Buick Enclave, Chevy Traverse Production Restart Delayed Until October 4th
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Production restart of the Buick Enclave and Chevy Traverse at the GM Lansing Delta Township plant in Michigan has been pushed back another week to October 4th due to the ongoing global microchip shortage. Production was previously scheduled to resume on September 27th.
Production of the Buick Enclave and Chevy Traverse at the GM Lansing Delta Township plant has been offline for some time now, with the production restart date pushed back multiple times as the global microchip shortage drags on. Several other North American GM facilities are also affected by the shortage.
Production of the Chevy Malibu sedan at the GM Fairfax facility in Kansas is not expected to resume until November, while production of the Chevy Equinox at the GM Ingersoll/CAMI facility in Ontario, Canada will not resume until October 15th.
The GM Lansing Grand River production facility in Michigan is also down, with production of the Cadillac CT4 and CT4-V Blackwing, the Cadillac CT5 and CT5-V Blackwing, and the Chevy Camaro all expected to be idle until October 4th. The GM Wentzville assembly plant in Missouri, which produces the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, as well as the Chevy Express and GMC Savana vans, will be down until September 27th.
Production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV at the GM Orion Township plant in Michigan will be down until October 18th as General Motors grapples with a massive battery recall stemming from a manufacturing defect from battery supplier LG Energy Solution (formerly called LG Chem).
Meanwhile, the GM Ramos Arizpe plant and San Luis Potosí plant, both located in Mexico, are also currently idle, affecting production of the Chevy Blazer, Chevy Equinox, Chevy Onix, and GMC Terrain.
It’s estimated that the global microchip shortage has resulted in lost production for General Motors amounting to some 800,000 units thus far. In order to reduce the effects of the shortage, GM has prioritized production of its most popular and profitable models, namely its full-size trucks and SUVs.
Although GM expects the microchip supplies to stabilize next year, it could be some time before production output returns to the same levels as prior to the pandemic.
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Went by a Chevy Dealer yesterday and huge lot was almost empty. Never saw it like that before.
The chip problem is here to stay, it’s a money maker.
How are sales making any money There are used cars but they are the ones no one wants anyway.
Because dealers can ask MSRP prices or even more for any new vehicle that shows up on their lot. I read that, even though dealers are selling fewer vehicles, they’re making record profits, just like the Manufacturers are. GM has lost over 2 billion dollars in sales so far this year, yet are expected to make record profits. Even used car prices have skyrocketed.
Let’s face it. They’re doing the world a favor by not selling the traverse. It continues to be a unreliable and safety recall mess of a vehicle. Now the Silverado HD is having issues with ,what else, “quailty”. Why does a company stop selling vehicles, that is a huge admission. I give them credit for being honest, for whatever thats worth.
Ya know Phil… The Traverse and the Enclave are almost the same car and my wife owns a 2019 Buick Enclave… And it’s a fine reliable SUV, we have owned since April and so far no recalls, just normal maintenance like oil changes, tires and brakes… We use this car a lot and it runs and drives great 👍… The same can be said of my 2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ V6, I have owned it 4 years and no major problems AGAIN NO Recalls… Just normal maintenance and I plain on keeping it for a long time. Now my friend has a 2011 RAV L V6… That Toyota is Garbage when he first got it it needed a transmission, the inside is uncomfortable, the brakes are horrible, it rides like crap, and it had the same mileage as my Equinox which is around 96,000 and my Chevy is holding up much better then my friends Toyota! Are you sure you don’t work for Consumer Reports?
Why would he work for consumer reports? You think that because he stated his opinion and it doesn’t match what you would like him to say? I’m sorry that not everyone praises everything they do I realize this is very difficult concept to grasp.
By the time they figure this out, they might be able to release the 2023 model in time!!!!
We had something like 14,000 built Traverses & Enclaves waiting for chips. We have chips in now and have 2 shifts working to get them installed. No sense in building more vehicles until we can get the ones already built fixed and on the dealer lots. It will take a few weeks, but once we’ve cleared out the vehicles waiting for chip installation 2022 Production will begin. Tomorrow is my last working day as I’m retiring after 46 years here, so sadly, I won’t see the start of the new models, but I’m sure it will happen soon.
Are the 14,000 2022s or 2021s😊 just curious
Sounds like they are 2021s. He said that 2022 production starts when the chips are the already built vehicles.
yes !!!!!!! well maybe !!!!!!!running out of ink !!!!!!! I think!!! too late !
John Boy, since it sounds like you worked at the Traverse plant, do you know why you can’t enter orders of a 2022 Traverse with the 8 passenger seating option code ABC, as dealers don’t even know when the hold will be lifted, and I want to order a 2022 to replace out 2018 Traverse LT with 8 passenger seating?
Why because let’s say you get a bad Toyota does that make every Toyota junk?? A car is a machine that going to break at some point in it’s life! Don’t bash the whole company because you had a bad product!