Tracking JETTA

[Mozzason]

Ive been tracking my Jetta since the 23rd Oct. It has arrived and the dealer confirmed it by contacting me. Booked to pick up on Thursday 24th Nov.

The cars do come from mexico.
Forget about getting a VIN number as this only works with cars coming from Germany.
Also if the car is not yet built nor placed on a ship I don't know what is done at that point.

Once you know your car is in transit. then

What you need to do is the following:
Find out which ship its on. My ship was the Dalian Highway. I started tracking her when she was in japan.

Tracking is done at this site

Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions

Your dealer needs to give you the order info from their system that shows the Vessel Name, Vessel Code, passage #.

Tracking is easy BUT sometimes the ship is not in range of land so a search will come up with "Not in Range". Don't panic as you can still determine from the site what the next port is and when its due to arrive.
If you know its next port, then go to the ports web site and it should tell you when that vessel is expected to arrive etc.

I learnt all this through trial and error.
The dealer did not know this as they gave me the info as if it was coming from Germany. If you follow the germany instructions the ship does not exist. Thats what I found.

Anyway hope the above info is of some help. Let me know.
Cheers. and most of all PATIENCE....... well a little at the very least.

[Rawcpoppa]

Thanks for the info Mozzason. Your post helps explain possibly why my dealer always mentions VW Germany when the car itself is built in Mexico.

Any idea why VIN can't be obtained if the vehicle is shipping from countries outside of Germany? Also what did you mean by "German instructions"?

You're right about the patience part. Mine's running low ~_~


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[Mozzason]

You can get the VIN from the dealer however I have not been able to work out how to track the car with a VIN number coming from mexico. I know you can track the VIN from cars originating from Germany. I think its to do with the vessel carrier company.

The vessel that transported my car was the Dalian Highway. This vessel belongs to the K-Line shipping company.
From what I know, the VW's from germany are sent on a different company and I think you can track the car with the VIN. There is a thread on this site explaining this. Cannot remember where I saw it. The dealer gave me details of tracking a car from germany. They the dealers, don't understand this. Thats what I meant by the Germany instructions(cars from germany). Its what the dealers give you.
When I explained this to them they basically said they did not know this and were told by VW on how to do this. cannot really blame them I guess.

So tell me what did you get?

I ordered a Reflex Silver Jetta 147TSI with Sports Pack, SAT NAV, Park Assist, Leather and Queensland rims.
Originally I was going to order the Tiguan 155TSI but did not want to wait until June/July of 2012.
I cannot believe these days you have to wait so many frigan months for a car. Bloody hell. So I opted for a plan B.

I have to say though that the dealership I purchased the car from was SUPER helpful and really went out of their way to help find me a car. They also rang me and or emailed me almost every week with an update since I ordered the car on the 23rd October.
I was lucky to get a car already in transit. The only compromise was no sunroof and I wanted the grey but I like silver as well. Sunroof would have been a nice to have.
Cheers and rgds, Maurice

The dealership is Chatswood Classic Cars in Sydney. Nice bunch of people and helpful.

[Rawcpoppa]

Here is a quote of most of what I'll be getting in mine:



I'm not sure how it equates to comfortline or highline in Australia as we don't use those terms here.


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[frozze]

Keyless entry!

[phantomcamel]

From what I know, the VW's from germany are sent on a different company and I think you can track the car with the VIN. .

Most cars are handled by "Wallenius Wilhelmsen" - they have a "Track & Trace" facility which is available to the public here Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - worldwide ocean transport, inland services, supply chain solutions, terminal services

[Rawcpoppa]

Keyless entry!

Why the surprise? Sarcasm?


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[frozze]

Oh no no.. I love to have it. There's no such option in the Jetta here in Australia.

Why the surprise? Sarcasm?


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[Rawcpoppa]

Oh no no.. I love to have it. There's no such option in the Jetta here in Australia.





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Not even on the top of the line 147 tsi JETTA?

This is the first car I've purchased so the first time dealing with the dealer was strange to me as the dealer would say that I couldn't get this or that with the car. I initially thought the dealer was simply being inflexible. Little did I realize at the time that VW decides what options are available for each country.

I wonder how VW decides to only send 17 inch Queensland wheels and 16 inch Navarra wheels to Trinidad. I would have liked the option for Denvers, Minneapolis or Portos!


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[phantomcamel]

I wonder how VW decides to only send 17 inch Queensland wheels and 16 inch Navarra wheels to Trinidad. I would have liked the option for Denvers, Minneapolis or Portos!


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I guess it is because of our small population here in Australia & the distance to the manufracturing location (not that Trinidad is any bigger...). Not everyone is prepared to wait for a factory order and it wouldn't make sense to stock every option as we would end up with too much stock sitting around. Given that dealerships finance the cars, you have a huge investment sitting around if you are one of the bigger metropolitan dealer.
One thing I never understood, why can you get an "Off-Road" version of the Tiguan in England, but not in OZ