Daily 10% Battery loss while Parked

[Dark-Fx]

I assume you have 2022.15.0 installed? After that my Vampire got much better.

My vampire drain was better but now I think it might actually have gotten worse. Losing a similar amount to OP.

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[kylealden]

Are you folks parked in a place where the key might be waking it up often? Mine is in my carport and losing <1% a day.

 

[MNLightning]

Did you have gear guard enabled the whole time? That likely drains it a bit. Also, battery pack is likely (assuming it's similar to Tesla's) heated/cooled to optimal condition for its long-term health, even when parked (in a hot or cold environment). How often you try to connect and wake up the vehicle, is another factor.

Are you folks parked in a place where the key might be waking it up often? Mine is in my carport and losing <1% a day.

Yes, gear guard was active. Mine was inside our garage with no one around to wake it.

Going to turn off the GearGuard as I hadn’t noticed the drain prior activating it.

 

[Ladiver]

I have GearGuard on and the keys are far enough away not to lock/unlock. I also have a security camera pointed toward the truck and have confirmed that no lights are illuminating during the night.

 

[SANZC02]

5 miles per day would be acceptable.

I am also in the 10% loss club. Living in Southern California, the battery should not be doing much conditioning.

I do have GearGuard on and have limited how much I check the app. Hopefully Rivian figures this out. Unfortunately, they are saying it is normal. This makes me believe they are not even looking into resolving the issue.

Was just thinking about this, thought I would add a couple more points to show how much this really is.

At 10% that is 12.5 kWh a day of lost power. That means if you plugged into level 1 using a 110 outlet, you would need 6.5 hours just to cover the vampire drain.

You also need just over an hour on a level 2 48 amp charger just to cover the lost power.

 

[Khaneric]

So I've noticed from the latest update gear guard is recording WAY more videos overall. For 4 hours in my works parking lot i had over 100 events recorded (500 or so videos) and the events were pretty much every 30 seconds to a minute. No people or movement was in the shots other then tree shadows blowing in the wind.

Previously to the latest update in the same parking lot i would have 3 or 4 events recorded in that same 4 hours.

I've turned of gear guard for the time being but if you have a crap ton of videos, that's probably part of the issue.

 

[Dark-Fx]

So I've noticed from the latest update gear guard is recording WAY more videos overall. For 4 hours in my works parking lot i had over 100 events recorded (500 or so videos) and the events were pretty much every 30 seconds to a minute. No people or movement was in the shots other then tree shadows blowing in the wind.

Previously to the latest update in the same parking lot i would have 3 or 4 events recorded in that same 4 hours.

I've turned of gear guard for the time being but if you have a crap ton of videos, that's probably part of the issue.

I'm having significant vampire drain without having ever activated gear guard.

Just went out to the truck. There is a coolant pump circulating coolant that is audible and I can feel the coolant being circulated if I stick my hand up in through the front driver's side wheel well.

*Just rebooted the truck and locked it, pump is no longer running.

 

[Dirty_B]

If you are experiencing drain that exceeds your expectations, have you placed a work order? Only way they're going to act is if owners who have a vehicle with problems, is report them.

 

[MNLightning]

If you are experiencing drain that exceeds your expectations, have you placed a work order? Only way they're going to act is if owners who have a vehicle with problems, is report them.

Sent a email to service Sunday. No response yet.

 

[Ladiver]

If you are experiencing drain that exceeds your expectations, have you placed a work order? Only way they're going to act is if owners who have a vehicle with problems, is report them.

Opened a support ticket, they called me and said it was normal!

 

[Dirty_B]

Opened a support ticket, they called me and said it was normal!

Ygtbsm. That's bad.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I think the key is that you have to see the vehicle going to sleep. If it's not doing that, then you're going to have excessive drain. I've only lost 2 miles since I took this screen shot almost 11 hours ago. If I check the app now it still has the "Wake vehicle" button. When I was having the excessive loss, this was never displayed.

I don't know if doing the hard reboot of the vehicle was the "proper" solution, but it seemed to work for me. (This is still a lot more drain than I consider acceptable, but 2% per day is way better than 10%.)

 

[RivianBowerbird]

One thing you may want to look into is that the phone as key is very sensitive. If the truck is unlocked it turns on climate control and a bunch of fans kick into gear. If your truck is in a garage attached to your home you may be waking it up just by walking around.

 

[NY_Rob]

Opened a support ticket, they called me and said it was normal!

Well , that sucks!

At 12.5kWh/day vampire drain- here in NY (at 23 cents/kWh) that would cost me $2.88/day, $87/month or $1,049/year.. that's "normal"?.. no, that's BS!!

 

[Arky]

Well , that sucks!

At 12.5kWh/day vampire drain- here in NY (at 23 cents/kWh) that would cost me $2.88/day, $87/month or $1,049/year.. that's "normal"?.. no, that's BS!!

They have to do something about it, even the lower numbers (~2pct/day) seem awful high for anything it should be doing.

Other than camera stuff what on earth would it need to do? My car sits in the garage for 2 weeks and doesn't kill a lead acid battery which is good for what, 500Whr? If other cars did this (or god forbid burned gas without anyone using them) no one would accept it ever.

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