VIN, Build, Delivered: The 2012 Edition
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After that its all up to allocation, parts availability, QC issues, etc.
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Ask the dealer for a DORA. This will tell you when it was ordered and it also has your priority number and the order number. I noticed on mine that I ordered the car on 1/15/11 but the order didn't go in until 1/23/11. I had to make a change on mine so it got changed to 1/24/11 on the second DORA.
After that its all up to allocation, parts availability, QC issues, etc.
After that its all up to allocation, parts availability, QC issues, etc.
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Anyways, just like they do EVERY YEAR, when they start a new model year they build and hold the cars to check them over for assembly errors and work through any assembly glitches. When they have "x: number of straight days with no assembly errors (usually 2) they will give the "OK TO BUY" ruling and start shipping cars.
- Click the link
- Copy the link out of the address bar.
- Paste it into a text file and save it.
- Wait until your dealer gives you a VIN
- Erase the VIN in the link and replace it with your VIN
- Resave the text file.
- Copy and paste the new edited link into the browser's address bar
- A week or two before you car will be built the Window Sticker will show up.
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would the DORA be the same date as the VOC?
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would the DORA be the same date as the VOC?
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would the DORA be the same date as the VOC?
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I think a lot of times the dealer doesn't put the order in right away if they don' have allocation. I could be wrong. My dealer told me that their allocation is this up coming week which may be why they didn't put my order in until 1/24.
Hope this helps.
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Usually the next business day sometimes a little longer. I think it depends on when the dealer places the order. VOC gets done as soon as the dealer writes up the order. I placed my order on 1/15. I got the DORA a few days later. The DORA showed the date the dealer took the order (1/15) and the date Ford received the order (1/23). I changed my order from 400A to 401A on 1/24. The dealer sent me the revised that they received the next day and it showed the revision date of 1/24.
I think a lot of times the dealer doesn't put the order in right away if they don' have allocation. I could be wrong. My dealer told me that their allocation is this up coming week which may be why they didn't put my order in until 1/24.
Hope this helps.
I think a lot of times the dealer doesn't put the order in right away if they don' have allocation. I could be wrong. My dealer told me that their allocation is this up coming week which may be why they didn't put my order in until 1/24.
Hope this helps.
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VOC (Vehicle Order Confirmation)= What your dealer sends
DORA (Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment)= The order as received by Ford, after it has been checked and approved.
Usually, the dealer sends the order in the system on Day 1 (and a VOC is printed); it is reviewed and entered into the vehicle visibilty system, a DORA is produced and sent back to the dealer the next day.
DORA (Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment)= The order as received by Ford, after it has been checked and approved.
Usually, the dealer sends the order in the system on Day 1 (and a VOC is printed); it is reviewed and entered into the vehicle visibilty system, a DORA is produced and sent back to the dealer the next day.
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VOC (Vehicle Order Confirmation)= What your dealer sends
DORA (Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment)= The order as received by Ford, after it has been checked and approved.
Usually, the dealer sends the order in the system on Day 1 (and a VOC is printed); it is reviewed and entered into the vehicle visibilty system, a DORA is produced and sent back to the dealer the next day.
DORA (Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment)= The order as received by Ford, after it has been checked and approved.
Usually, the dealer sends the order in the system on Day 1 (and a VOC is printed); it is reviewed and entered into the vehicle visibilty system, a DORA is produced and sent back to the dealer the next day.
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For example, I ordered the Kona with a black Over the Top stripe. I was very specific when I ordered, gave the dealer a worksheet with all the order codes of what I wanted. When the order manager put the order in, for some reason the system wouldn't take the code for the stripes (47A). The reason for this apparently was that he needed to insert a tape stripe delete first and then insert the OTT stripe.
So in his confusion, he tried 493 Hood and Side Stripe package, completely different. The system took it, and the order went through. If I hadn't laid eyes on the DORA I wouldn't have known until the car arrived.
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Originally Posted by Big Vito
thank you, I guess it would be a bad thing not getting a DORA ----------------
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good info, I will wait to hear what the dealer says Monday
The beauty of getting the DORA is so that you can double-check what precisely was ordered so that you can make corrections before too late in the build process.
For example, I ordered the Kona with a black Over the Top stripe. I was very specific when I ordered, gave the dealer a worksheet with all the order codes of what I wanted. When the order manager put the order in, for some reason the system wouldn't take the code for the stripes (47A). The reason for this apparently was that he needed to insert a tape stripe delete first and then insert the OTT stripe.
So in his confusion, he tried 493 Hood and Side Stripe package, completely different. The system took it, and the order went through. If I hadn't laid eyes on the DORA I wouldn't have known until the car arrived.
For example, I ordered the Kona with a black Over the Top stripe. I was very specific when I ordered, gave the dealer a worksheet with all the order codes of what I wanted. When the order manager put the order in, for some reason the system wouldn't take the code for the stripes (47A). The reason for this apparently was that he needed to insert a tape stripe delete first and then insert the OTT stripe.
So in his confusion, he tried 493 Hood and Side Stripe package, completely different. The system took it, and the order went through. If I hadn't laid eyes on the DORA I wouldn't have known until the car arrived.
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It's not French, you can't get anything more universal than those 3 words ...
Anyways, just like they do EVERY YEAR, when they start a new model year they build and hold the cars to check them over for assembly errors and work through any assembly glitches. When they have "x: number of straight days with no assembly errors (usually 2) they will give the "OK TO BUY" ruling and start shipping cars.
Anyways, just like they do EVERY YEAR, when they start a new model year they build and hold the cars to check them over for assembly errors and work through any assembly glitches. When they have "x: number of straight days with no assembly errors (usually 2) they will give the "OK TO BUY" ruling and start shipping cars.
- Click the link
- Copy the link out of the address bar.
- Paste it into a text file and save it.
- Wait until your dealer gives you a VIN
- Erase the VIN in the link and replace it with your VIN
- Resave the text file.
- Copy and paste the new edited link into the browser's address bar
- A week or two before you car will be built the Window Sticker will show up.
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Just for some further clarity on how "OK-TO-BUY" and scheduling works......Lets say, such as in my case, the dealers allocation comes up this week and there is a wait for the "OK-TO-BUY". Would one expect the status to change from Unscheduled/clean to "sent to plant" by the end of the week or would the allocation be skipped until the "OK-TO-BUY" is issued? If it does go "sent to plant" would the a VIN then get issued shortly after but no schedule date until the "OK-TO-BUY" is issued? Just trying to be an informed consumer.
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Just for some further clarity on how "OK-TO-BUY" and scheduling works......Lets say, such as in my case, the dealers allocation comes up this week and there is a wait for the "OK-TO-BUY". Would one expect the status to change from Unscheduled/clean to "sent to plant" by the end of the week or would the allocation be skipped until the "OK-TO-BUY" is issued? If it does go "sent to plant" would the a VIN then get issued shortly after but no schedule date until the "OK-TO-BUY" is issued? Just trying to be an informed consumer.![Thumb](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/thumb.gif)
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The next step for you is getting a VIN, from there it will either be with a VIN and "unscheduled-clean" or with a VIN and "scheduled to week". Then you will wait longer until it gets to a few weeks before and it will be "scheduled to day". Then a day or two before that day, it will be "sent to plant".
Since the plant hasn't given the "OK to Buy" yet it means that no retail orders will be SCHEDULED until then but that doesn't mean that they can't issue a VIN. BUT, it may mean that a dealer order (even with a lower priority (higher number)) might get scheduled even though your car has a higher priority.