Experienced Winter Ice Buildup Issues

[Johnsykas]

We had minor ice buildup and 29 deg F. Luckily I keep my door unlocked or I would not have been able to get in. The tonneau cover had opened on its own, may ice pressuse, so bed had snow. Neither pass through would open, both unlatached, opened 1/2" at top. no ice around them. I could get my fingers in but could not pull them open. Had to use inside buttons as I could not locate the outside ones under the thin layer of ice. The door locks would not close, so I drove with them in open position. A warning came that vehicle had limited function, guessing as cameras were iced.

Driving to Killington to ski race camp in 3 weeks will give chance of a lot more ice and dirty ice than this. How do you open pass throughs to get ski boots out when the won't open? How can you keep tonneau cover from opeing on it's own? Should I keep vehicle unlocked to get in when there is ice? Are there heaters for the door locks, hood, pass throughs that will work if I am more patient? Should I bring a heat gun or hair dryer with us?

This common condition could ruin a great ski trip.

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[Dark-Fx]

This common condition could ruin a great ski trip.

The truck blows HVAC air through the door handles. Make sure you're preconditioning for a bit and it shouldn't be a problem.

The tonneau cover shouldn't be able to open when the truck is locked.

 

[Johnsykas]

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Thank you. Hopefully preconditions works on passthrough, also. Tonneau cover came apart. It wouldn't reshut. Clueless how it opened overnight. Vehicle is always left unlocked as we have a farm and need fast entry a lot

 

[crashmtb]

Thank you. Hopefully preconditions works on passthrough, also. Tonneau cover came apart. It wouldn't reshut. Clueless how it opened overnight. Vehicle is always left unlocked as we have a farm and need fast entry a lot

Open the little gear tunnel access behind the middle rear seat to get more air in there? If I had stuck gear tunnel door I’d try pushing It from inside the gear tunnel with end of snow brush, or pulling on the forward edge of its door with the rear passenger doors open.

if truck was unlocked maybe there was enough snow/ice weight to press the tonneau button? Seems unlikely of course but stranger things have happened

 

[Dark-Fx]

Open the little gear tunnel access behind the middle rear seat to get more air in there? If I had stuck gear tunnel door I’d try pushing It from inside the gear tunnel with end of snow brush, or pulling on the forward edge of its door with the rear passenger doors open.

if truck was unlocked maybe there was enough snow/ice weight to press the tonneau button? Seems unlikely of course but stranger things have happened

I'd be less surprised it if was something like a racoon trying to jump into the bed because it smelled something it wanted to eat.

 

[johstacy]

Thank you. Hopefully preconditions works on passthrough, also. Tonneau cover came apart. It wouldn't reshut. Clueless how it opened overnight. Vehicle is always left unlocked as we have a farm and need fast entry a lot

The cover opened because your truck was unlocked

 

[crashmtb]

I'd be less surprised it if was something like a racoon trying to jump into the bed because it smelled something it wanted to eat.

 

[Andystroh]

Last week I was unable to open the gear tunnel door because it didn't protrude enough due to some ice buildup. I learned there is a pretty nice handle available if you open the rear passenger doors to open it. Only helps if you can actually press the button, but glad I don't need a tool or something to open that all winter.

 

[Johnsykas]

The cover opened because your truck was unlocked

It never opened before unless I pushed the button. Now it won't open, nor closed. Just jammed and slanted. Need it fixed fast before Killington Ski Race Camp.

 

[johstacy]

It never opened before unless I pushed the button. Now it won't open, nor closed. Just jammed and slanted. Need it fixed fast before Killington Ski Race Camp.

Your experiencing a known issue with those covers it is why they are redesigning them. to fix this Rivian will probably store the slats in the head of the bed and disable it so you can close it anymore until they do a recall and fix it with the redesign.

I told you it opened because your truck was unlocked. The cover will not open when your truck is locked regardless how it opened weather it was ice or someone pushed the button it opened because you left your tuck unlocked.

 

[COdogman]

I'd be less surprised it if was something like a racoon trying to jump into the bed because it smelled something it wanted to eat.

 

[Andystroh]

It never opened before unless I pushed the button. Now it won't open, nor closed. Just jammed and slanted. Need it fixed fast before Killington Ski Race Camp.

Hopefully they can get it fixed for you. Rivian was unable to position my broken tonneau with the slats out (covering the bed), and also tried installing a newer revision, but it broke upon install. They said we are generally out of luck until the redesign next year.

 

[Johnsykas]

Uggh. No tonneau-no ski trips with Rivian. Back to gas vehicle

 

[Johnsykas]

Your experiencing a known issue with those covers it is why they are redesigning them. to fix this Rivian will probably store the slats in the head of the bed and disable it so you can close it anymore until they do a recall and fix it with the redesign.

I told you it opened because your truck was unlocked. The cover will not open when your truck is locked regardless how it opened weather it was ice or someone pushed the button it opened because you left your tuck unlocked.

Got it, but it should not open when vehicle is unlocked unless key is present. So weird

 

[EVnewb]

I told you it opened because your truck was unlocked. The cover will not open when your truck is locked regardless how it opened weather it was ice or someone pushed the button it opened because you left your tuck unlocked.

Are you saying the tonneau cover retracts anytime you unlock the truck? Because I thought the OP was saying he always leaves the truck unlocked at the farm but for some reason the cover opened overnight without pressing the button. I think he’s wanting to know if anyone else has had the cover retract mysteriously on it’s own before.

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