Many of us have ordered in December/early Jan without a VIN. Reading this forum everyday will piss you off, but also make it aware that you are not alone lol.
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disneygirl420
Member
I ordered a day before that. Got my vin Yesterday morning. Yours is coming. Don't worry.i ordered 1/23 ...VIN should be any day now
disneygirl420
Member
I figure this is worth reposting, since I'll be using it on Saturday and others with imminent deliveries may find this of value as well:
steverhode.com
Also, I'm borrowing this charging tip from a December post. I'll quote the whole post in a moment but this bit seems particularly important, especially for those (like me) with at least an hours' drive to the delivery location:
If you can, ask them if they will allow you to charge your car on their level 2 "charger" for 5 minutes so that you can verify that the car will charge properly. (Yes, Tesla has sent cars that won't charge home with buyers before.) Charging your car should ramp up to at least 40 amps on their level 2 chargers after a minute or so (32A for the plug in charge cable that comes with the car). Lower than 40A could indicate an internal charger problem. Also test for a few minutes at a Supercharger if there's one there. Don't worry about supercharging speeds initially because they can vary for a lot of reasons too complicated to go into here. If Tesla can't / won't let you test charging before accepting the car then find the nearest charger and test there particularly if you have a long drive home that would require charging. If your car is already fully charged at delivery (mine wasn't) then you may have to raise the charge limit or drive it for a while to check charging.
The Best Tesla Model 3 Delivery Checklist
This is the best checklist I've found for a buyer to use when examining their Tesla Model 3 on delivery day. A big kudos is due mykeln for the original
steverhode.com
Also, I'm borrowing this charging tip from a December post. I'll quote the whole post in a moment but this bit seems particularly important, especially for those (like me) with at least an hours' drive to the delivery location:
If you can, ask them if they will allow you to charge your car on their level 2 "charger" for 5 minutes so that you can verify that the car will charge properly. (Yes, Tesla has sent cars that won't charge home with buyers before.) Charging your car should ramp up to at least 40 amps on their level 2 chargers after a minute or so (32A for the plug in charge cable that comes with the car). Lower than 40A could indicate an internal charger problem. Also test for a few minutes at a Supercharger if there's one there. Don't worry about supercharging speeds initially because they can vary for a lot of reasons too complicated to go into here. If Tesla can't / won't let you test charging before accepting the car then find the nearest charger and test there particularly if you have a long drive home that would require charging. If your car is already fully charged at delivery (mine wasn't) then you may have to raise the charge limit or drive it for a while to check charging.
Thanks to Carl for these helpful delivery tips.
epictetusguy
Member
Correct. I ordered on 01/06 and have seen many come and go who ordered later in January and early February. However, most of the orders appear to be out of higher population areas in California and elsewhere. Where I wouldn't be surprised if they had a number of newly manufactured Tesla's that were rejected and passed on to the next person.
I live in the midwest where a total of 800 Teslas were sold in 2020. So we aren't exactly an epicenter of Tesla deliveries and I am not surprised that an order didn't fall through to me.
One last thing. There's NO REASON to expect any shenanigans with your vehicle's VIN, but here's a list of all of the places where the VIN can be found, including several on the car itself... might be worth looking to ensure that all of them show the same info when you're accepting delivery.
Your VIN can be found in a number of places:
- The original Window Sticker.
- The Tesla website, select SIGN IN, and enter your login information. The VIN will appear to the left of your vehicle image.
- A metal plate on the dash has the VIN engraved. It is visible from the outside of the car through the bottom of the window on the driver’s side.
- The VIN is printed on the white Vehicle Certification Label, visible when you open the driver’s door on the center pillar.
- Open the rear hatch. On the hatch lip, on the right may be a white label with the VIN. It’s not clear every car has this label. This is not the Emission Control Label.
- In the frunk, under the center maintenance panel that is near the windshield, the VIN is stamped on the chassis.
- If you open the Tesla phone app, scroll to the bottom of the page and the VIN and software version appears.
Cut/pasted from the Tesla tap VIN decoder page: VIN Decoder – TeslaTap
Your VIN can be found in a number of places:
- The original Window Sticker.
- The Tesla website, select SIGN IN, and enter your login information. The VIN will appear to the left of your vehicle image.
- A metal plate on the dash has the VIN engraved. It is visible from the outside of the car through the bottom of the window on the driver’s side.
- The VIN is printed on the white Vehicle Certification Label, visible when you open the driver’s door on the center pillar.
- Open the rear hatch. On the hatch lip, on the right may be a white label with the VIN. It’s not clear every car has this label. This is not the Emission Control Label.
- In the frunk, under the center maintenance panel that is near the windshield, the VIN is stamped on the chassis.
- If you open the Tesla phone app, scroll to the bottom of the page and the VIN and software version appears.
Cut/pasted from the Tesla tap VIN decoder page: VIN Decoder – TeslaTap
epictetusguy
Member
For those linux/console friendly people, you can leverage Tesla's API to decode VIN's at the source
CURL
WGET
CURL
Bash:
curl --location --request POST 'https://www.tesla.com/mytrestcallback/vehicle_data_by_vin' \
--form 'vin="VINNUMBER"'WGET
Bash:
wget --no-check-certificate --quiet \
--method POST \
--timeout=0 \
--header '' \
--body-data 'vin=VINNUMBER' \
'https://www.tesla.com/mytrestcallback/vehicle_data_by_vin'Interesting...I ordered 2/7 and had an EDD of 3/12-3/31 but that changed yesterday to 4/23-5/21. I'm in Columbus as well and the fact we had the same exact date has me pondering. Keep me updated would ya and I'll do the same.
Interesting. I originally had msm then changed to blue. I think I'll wait it out. Anything but white lol
illiniknick
Member
I’m excited to announce my graduation from this thread!! Ordered on 12/23/2021 and took delivery today. Here’s my post in the delivery experiences thread. I’ve had a great time reading your posts over the past couple months. We have a great community here. Cheers!
Master Thread: 3 Delivery experiences
Post in thread 'Master Thread: 3 Delivery experiences'
Master Thread: 3 Delivery experiences
Seeing your config, it could have to due with the blue color choice. I think those are few and far between. Also, I believe they make colors in batches, most commonly MSM and white. But it's quantum mechanics to me. Makes no sense
But I will keep you updated
Yeah, it’s all over the place. I ordered the same specs (except with FSD) on 1/07, and I still don’t have a VIN either. I’m hoping sometime this week though.
Most people can't get there M3 soon enough and I am having a hard time slowing my delivery down. I ordered my LRM3 Feb 15th with EDD of early may to late may. We do not leave AZ to head back home to Ontario till 1st week of April. I just checked and they now changed my EDD to March 15th to March 30th. If this date sticks I will not be able to accept the car as I will not be back. Can someone tell me if it is common to see Tesla move delivery dates around and if I can expect the original build date to be reinstated? thanks in advance, very anxious to experience my first EV
Does the bumper color looks different than the rest of the car? Or is it just the angle/lighting?
Taking the car to carmax would be gamble. Seems like used car prices are finally starting to soften
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