my R1S charging nightmare

[Riviot]

? Pretty sure I've boarded you before. Definitely not electric.

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[Redline]

Love it!

 

[Cycliste]

Simon says let’s see the boat with you on board, standing on one leg(left) and waving with with your right hand

You would think marinas would put in level 2 chargers.

 

[HaveBlue]

Rivian will tell you vampire drain is not an issue. This is perfectly normal behavior as an adventure vehicle and makes things more adventurous.

 

[Zoidz]

well, it’s gonna be here for a few days before they can look at it. They’re paying for a rental car which is nice. I’m just lucky that I happen to be not too far from a service center. I cannot imagine what a pain in a butt it would be if you didn’t live near a service center…

Good luck with them paying for a rental car. Some who have killed the battery have reported that Rivian will not cover this under warranty, so you may get an invoice for everything.

 

[manishie]

Come on OP, with a boat like that, I expect you to be smarter about leaving an EV at 10 miles of range for any overnight period of time.....

I finally made it home after dropping off the rental car and I checked my Chevy bolt. It’s been sitting here unplugged for six weeks and I’m still at a full charge.

OK so I get it now about the Rivian, but please understand this hadn’t been my experience with the bolt. ?

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Others have best this to death but I'm sorry I have to chime in for the sake of someone else reading this.

How far is the marina from your house? 10-20 miles of range is not much. It's well under 10% battery and not a good idea to even run it that low regularly.... Much less leave it parked that way. Don't charge over 90% or run it below 20% regularly. It's not good for your Bolt EV either and GM specifically stated in the manual to leave it plugged in when it's not in use.

Gear guard can use quite a bit of energy each day much like Tesla sentry mode. This situation is completely preventable with proper EV charging practices and a little planning ahead.

If your going to leave an EV parked, for an extended period, unplugged, make sure it's charged. In the Rivian you can also put it in "shipping mode" to help minimize any vampire drain while it's sitting.

What happened here was akin to setting sail without a lifejacket while your taking in water. That's a recipe for disaster ?

 

[Operator]

OP. I for one think it's effin ridiculous that if the vehicles battery drains it needs to be towed into a service center. It's poor design on rivians part and there really isn't an excuse for why this needs to be towed in. There are a lot of rivian early adopters here on this forum that are apologists and will blame you. First. It's not your fault. Having 10-20 miles is reasonable to expect 10-20 miles. Second. It's not ok for a 100k vehicle to become bricked just because you run it out of charge. And we as a community need to stop accepting this as an acceptable answer.

Cheers

 

[Dark-Fx]

First. It's not your fault. Having 10-20 miles is reasonable to expect 10-20 miles.

It's always been a bad idea to park an EV with a battery that low. Nothing to do with Rivian. It's bad for the battery.

OP says he never had the problem with their Bolt, but the Bolt is going to complain and stop giving you a range remaining figure when you run it that low.

 

[Operator]

It's always been a bad idea to park an EV with a battery that low. Nothing to do with Rivian. It's bad for the battery.

OP says he never had the problem with their Bolt, but the Bolt is going to complain and stop giving you a range remaining figure when you run it that low.

Your making excuses. Yeah it's not great for a lithium ion battery to be that low. It should never BRICK your car though. And that's the issue. This poor engineering and design on rivians part. No other car company makes a car that gets bricked and requires a trip to a service center to in f it. A trip to fast chargers. Sure, a 7k lbs paper weight. Nah. Rivian f'ed up on this design. I suspect it's why we are seeing a different design for their 12v batteries.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Your making excuses

And you're just diverting blame. I have never had an issue running my Rivian batteries that low because I plug them in immediately after, like you are supposed to.

 

[Supratachophobia]

Good luck with them paying for a rental car. Some who have killed the battery have reported that Rivian will not cover this under warranty, so you may get an invoice for everything.

As a stock holder, OP should absolutely be paying for this out-of-pocket.

 

[Redline]

OP. I for one think it's effin ridiculous that if the vehicles battery drains it needs to be towed into a service center. It's poor design on rivians part and there really isn't an excuse for why this needs to be towed in. There are a lot of rivian early adopters here on this forum that are apologists and will blame you. First. It's not your fault. Having 10-20 miles is reasonable to expect 10-20 miles. Second. It's not ok for a 100k vehicle to become bricked just because you run it out of charge. And we as a community need to stop accepting this as an acceptable answer.

Cheers

Lots of Christmas Eve make believe in this post…

 

[LL75]

I believed someone in this forum had this happened before and Rivian charged them for everything inluding towing to the center and replaced the 12V battery due to neglect.

 

[the_mace]

Any chance you had seat belts plugged in but werent in the car? That keeps the HVAC and other things awake indefinitely. It even plays the entertainment too. My wife has a bad habit of buckling an empty seat and it does a number of on the battery.

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