When will they start making the 09's?

mrbill said:

Oops, sorry about that....

I see above that some have been told they started building on June 12 etc. My dealer took my order but said they were on break and wouldn't be building until this "break" was over.

Is there a summer vacation or something?

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Odd...is Fairfax still on strike? I don't think they are, it's been well over a few months...
I do know that some GM plants undergo what's known as an inventory shutdown, but that may just be for suppliers like Delphi.

I received the info about two weeks ago....My build date is w/o July 28, 2008 - I guess the Canadians get put on the back burner! ;O)

Just kidding...

What I have heard also is that one of the "hauling" companies that moved a lot of the malibu's around North America has gone bankrupt causing a shortage of hauling abilities to everyone....Not sure how big of an effect this will have on anyone in the U.S. Has any else heard this?

mrbill said:

Oops, sorry about that....

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No problem, mrbill. It gives me something to do!

FenwickHockey65 said:

Odd...is Fairfax still on strike? I don't think they are, it's been well over a few months...
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I could not find a article of when the strike ended, but this one said Fairfax started production of 09s the end of June.
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/06/23/daily6.html

Looks like the Fairfax strike ended May 22
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/05/19/daily38.html

mrbill said:

Is there a summer vacation or something?

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All GM assembly plants have a summer shutdown. This is typically a 2 week window at the beginning of July (This year's started on June 30th and will run throught July 13th). It is a chance for plants to make assembly process changes (move/combine/seperate installation jobs and the tools/assist devices that are associated with those jobs) and to make major repairs to equipment that could not be performed quickly enough to keep from interrupting the "line". The "new model year" vehicles typically begin on the first production day following summer shutdown (unless the plant has unfulfilled obligations from the prior model year for customer and fleet orders that could not be completed before the shutdown started. This is highly likely as a result of the American Axle strike). I hope this answered your question.

Weird, I wonder where mine came from? The production date was June 9th I believe. I was told they made 5 '09 in the other plant then shut it down, I guess when the rear end of mine falls out I'll know why they shut down.

dday said:

Weird, I wonder where mine came from? The production date was June 9th I believe. I was told they made 5 '09 in the other plant then shut it down, I guess when the rear end of mine falls out I'll know why they shut down.

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With the high demand for the Malibu, it is possible that MY2009 vehicles were being produced BEFORE summer shutdown. I think we did that with the Chevy Trailblazer in 2003 (can't remember for sure though).

dsrtdukone said:

With the high demand for the Malibu, it is possible that MY2009 vehicles were being produced BEFORE summer shutdown. I think we did that with the Chevy Trailblazer in 2003 (can't remember for sure though).

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No way, you work at Moraine? I know another guy on GMI who works there too.
It sucks that you guys are getting shut down soon. I really love my Envoy.

dday said:

I guess when the rear end of mine falls out I'll know why they shut down.

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Pretty sure the rear end will not go out since the Malibu does not have one

dday said:

Weird, I wonder where mine came from? The production date was June 9th I believe.

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Probably Lake Orion. If the article was correct that I posted Fairfax did not start 09 production until the end of June.

FenwickHockey65 said:

No way, you work at Moraine? I know another guy on GMI who works there too.
It sucks that you guys are getting shut down soon. I really love my Envoy.

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Actually, I just left G.M. My last day was June 27th It was a great place to work, and I will certainly miss all of the wonderful people that I worked with. But now it's time to move onto a new career. I took a position with a company out of Michigan.......and far away from the volatile automotive industry.

edit: I see you're from West Chester. I'm just up the road from you (Miamisburg/Springboro border).

dsrtdukone said:

Actually, I just left G.M. My last day was June 27th It was a great place to work, and I will certainly miss all of the wonderful people that I worked with. But now it's time to move onto a new career. I took a position with a company out of Michigan.......and far away from the volatile automotive industry.

edit: I see you're from West Chester. I'm just up the road from you (Miamisburg/Springboro border).

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Ah I see. Yeah, a lot of people are leaving, my dad was one of them. Took an retirement incentive. Good luck with the new job though.

And my uncle lives up there. I go to school a little south of there too, at Fenwick. I've probably seen your Malibu while driving around...I always get excited and then ramble to my parents about how we should trade in the '07 for a new Malibu...

Just got back from vacation. There was a message on my answering machine (yes, I still have one of those) from last Tuesday. My '09 was in!!! I drove past the dealership on the way to work this morning and it was out front, up on the rack, for all the world to see.

Congrats - Take pics of it when you pick it up!

I just came back from looking at it. The color is nicer in person than on the chart. The wife hasn't seen it yet, but that Silver Moss is right up her alley. Gotta get seat covors for it though........muddy puppy paws on that light interior won't be fun.

It came in too soon........I haven't had time to put my Blazer up for sale. Guess I'll just have to trade it. A 1998 LT 4x4 with 150000 miles can't be worth that much either way?