First post, so hope I am doing correctly! We ordered our Limited (4x4 Granite Crystal 5.7 etorque essentially loaded with all options except night edition and MFT). June 23 and received our VIN shortly after. Nearing 15 weeks since order. Contacted Ram Chat Sept 22 and told D1 (all materials have been gathered and vehicle should be entering build process). Told generally 7-9 weeks from this point to delivery. Contacted Ram Chat again Sept 24 to see if It had begun only to be informed previous information was incorrect and parts had not yet been gathered. Had not checked forum in a few days. When I read posts of 2022 trucks landing at dealerships, I decided to check the website for the dealer we ordered from. They have 20 2022 1500s “In Transit” - a variety of trims, including a night edition limited and a limited edition longhorn. All with option to “buy online”, so no appearance of being sold orders. Meanwhile, we are still waiting for parts? While the limited is a diesel, the Longhorn is our ordered engine. Between the two, they seem to contain all the parts that would have been needed to build ours. Color not an issue as Granite Crystal 1500 Limited models are on the spreadsheet with window stickers (later VIN numbers). My understanding is that Sold orders get first build. Questioning how our dealer has this many stock trucks arriving before ours, and if some truth to the conspiracy theory and we are paying the consequences for our dealer getting caught placing bogus sold orders? Husband planning to call sales department tomorrow. Advice?
PS - thanks to all that have provided information that has educated us on this crazy