3 things I HATE about my Rivian R1T after 10,000 miles -- JerryRigEverything

[scottf200]

To be clear I'm a Rivian/RJ fan and it is a potential BEV Truck candidate for me.

His first two seem like real issues that Rivian didn't fully take into account.

1) The water in the door one is very odd because every vehicle has solutions for these already so the designer really didn't understand what they were doing since there are literally 1000s of proven examples.

2) I really love the extended arms on the tailgate and them allowing for a 7 foot bed with the tailgate down. The RJ and Munro interview that included this was good. They clearly didn't think people would be hauling dirt or gravel with how they failed to redirect those things from falling into those holes without a solution for letting them 'drain'.

Overall, pretty good and the things mentioned seem like they would be relatively easy to solve.

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[MountainBikeDude]

The sloshy door thing was an issue with the one way drains not functioning correctly. It was happening to some early model Rivians but can be easily remedied by a service center.

 

[scottf200]

The sloshy door thing was an issue with the one way drains not functioning correctly. It was happening to some early model Rivians but can be easily remedied by a service center.

Curious. Looks like people were still complaining about it Sept '22
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/rain-caught-by-drivers-door-seal.8244/

 

[Guy]

The sloshy door thing was an issue with the one way drains not functioning correctly. It was happening to some early model Rivians but can be easily remedied by a service center.

Hopefully they can fix this for new builds.

 

[SASSquatch]

I cringed when I saw him dumping all that ? into an open rivian bed. WTF.

Zack - I love you man, but for the love of god, use a tarp next time.

 

[SASSquatch]

I love Zack but I cringed when I saw him dumping all that ? into an unprotected rivian bed. WTF.

Zack - I love you man, but for the love of god, use a tarp next time.

Oh - and please give us the last 4 of the VIN so I make sure to never buy that Rivian on the used market if and when it finds its way there!

 

[Monkey]

Sloshy door is definitely a problem. My friend's R1T that I've spent a ton of time with over the last year doesn't seem to have the issue, or at least not that I'm aware of, but I know a lot of the early build trucks do have doors that don't like to drain well.

The tailgate hinge design is useful, but also bad as he shows with dirt. Someone needs to show him how to vacuum that junk out of there. -- flexible crevice tool on the shop-vac for the win -- Not a big deal really. I think he should let that plant keep growing though. I would also like to say that just dumping dirt, mulch, poop, etc.. into the bed of a pickup is never a winning situation. Tarps serve a purpose, use them. It will save a ton of clean up effort and time. Or better yet a [dump] trailer used for the purpose of hauling crap.

 

[ads75]

Curious. Looks like people were still complaining about it Sept '22
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/rain-caught-by-drivers-door-seal.8244/

And if you are using that thread as a source, no one in that thread has complained about it since Sep 2022. My Nov 2022 hasn't had the issue.

 

[Thedude]

I love Zack but I cringed when I saw him dumping all that ? into an open rivian bed. WTF.

Zack - I love you man, but for the love of god, use a tarp next time.

In his defense it’s a truck, they’re supposed to be built to have shit dumped in the bed. The Rivian tailgate design is pretty cool but not without some definite downsides.

 

[scottf200]

The tailgate hinge design is useful, but also bad as he shows with dirt. Someone needs to show him how to vacuum that junk out of there. -- flexible crevice tool on the shop-vac for the win -- Not a big deal really. I think he should let that plant keep growing though. I would also like to say that just dumping dirt, mulch, poop, etc.. into the bed of a pickup is never a winning situation. Tarps serve a purpose, use them. It will save a ton of clean up effort and time. Or better yet a [dump] trailer used for the purpose of hauling crap.

Better design ideas?

Don't you think they could design it better so less falls straight in
AND
has a access panel from below to empty it OR better yet a slot for it to AUTOmatically fall out?

 

[HyperionMark]

Is it his off road underbody panel holding all that stuff or is that a separate piece than the underbody panel that everyone has regardless if they have that option or not?

 

[Swilly]

Better design ideas?

Don't you think they could design it better so less falls straight in
AND
has a access panel from below to empty it OR better yet a slot for it to AUTOmatically fall out?

My 2001 Land Cruiser has the same problem every time I get soil, rock or mulch, solution is often referred to as a vacuum. Air from an onboard compressor might work as well. Hey, don’t Rivians have an onboard compressor? The simple solution is often the best solution.

 

[scottf200]

My 2001 Land Cruiser has the same problem every time I get soil, rock or mulch, solution is often referred to as a vacuum. Air from an onboard compressor might work as well. Hey, don’t Rivians have an onboard compressor? The simple solution is often the best solution.

I don't follow the air compressor solution? In theory blow air so hard it shoots back up out of that hole?

Seems like there could be a better design to
a) limit it from happening as much
b) as well as a better solution once it is in there.

 

[Monkey]

Better design ideas?

Don't you think they could design it better so less falls straight in
AND
has a access panel from below to empty it OR better yet a slot for it to AUTOmatically fall out?

Oh, they could totally design it better. Didn't mean to imply that they couldn't... The design as it is now pretty much sucks and the only redeeming quality is that you get 7ft of bed length with the tailgate down. I was just pointing out that the dirt and crap can be vacuumed out of there. Still not an ideal solution by any means. And also saying that dumping dirt and stuff straight into a pickup bed is never good, tailgate design aside. I've run hundreds of trucks over the years with our construction company and every time I see someone dumping a loader bucket full of anything straight into a bed of a pickup truck I cringe. I also don't like the whole plastic inside of the Rivian bed. It's way too easy to tear up. And the spare tire compartment in the bed is dumb. So if I have a truck full of stuff and get a flat, I have to unload all my stuff to get the spare. Not to mention it's another spot where all the dirt and crap likes to collect, as he shows in his video when he lifts up the spare tire cover.

 

[scottf200]

And the spare tire compartment in the bed is dumb. So if I have a truck full of stuff and get a flat, I have to unload all my stuff to get the spare. Not to mention it's another spot where all the dirt and crap likes to collect, as he shows in his video when he lifts up the spare tire cover.

Thx.

I see the spare tire compartment as having pros and cons. Some percentage of your time you do not have very much in your truck bed so it would not be inconvenient to get to.

I've had vehicles where the spare was underneath the truck and you had to use a tool to lower it down on a cable. This is not great if you are stuck in mud or snow in the worse case. In better cases it just has road grime/oils from being exposed.

Funny enough I recall Zack/JerryRigEverything, having to change that tire up in the CO mountains.
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