I’m new to this issue, but my understanding nowadays is that you may not get a window sticker until the ship is in port and its status is shown as PA. That’s how it went for me anyway.

 

Thanks for the help. So, is there a way to find what ship the car is on, with just a VIN?

 

There is no data listing the ship it is on. The sticker will be generated when it is unloaded or checked in (whatever they do when the ship arrives). Do not go by the AA PA status. It will not be accurate.

Where are you located? There are only several ports of entry. There are several threads on the shipping lines and marine trackers with the ship traffic. I played that game a few months ago and figured out what ship it was on into Philadelphia

 

We live in central Illinois between St Louis and Chicago.

 

yeah, it's more like look back even after knowing your VIN. This was my experience anyway, others might have more ways to follow. For example, if Philly (PH), the port announces all arrivals a day or two early, you can track the vehicle carrier ships both by the Philly site and other vessel trackers. Hyundai seems to mostly use GLOVIS nnn, MORNING nnn, and ASIAN nnn. The nnn is the exact name of that particular ship, e.g. ASIAN MAJESTY. You might notice your status change from AA to PA the same day as your actual ship arrival, or a day later, and about that time, possibly before the PA change which is what I saw, you will be able to pull your window sticker. They seem to unload very quickly, within hours, and sometimes, there is a vehicle carrier arriving almost every day. At the bottom right of the window sticker above the bar code, you can then see at least the line, GLOVIS, MORNING, or ASIAN, and then you can backwards infer which ship your I5 arrived on. After that, or even from the gitgo, the dates are sketchy to be taken with a grain of salt. Mine has gone from 12/26 to now 1/14. I wouldn't be surprised if I get a call before 12/30 because my dealer, who so far is absolutely excellent, now has something like 40+ I5 arriving this month and next month, 19 of which are limited, and one of which is mine so no shortage of trucks headed our way. Mine went from PA to DS at least once, seemingly meaningless, and now is back to PA.

At first I thought it was QMORNI, but now I think it is more like "3433Q" and MORNI, but who knows? By look back, mine was one the MORNING CELONE

The upper left of the window sticker gives port of entry, PH is Philly:

edit - Also to see what port of entry your dealer usually uses, go to their webpage, and look at the window stickers for recently arrived I5s. For example, Green Hyundai, Springfield, IL 62703 uses "PT", so next step would be to figure out where PT is? possibly Portland?

 

I’d assume port of entry would be Philadelphia then train and truck to your dealer. In order to guesstimate an arrival ship you would have to somewhat work backwards from your delivery date at the dealer and add in transit time and time at the port. Really difficult to add up given how far and who knows the land transit time. Mine was fairly easy. My dealer was 15 miles from Philadelphia. Even more I work a mile from the port and saw the ship.

 

Or Brunswick GA port then deliver by train then transport to your local dealer.

basically it will take about 4 weeks to reach US port from Ulsan then it will take one day to unload cars and it will start waiting game. It will take as quick as 2 weeks or as long as 2+ months to deliver to dealers. It’s case by case.
You will see the window sticker at your dealer website as soon as your car arrives at the port.

 

I have a VIN but so far there isn't a window sticker listed yet.

If you have a VIN, try adding it to the end of this URL and see if it will produce a window sticker for you:

https://www.hallmotorcompanyford.com/api/legacy/pse/windowsticker/hyundai?vin=<VIN>

 

I tried that and it said:
Sorry, we couldn't find your window sticker...

 

Another interesting URL to try.
Again, insert your VIN at the end.

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/us/en/inventory-search/details?model=Ioniq%205&year=2023&vin=<VIN>

This queries Hyundai's backend for the data. There's more data obtained from that backend than what is shown on this page.

 

I ran it and so far it does not show up. But I will continue to run this each day.

 

I checked another Ioniq 5 that recently came in to the dealership and the Port of Entry was PT. Looks like that is Portland Oregon.

 

I got a VIN a few weeks before the car arrived. I didn't get a window sticker until the car got to the port (Baltimore, I think). That's when the dealer inventory showed it.

 

In my case, the dealer got a VIN 13 days after he called me about the car being allocated. The Window sticker was available exactly 7 days after that.

The idea of tracking ships is a fun way to pass the time while you wait, but you don't know what ship it was on until the window sticker, which means it's already at port. Then you can obsess over the delivery date bouncing around while you wait for the status to change. In my experience, the API updated each morning at 8:00 eastern time, so there's no use checking more often than that (though I used a script to check every few hours and email me if there was a change).

 

My delivery just slipped another week to 1/21, which could be a meaningless estimate. I am trying to decide when to sell my Honda. There is the state sales tax advantage with a trade in, but at times the Driveway offer is high enough to beat the trade in advantage. Might sell the Honda to Driveway next week, too much like watching the stock market!

 

My experience was that, every seventh day, my estimated delivery was pushed back a week. Eventually it reeled back in as the car got close and ultimately it arrived a few days after the very first estimate. Obviously that varies a lot.

My car came to San Diego (“NC” on the sticker, which I believe stands for National City) and moved by rail to a dealership about 800 miles inland.

 

In the same boat as others trying to track down and plan for when the car arrives. Dealer still confident to arrive this week on 12/27, but API now says 1/23. Taking everything with grain of salt and just happy that we have a VIN number after waiting for months.

But after reading this thread I looked at our Port of Entry and it says “TC”. Anyone know what port that is? Tried looking, guessing Texas?

 

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I can’t remember for sure, but I think that’sTacoma?

 

I found that my dealer dates were no different from what the API said. I was not bugging my dealer every day but the few times I txt my sales person the date she had was the same as what I saw. Even though we are 15 mi from Philadelphia she had no information (or cared about the minutia) of ship arrival.

 

If you have your VIN getting a VIN check should be a walk in the park,

The time it takes to obtain a window sticker using a VIN can vary. Some online services or platforms that provide VIN-based window stickers might offer instantaneous results, delivering the window sticker almost immediately after you input the VIN.
However, the duration can depend on the specific service you're using. Certain platforms might require some processing time before generating the sticker, which could range from a few minutes to a few hours.

Factors such as the platform's database access, server load, and the complexity of the information retrieval process can influence the speed of generating the window sticker.

It's advisable to explore different services or platforms to find one that suits your time frame or urgency in obtaining the window sticker using the VIN. In recent times Detailed Vehicle History and Instant VIN Report has been popular lately because of how fast these sites delivers window stickers maybe you can check them out

This is what a window sticker looks like