Ultimate Guide to BMW M3/M4 Series Tracking (Order and Delivery)

[seamasters]

will be placing an order this saturday 23rd Nov for my 435i , can someone tell me when the production will start from the date of order? do they usually take 4 weeks from the date of order to start the production or bit longer ? Thanks

[lsutiger]

Originally Posted by seamasters

will be placing an order this saturday 23rd Nov for my 435i , can someone tell me when the production will start from the date of order? do they usually take 4 weeks from the date of order to start the production or bit longer ? Thanks

Depends what production slot your dealer has available.

[legaleye3000]

Ordered my 328 on 11/14, went into production a day or 2 later.I'm in south Florida. Any ideas on timeframe? When I call the tracking hotline, it says production is expected to be completed on 11/26. Driving me nuts! Any timeframe insight appreciated. Thanks.

[steddyman]

I can't see the Track Your Order option on the bmwusa website. I have registered and logged in, but it doesn't look like your screenshot. Instead it looks like the following:

[legaleye3000]

Generally how updated is the carrier's tracking site and BMW's site (and phone #) when car is waiting at port and awaiting to be put on a vessel...? Thanks.

[mags]

Originally Posted by steddyman

I can't see the Track Your Order option on the bmwusa website. I have registered and logged in, but it doesn't look like your screenshot. Instead it looks like the following:

you have to add a vehicle using your production number or vin given by dealer

[IcebergM4]

Originally Posted by mags

you have to add a vehicle using your production number or vin given by dealer

I added mine and I also still don't see the TRACKING option.

**EDIT**

Nevermind, I see it now!

[Jason]

Congrats to everyone who has a 2 Series on order!

Bump for your tracking purposes.

[unintelligible]

Originally Posted by Jason

Congrats to everyone who has a 2 Series on order!

Bump for your tracking purposes.

Tracking really is one of the best parts of getting your new car. Agonizing, but so exciting as you see things progress. I was so stoked when I had the webcam up watching my ship sailing into Charleston and knowing my ride was on that ship... amazing

[pikcachu]

Was bored today so I created a quick production status shortcut phone number...

You can add this to your contact list and then it will call and automatically dial the options and production number so you don't have to do anything...

1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1

where XXXXXXX is your production number....
If you have a VIN I suppose you can do the same and replace the last 1 for a 2 for VIN

On the iphone you need to create a new contact as you can't type "pause" on the keypad directly.

1) go to contacts
2) touch + to create new contact
3) enter 1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1 (replacing XXXXXXX with your prod #)
4) touch "Done"

the "," is what on the iphone shown as "pause" and you can access this buttons by clicking the +*# on the bottom left when editing the contact number.

Now you have "one-touch" production status updates :-D

[five3three]

Originally Posted by pikcachu

Was bored today so I created a quick production status shortcut phone number...

You can add this to your contact list and then it will call and automatically dial the options and production number so you don't have to do anything...

1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1

where XXXXXXX is your production number....
If you have a VIN I suppose you can do the same and replace the last 1 for a 2 for VIN

On the iphone you need to create a new contact as you can't type "pause" on the keypad directly.

1) go to contacts
2) touch + to create new contact
3) enter 1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1 (replacing XXXXXXX with your prod #)
4) touch "Done"

the "," is what on the iphone shown as "pause" and you can access this buttons by clicking the +*# on the bottom left when editing the contact number.

Now you have "one-touch" production status updates :-D

This is actually pretty awesome. Thanks for taking the time to work out the pauses and timing. I confirmed it is working (I used Android) and have now saved it my contacts list.

[pikcachu]

[Jason]

Now that allocations have been released to dealers, I've copied this reference guide here for all future M3/M4 owners to track their babies!

[signes]

Very helpful, thanks Jason.

[GOLFFRR]

this is a awesome reference, I refer people to this link all the time

[Powaup]

You were'nt lying when you said "ultimate guide" lol. So if I get this clear once I drop off my car at one of the designated locations in Europe it should be back in California waiting for me at the dealer in about 2-3 Weeks?

[GotEM4]

omg! truly amazing info here...thanks! how did u come up with all of this?

[Gonven]

Jason this only works for BMW USA? or we can still make a register in US website with our Europe VIN to track the car?

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Jason

BMW VPC/VDC [/B](Vehicle Distribution Center):
The car will spend up to three days being prepped for the American market, and being repaired to factory specifications should damage have occurred in transit, in my case, none did.

I believe damage does not need to be reported to the dealer unless it exceeds 3% of the car's value, so not sure the OP could know that.

[M2Crew]

Originally Posted by pikcachu

Was bored today so I created a quick production status shortcut phone number...

You can add this to your contact list and then it will call and automatically dial the options and production number so you don't have to do anything...

1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1

where XXXXXXX is your production number....
If you have a VIN I suppose you can do the same and replace the last 1 for a 2 for VIN

On the iphone you need to create a new contact as you can't type "pause" on the keypad directly.

1) go to contacts
2) touch + to create new contact
3) enter 1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1 (replacing XXXXXXX with your prod #)
4) touch "Done"

the "," is what on the iphone shown as "pause" and you can access this buttons by clicking the +*# on the bottom left when editing the contact number.

Now you have "one-touch" production status updates :-D

Nice job.

[Wah]

Originally Posted by pikcachu

Was bored today so I created a quick production status shortcut phone number...

You can add this to your contact list and then it will call and automatically dial the options and production number so you don't have to do anything...

1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1

where XXXXXXX is your production number....
If you have a VIN I suppose you can do the same and replace the last 1 for a 2 for VIN

On the iphone you need to create a new contact as you can't type "pause" on the keypad directly.

1) go to contacts
2) touch + to create new contact
3) enter 1 (800) 831-1117,2,,,XXXXXXX,1 (replacing XXXXXXX with your prod #)
4) touch "Done"

the "," is what on the iphone shown as "pause" and you can access this buttons by clicking the +*# on the bottom left when editing the contact number.

Now you have "one-touch" production status updates :-D

Awesome. Now I can call them 12 times a day in the same amount of time it takes me to manually dial them 3 times. Bravo.
For the iphone, I had to put a couple more pauses between the phone number and 2 though since I always get a ring.

[iDriveEurope]

Originally Posted by Powaup

You were'nt lying when you said "ultimate guide" lol. So if I get this clear once I drop off my car at one of the designated locations in Europe it should be back in California waiting for me at the dealer in about 2-3 Weeks?

I've done two ED in the past 4 years. Both took 7 weeks after drop off to get to LA.