From Milous over on the blue forum:

Effective at the end of the last shift yesterday the production of all Grand Cherokee and Commander models has been put on hold. All 2800 workers have been laid off until October 19th, and maybe longer depending on inventory levels. Chrysler is cutting production of some of its pickups and SUVs as high gas prices have driven customers to smaller fuel-efficient vehicles. Production will resume at the Jefferson North Jeep plant once current inventories levels are reduced to normal levels.

This is bad news for anyone who has an '07 SRT8 on order which has not been built yet. The delay could be one to two extra months. Hopefully fuel prices will keep falling and renenergize SUV sales. For now, look for any dealers with remaining 2006 SRT's and incoming 2007 models to adjust prices "accordingly". New Grand Cherokee SRT8's are going to be very hard to come by in the next couple of months.

This is truly disheartening for anyone waiting for one of these models.

On a proactive note, depreciation of the '06 should subside for a few more months.

I'm waiting. Is there any other confirmation on this?:mad:

Won't they still fullfill the orders that were placed and just put a hold on the extras that sit in they're lot? This is what I would assume. There should be no reason to delay orders back from June and July. Damn these Corporate idiots. Smart. Let's not make money on deals that were already waiting to pay for it once they came in. Now Jeep will probably loss customers.

Maybe its just me but, stopping production on orders that were placed that equals instant close. I can understand if they cut back on over supply but, not order fulfillment. Come on. If this is true I think I might lose it. I would pick up a 2006 but, I'm all about the backup camera, and remote start feature now since I've been waiting. Plus getting it for $1k over invoice sounds nice to me. I've looked all morning to find this information to confirm it and I still can't find it. Anyone else find it?

hmm haven't heard that one...

As you can tell I'm pretty upset about this one.

I called my dealer to confirm. He said that they are still in productions they probably closed down the order list for the next month or so. As far as he knew production on any order is still going. Has anyone else confirmed this will they're dealership?:rolleyes:

I'm waiting. Is there any other confirmation on this?:mad:
Trust Milous.


Chrysler to halt lines at two plants next week

The move at Jefferson North, Warren truck is part of effort to trim SUV, truck production.

Josee Valcourt / The Detroit News

In a push to reach its goal of trimming SUV and truck produc-tion because of dampened sales, Chrysler Group is halting lines next week at its Jefferson North plant in Detroit and its Warren truck plant.

There will be no production of the Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee SUVs at Jefferson North for one month, while the Warren truck plant is slated to go down for two weeks.

Chrysler officials declined to comment.

Chrysler expects a loss of $600 million in its third quarter, which ends Sept.30 and announced plans over the summer to cut production of its SUVs and pickups, which have undergone slower sales partly because of surging gas prices.

Chrysler's total light-truck sales are down 12.9 percent for the year, and the automaker has installed a zero-percent financing program that it hopes will move 2006 models off dealers' lots.

"This should help but sales are definitely softening in the market in general," said Erich Merkle, an automotive analyst with Grand Rapids-based IRN Inc.

"We expected this to happen in the second half of the year because of actions that the Federal Reserve is taking," Merkle said. "They've raised rates to five and a quarter, and that has got to have an impact on the economy."

As a result, the housing market is softening and vehicle sales are sagging, he said.

Chrysler announced that it would slash SUV and truck production in the range of 65,000 to 75,000 in the third quarter and make more cuts in the fourth quarter.

The automaker anticipates being back in the black by the end of the fourth quarter.

By year-end, Chrysler will have launched a record 10 new cars and trucks, which it is banking on to reverse its slide.

Well then, I have a 2500 mile black 06 for sale with a mopar cai and mopar catback. tinted windows and tinted tails. Every option, PERFECT!

Steel Blue 07, 110 miles, Opt Package 1 and NAV. $1,000,000, 20% down, and lifetime payments.

So what does this mean to orders already in the pipeline?

So what does this mean to orders already in the pipeline?

It sounds to me as if they will be on hold during the duration of the stopage. Mine was supposed to ship on 8/10 originally, and they had that 2-3 week delay on the SRT's for the front fascia. Got it on 9/12...the waiting sucks, but you will get it....

This is truly disheartening for anyone waiting for one of these models.

On a proactive note, depreciation of the '06 should subside for a few more months.


I am selling my Black 06, see link this site.

http://www.cherokeesrt8.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1053



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Thanks God that i bought mine in 2006, and driving it kicking everyone that my eyes can see :D

too bad for my friends who were waiting for this 2007!!

I believe (if its true) Jeep will def. lose thier customers:mad:

Trust Milous.


Chrysler to halt lines at two plants next week

The move at Jefferson North, Warren truck is part of effort to trim SUV, truck production.

Josee Valcourt / The Detroit News

In a push to reach its goal of trimming SUV and truck produc-tion because of dampened sales, Chrysler Group is halting lines next week at its Jefferson North plant in Detroit and its Warren truck plant.

There will be no production of the Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee SUVs at Jefferson North for one month, while the Warren truck plant is slated to go down for two weeks.

Chrysler officials declined to comment.

Chrysler expects a loss of $600 million in its third quarter, which ends Sept.30 and announced plans over the summer to cut production of its SUVs and pickups, which have undergone slower sales partly because of surging gas prices.

Chrysler's total light-truck sales are down 12.9 percent for the year, and the automaker has installed a zero-percent financing program that it hopes will move 2006 models off dealers' lots.

"This should help but sales are definitely softening in the market in general," said Erich Merkle, an automotive analyst with Grand Rapids-based IRN Inc.

"We expected this to happen in the second half of the year because of actions that the Federal Reserve is taking," Merkle said. "They've raised rates to five and a quarter, and that has got to have an impact on the economy."

As a result, the housing market is softening and vehicle sales are sagging, he said.

Chrysler announced that it would slash SUV and truck production in the range of 65,000 to 75,000 in the third quarter and make more cuts in the fourth quarter.

The automaker anticipates being back in the black by the end of the fourth quarter.

By year-end, Chrysler will have launched a record 10 new cars and trucks, which it is banking on to reverse its slide.

Try $1.5 Billion dollar loss for 3rd quarter. DC is hurting.

Thanks God that i bought mine in 2006, and driving it kicking everyone that my eyes can see :D

too bad for my friends who were waiting for this 2007!!

I believe (if its true) Jeep will def. lose thier customers:mad:

DCX does not care. How many orders for 2007's do we think we are talking about here? Nationwide, certainly no more than 150, max. This is not a big loss for them. Further, these are people that will wait. A one-month shut down is not unheard of and anyone that has an order in was watching and waiting while the 2006 model year went by. They will wait some more.

DCX does not care. How many orders for 2007's do we think we are talking about here? Nationwide, certainly no more than 150, max. This is not a big loss for them. Further, these are people that will wait. A one-month shut down is not unheard of and anyone that has an order in was watching and waiting while the 2006 model year went by. They will wait some more.

I'm willing to wait but losing interest...... between this and the whole "snow" wheel/tire issue, the situation is getting kind of annoying.

Did they already stop production or are they going to this coming week? The article says next week, do we know the day?

The main reason that I'm asking is because I have a ship date of 9/20...that's Wednesday!! Do you think they will just let mine sit there unfinished or do you think that I will make it under the wire?!

Please help, I've been waiting patiently for so long!!!

There simply is no replacement for this SUV, that is unless you want to spend 3 times as much on a cayenne turbo s. I am willing to bet Jeep doesn't lose any potential buyers of this truck because of the delay. We all waited till it came out, then we all waited again to actually get our hands on an '06. Nothing is gonna change for the '07 customers, so just suck it up and deal with it.

There simply is no replacement for this SUV, that is unless you want to spend 3 times as much on a cayenne turbo s. I am willing to bet Jeep doesn't lose any potential buyers of this truck because of the delay. We all waited till it came out, then we all waited again to actually get our hands on an '06. Nothing is gonna change for the '07 customers, so just suck it up and deal with it.If anyone goes into the chrysler web site http://www.chryslerweblog.com/ there is nothing about this shutdown only some slowdown with the hemi engine due to gas prices, at this point it is anybody's guess. My dealer says he has the invoice and should have my truck this coming week, time will tell.

If anyone goes into the chrysler web site http://www.chryslerweblog.com/ there is nothing about this shutdown only some slowdown with the hemi engine due to gas prices, at this point it is anybody's guess. My dealer says he has the invoice and should have my truck this coming week, time will tell.
That is not an official Chrysler site... to arrive this week your vehicle would have to have already been built and shipped - and you may have made it under the wire. If you want to PM me your VIN I can tell you if it was built before the shutdown.

I couldn't have said it better.

There simply is no replacement for this SUV, that is unless you want to spend 3 times as much on a cayenne turbo s. I am willing to bet Jeep doesn't lose any potential buyers of this truck because of the delay. We all waited till it came out, then we all waited again to actually get our hands on an '06. Nothing is gonna change for the '07 customers, so just suck it up and deal with it.

...My dealer says he has the invoice and should have my truck this coming week, time will tell.
Your truck was built on the 1st, no doubt it is set to land at the dealer any day now, congrats!

That is not an official Chrysler site... to arrive this week your vehicle would have to have already been built and shipped - and you may have made it under the wire. If you want to PM me your VIN I can tell you if it was built before the shutdown.
Can you please check for me also?? I sent you a PM

TIA

My dealer just called and said that he had a lengthy conversation with their Jeep sales/customer service rep and that Jeep's in the D1 status will not be affected by the slow down. So, we will see, but the weird things is that I had a ship date of 9/20 I thought and now it’s 10/18…So, it seems to me that it did get bumped back a month??? Not for certain on the original ship date, but it does seem weird!


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No new info on this? I figured we might hear something else on this by today. ANYONE talked with anyone at the dealer to have them confirm this?

Spoke to my dealer today he said my truck is in D1 status and will not be affected by production idle.Sept,23,delivery still remains,He said he will receive it within 10 days of that date.I will let you know how it goes keep your fingers crossed.

Spoke to my dealer today he said my truck is in D1 status and will not be affected by production idle.Sept,23,delivery still remains,He said he will receive it within 10 days of that date.I will let you know how it goes keep your fingers crossed.
Ask your dealer how your vehicle will not be affected being that the entire plant is shut down. If you want to pm to me last 5 digits of your VIN I can check to see if it has been built yet but so far all of the VINS I have been checking for people waiting still show a not-built status.

I also have one in D status; not lookin to good right now.

Phenwick,what is your deliver date,and what BS story did your dealer tell you.

Phenwick,what is your deliver date,and what BS story did your dealer tell you.

No BS from the dealer this time. It was from his allocation (already has VIN assigned). I put money down, knowing that the delivery date was not determined.

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My dealer called and told me he had received notification from Jeep that the plant was closed for the next four weeks and all D1 status orders were delayed at least four weeks. This could go on longer than four weeks if sales don't alleviate stock pressure.

My dealer called and told me he had received notification from Jeep that the plant was closed for the next four weeks and all D1 status orders were delayed at least four weeks. This could go on longer than four weeks if sales don't alleviate stock pressure.
Well, looks like the info in the first post here turned out to be pretty accurate, I wonder if there are still any doubters?

NOT ME. I confirmed it with the dealer again. The sales manager had just about every S, F, A, etc. words that he had in is vocab. about this production stop. They only have 8 2006's left and 28 of they're 2007 orders where like me and basically ready for pickup once they got there. They said at this rate they wont have anymore Jeep GC by the end of this weekend. Corp. should have just cut off the dealers that had over supply and keep going with the ones that need it like my dealer who sells roughly 50-90 GC's a month.

Where is my "Easy Button":p

No BS from the dealer this time. It was from his allocation (already has VIN assigned). I put money down, knowing that the delivery date was not determined.

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I put money down, and was given a vin number and all for my 07 SRT8. The order was put in on june 14 by the dealer. My expected ship date is oct 8. There are no expected delays

It may have been said in this thread ( too lazy to red it all ) but the plant officialy reopens on the 18th of oct. Then they have to catch up on backlogs of course. But theres the date if anyone really wanted to know for sure