2026 R1S: Charge failure at Tesla chargers

[ElCap_Max]

Hi all. So I’ve had my new R1S for a couple of months now (dual, max pack) and today decided to test charging at a Tesla supercharger since we’re going on a trip next week. Well immediately I encountered an issue:

location 1:
Within 30 seconds of charging, I get an error stating “Charger not working. Plug is locked. Wait 15 seconds and use a different charger”
I didn’t think much of it since I’ve had a Tesla before and encountered bad chargers. I moved to a different spot, and same exact issue. It would reach about 200kwh within a minute or so and immediately stop, same message. Plugging and unplugging does nothing. My charge limit was set to 70% and didn’t touch it.

Decided to drive to the next Tesla charger location, this time preconditioning the battery.

Location 2:
Plugged in, and same exact issue. Once again, moved to a different spot and once again the error came up.
After this I drove to an EVGo to test, and it worked fine there, but it reached about 80kwh speed.
Anyone know what the issue is? It charges fine at home. There’s also a Reddit thread on this from a month ago but no resolution. https://www.reddit.com/r/Rivian/s/peKQbh2BHW

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[rcz22]

In the map part of the rivian app, under settings theres an "incompatible" slider - is this on or off? I know around me in jersey, some tesla supercharging stations disappear when I toggle that switch on.

 

[ElCap_Max]

In the map part of the rivian app, under settings theres an "incompatible" slider - is this on or off? I know around me in jersey, some tesla supercharging stations disappear when I toggle that switch on.

I have incompatible ones turned off. These locations were definitely compatible, because I've seen Rivians at them before.. and during my attempts, they did initiate a charge and billed me for it, though a very small amount.

 

[Vik]

Did you try starting the charge from the Tesla app before plugging in? Sometimes plug and charge doesn't work.

 

[cwardak]

Hi all. So I’ve had my new R1S for a couple of months now (dual, max pack) and today decided to test charging at a Tesla supercharger since we’re going on a trip next week. Well immediately I encountered an issue:

location 1:
Within 30 seconds of charging, I get an error stating “Charger not working. Plug is locked. Wait 15 seconds and use a different charger”
I didn’t think much of it since I’ve had a Tesla before and encountered bad chargers. I moved to a different spot, and same exact issue. It would reach about 200kwh within a minute or so and immediately stop, same message. Plugging and unplugging does nothing. My charge limit was set to 70% and didn’t touch it.

Decided to drive to the next Tesla charger location, this time preconditioning the battery.

Location 2:
Plugged in, and same exact issue. Once again, moved to a different spot and once again the error came up.
After this I drove to an EVGo to test, and it worked fine there, but it reached about 80kwh speed.
Anyone know what the issue is? It charges fine at home. There’s also a Reddit thread on this from a month ago but no resolution. https://www.reddit.com/r/Rivian/s/peKQbh2BHW

Did you perform a full hardware reset ? Had something similar and the hardware reset fixed it.

 

[RivianXpress]

Did you perform a full hardware reset ? Had something similar and the hardware reset fixed it.

This

 

[mtstone]

I had this happen on a trip a few months ago. A soft reset solved the problem.

 

[ElCap_Max]

thanks for the help guys. Reset the car seems to have helped. A subsequent trip back was successful.

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