Production difficulties plagued multiple facilities making Chevy and GMC trucks during August, with both reduced production and complete production halts affecting several GM plants from Mexico to Canada during the later summer of 2023.
In all cases, shortage of parts from third-party suppliers made inroads into the number of Chevy and GMC pickups produced, though the severity of the effects varied from location to location.
Lack of components forced The General to idle the 26.5-million square-foot GM Silao plant in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico between August 11th and August 28th, or around 17 days. Models affected included the popular Chevy Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 full-size pickup trucks.
The August stoppage at Silao is the second to occur this year, with a two-week shutdown also reported in March and ending on March 21st. GM representatives noted that strong demand for the truck models produced at the site continued, and that lack of parts from a supplier or suppliers was the only reason for idling production. The representatives did not say which parts were unavailable.
Difficulties in obtaining enough parts has also prompted GM to reduce production at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri, running only two shifts per day rather than three during the week of August 28th, 2023 to September 5th, 2023. Among the models affected are the Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, Chevy Express and GMC Savana trucks and vans.
Meanwhile, the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana says that all “production is canceled for the week of August 28th due to a temporary part shortage,” and is expected to resume on September 5th, the same timetable as the Wentzville slowdown. The Fort Wayne facility makes Chevy Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks, similar to the Silao, Mexico plant.
Finally, the GM Oshawa plant in Canada experienced a shortage of axles for GM light-duty pickups, which The General says is unrelated to the other parts supply constraints.
Fort Wayne production was also stopped for two weeks in March and April 2023. However, this was prompted by oversupply of Chevy and GMC trucks, which reached a backlog of 100 days supply at times earlier in the year and still had roughly 80 days supply in June at a time when the Chevy brand had 50 days supply overall.
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Maybe they should rename "Just In Time" to "Not In Time"
Time to find new suppliers and fire the VP over Supply Chains.
My sierra truck finished on may 16, 2023 still. No delivery information available. Howccan you run a business with no seliceriws
My sierra truck finished on may 16, 2023 still. No delivery information available. Howccan you run a business with no deliveries?
Exactly. One of the biggest things in business used to be the customer is always right and keep them happy as they pay the bills. Gm management all the way down to the employees don't care about customers one bit. I have been waiting on a truck from the Wentzville plant since it was competed in June and all my salesman can tell me is that it is code 3800 in transit. It hasn't changed or been moved since June and with the upcoming possible strike who knows. The lack of communication is what i am put off by.
Even Boeing is have supply problems, Recently the tail section bolt holes didn't line up with the fuselage.
The major problem is the baby boomer generation is about half retired leaving jobs openings. The current young generation just doesn't have the skills needed. Recent news the five chip making plants being built the manufactures cannot get enough skilled workers to make chips.
Not only are they continuously having g difficulty getting quality parts, topple that with the 20-30k Mark Ups once thy arrive at the dealer and there's the recipe for lagging sales.
This country is finished. All an illusion.
I think George S. Nailed it.
I'm in aerospace, and I see the same thing.
Luckily a very happy new Colorado owner, though.
Just yesterday I was talking to one of the head nurses where I was a patient in my local hospital. We talked about the same thing. But it seems it’s more not wanting to work and not wanting to learn a skill.
In other words it's all about developing an Online Business or Classes as to where they can make quick and easy money if that's where that nurse is trying to head.There's an exploding market out there for those who are trying to get noticed; hopefully it will work out if that's the case.
a Silverado is well worth the wait
My 2024 Silverado RST, 3.0 Diesel was built on Friday 25th August, 2023, at the Fort Wayne, IN assembly plant. It was delivered to the selling dealer here in Ontario, Canada, on Friday 1st September, 2023, exactly one week after production! I picked up the truck on Saturday 2nd September. This was a factory order. No one seems to know how this truck was built and delivered in just one week! I was told it would probably be 10 - 12 weeks delivery. I have read of other truck purchasers waiting for months and still no delivery of their trucks.
The only constraint on my order was the multi-tailgate option which was not available for my build.
One curiosity I have is why this truck did not come with lighted vanity mirrors for both driver and passenger, as did my first truck, a 2017 LT? Does anyone know if this is a standard feature, available only on the higher trim level LTZ or High Country models? For an $80K truck, this is definitely unacceptable, and unconscionable!