at the end of this step to ensure it's within tolerances. Then the suspension is installed & then the complete power train
F - Paint. The metal is coated, primed, sprayed, clear coated, polished, inspected, and hand finished if necessary.
G - Trim. the interior is installed, the chassis is mated to the body, the bed is put on. At the end of this, your truck is built.
I - Inspection. Your truck goes through a battery of shakedown tests and measurements are taken to ensure the vehicle looks and performs as expected.
JB - Body Vendor. The vehicle is sent off site to have a spray liner put in, steps, Hitch, etc.
this status is one that you do NOT want
JS - Storage. Some of you call this "Prison". I like to think of it as QA trying to ensure you get what you expected. Typically if something happens or is found in the I step (or even a previous step), it goes here to get checked and fixed. A panel looks off color, a part on your truck was in the same batch as a bunch of failed parts, a light doesn't turn on, etc will all cause the truck to get sent here for a detailed inspection and fix.
Unavailable microchips is in this status
KZ - Shipment. The truck is ready to be shipped. The dealer is actually charged for the truck. As you all know, this can be a source of delay. Typically you see me put two statuses here: Awaiting Shipment and "Staged for Shipment". The first means it is in the general shipping yard waiting to be pulled to be put on a truck and/or train. The second means it has been pulled to be put on a truck and/or train but it hasn't actually got on the truck or train yet. There are a ton of sub statuses here to track the status of the vehicle as it makes its way through the shipping system. KZX is the only one that you really care about as that means it was delivered to the dealer.
In pre Covid Days
1500s were usually delivered in 12 to 14 weeks from being ordered, as long as the dealership that you ordered through had "ALLOTMENT" for that month, otherwise your order would be sent in, the following month
Heavy Duty Rams could be delivered at right around 15 or 16 weeks, IF your dealership was in Texas, other States took longer.
Allotment also applies.
