Yes, while what we see in the status updates is the "estimated ship date," once the vehicle is built and shipped the MDH info is on the vehicle invoice as well as on the service inquiry screens. KZ is the point in the process where the vehicle is built, passed inspections, made the trip to body...
The VIN's come down the line in a totally random order. If we order say 5 JT's in an allocation period, we will usually get sequential VIN's assigned to them but the actual build dates will be totally different.
I checked a few fresh arrivals over the last few weeks, we did get a few 20's with the new steering gear! The "oldest" date I found was 8/14 build. I looked at several 8/4-8/8 builds and they all had the old box.
Edit: Found an 8/12 build with the old box.
Just an FYI, I checked a couple of fresh arrivals on our back lot, both JT and JL, they are still using the older AE part number gears in production. Dealership employee and JTLE owner here. Mine will get the TSB done as soon as parts are available, as said above late September it looks like so far.
I don't trust the trip computer. I keep track of fuel economy via the Fuelly app, it's free and very easy to set up and use. The only accurate way to keep track is hand calculate each fill-up and compare, Fuelly does that for you with the advantage of seeing trends,
This will be Recall V95. Dealers are typically notified of upcoming recalls before the customer mailing begins, the notification was dated 8/30. It will probably be a certain production block affected as most likely the failures can be traced to a certain date range.
I doubt they would rebuild anything but sold orders. Dealer units would just be removed from their availability and replaced with fresh allocation. That's how they work things like hail damage events if the damage is over a certain threshold. In this case, due to the stresses involved with a...
When I finally got my JL, there was a railcar shortage and many ended up in Alorton Illinois in a large storage facility. It took quite a while to get them all delivered but they did. My JTLE is now stuck in Northtowne Yard in Toledo since 6/6 in JB status, looks like I got "lucky" once again.
My black LE has been in JB since 6/5, I wonder which will get here first the Jeep or the personalized plate I ordered from the state? State says 3-5 months from the date I ordered it which was mid-May.