2026.03 Update Pushed! Now Installing

[DuncIT]

Got it yesterday. System crashed shortly after installation. Did a hard reset. System has crashed a half dozen times in less than the 24 hours that I've had it installed. Great job Rivian!

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[R1TBrett]

Got it yesterday. System crashed shortly after installation. Did a hard reset. System has crashed a half dozen times in less than the 24 hours that I've had it installed. Great job Rivian!

Mine updated overnight and zero problems.
My only nitpick is the smaller font and graphic in the gauges view. Not horrible, just immature product validation TBH.

Get a ticket going asap!

Maybe a soft reset would help if you haven’t tried that ( you mentioned the hard reset)?

 

[VandalSibs]

Mine updated overnight and zero problems.
My only nitpick is the smaller font and graphic in the gauges view. Not horrible, just immature product validation TBH.

Get a ticket going asap!

Maybe a soft reset would help if you haven’t tried that ( you mentioned the hard reset)?

Yeah, feedback in the app will let them know about how this change needs to be tweaked (somehow balance font size with the reduced spacing of the gauges). I've not gotten the update yet so I don't know if it would be a pain for me or not.....

 

[NY_Rob]

Got it yesterday. System crashed shortly after installation. Did a hard reset. System has crashed a half dozen times in less than the 24 hours that I've had it installed. Great job Rivian!

Maybe Rivian hired some Microsoft coders

 

[VSG]

Got it yesterday. System crashed shortly after installation. Did a hard reset. System has crashed a half dozen times in less than the 24 hours that I've had it installed. Great job Rivian!

I have no idea what you mean by "system crashed", but out of tens of thousands of people who have already installed this update, you're the only one saying this. So it doesn't seem to be a Rivian problem so much as a your vehicle problem. You seem more intent on casting shade on Rivian and the whole notion of OTA updates than you do on solving your perceived problem.

Oh, and look what I just found, your post from a month ago:

I'd love to go back to 46.0 - 46.30 is the absolute worst! My screen crashes, and requires a reset, multiple times / day.

So this "crash" problem is something you've been having since before this 2026.03 update, and is thus totally unrelated to the 2026.03 update and is totally off-topic in this thread about 2026.03. You're just using this thread as another opportunity to whine about a problem you've been having for a while now, instead of taking your vehicle in to be fixed. There is no evidence to suggest that a flaw in the 2026.03 update has made your vehicle unusable. Great job Rivian!

 

[VandalSibs]

Got it yesterday. System crashed shortly after installation. Did a hard reset. System has crashed a half dozen times in less than the 24 hours that I've had it installed. Great job Rivian!

Have you reached out to Rivian to see if they have gotten any diagnostics on your issue, or allow them to provide assistance? Kind of an important step...

 

[waitingonanr1s]

Mine is offering the update now, but I'm not installing for at least a couple of more weeks. Thanks to everyone else for ironing the bugs out!

I wish there was an option to be last to receive updates!

 

[VSG]

Mine is offering the update now, but I'm not installing for at least a couple of more weeks. Thanks to everyone else for ironing the bugs out!

I wish there was an option to be last to receive updates!

And this is what I'm talking about - all these irrelevant complaints month after month blaming the update undermines people's confidence in the update process.

I have had my Rivian for maybe 40 months now, with something like 35 updates over that period.

Every Single One has worked and installed without a problem. Every one.

There has NEVER been an update that "bricked" a working vehicle. Even the bad certificate update of 2023 didn't do that - the 3% of the fleet which got that bad update were still driveable, and the problem was fixed within two days.

This irrational fear of installing an update is only hurting YOU. Updates contain a lot of hidden fixes and improvements meant to AVOID individual problems and meant to enhance the ownership experience. If you avoid the updates, then you don't get the improvements and you potentially increase your chances of being hit by a bug. Want to avoid your 12V battery dying in the middle of a trip? Better get the latest update, which includes improved battery management and better/earlier detection and reporting of problems. And if you immediately get battery errors after you install the update, the reason is not buggy code, but the fact that your 12V was dying and the new software is now detecting this for you and saving you the tow, which is an enormous improvement over the old code.

Updates are released about once every month. That means that ANY problem you have ever had with your Rivian was first noticed within a few weeks of an update. Flat tire? Happened just after an update. Cracked windshield? Happened just after an update. But that doesn't bean the update *caused* these problems. There's some seriously bad reasoning going on in these "update" threads, and @DuncIT's post above is just the latest example of this corrosive narrative.

 

[Zoidz]

This irrational fear of installing an update is only hurting YOU.

So much drama.

If someone chooses to defer a sofware update before going on a 1,000 mile trek, it's personal decision and perhaps an educated decision, not irrational fear. We've seen updates introduce new bugs or oddities and it's completely rational for people to plan a future timeline for updating. In fact, that's what responsible companies do throughout the world - planned deployment of updates, and there's no reason not to do it on a personal level as well. To criticise people for their own planning is ridiculous.

 

[VSG]

Seems I hit a nerve. Yes, it is rational to make an informed decision as to when to update software - most of us do that all the time. Have a big presentation in the morning? Don't run Windows update tonight. Have to pick up your kids in a few hours? Don't start a Rivian OTA update until you get home and can give it time to finish. Are you currently on a road trip 1000 miles away from home? Don't start the OTA until you get home. Cell phone low on battery? Don't start the OS update until you charge it up. In fact I would argue that it's irrational to have automatic updates turned on, because that's just asking for trouble - you don't want your vehicle automatically updating right before you leave for the airport to catch a plane, for example.

Your corporate example is just this sort of decision making writ large, with a huge number of considerations as to the hardware variations, time zone differences, department deadlines, etc. A responsible corporation doesn't put off updates indefinitely because of worries that something will break, it evaluates, plans and schedules ways to acheive the software rollout while at the same time minimizing disruptions by giving the employees some control over the scheduling (can postpone until next week, etc.). Yet there will always be employees who don't want the update, who delay as long as they can, and gripe afterwords that things like "fonts" have changed. I've been there.

But that's not the context we're talking about here. And specifically I'm not at all criticizing @waitingonanr1s for making the decision to wait, I'm criticizing people like @DuncIT for undermining the system so that people feel they need to wait, despite there being no reason for it other than "it might do something bad to my vehicle". It's really easy to make people lose faith and undermine confidence in systems that work well. Voting for instance. It's much harder to build up and make positive contributions to the systems, and to build trust which once lost can't easily be regained. Call it drama if you like, I call it selfish, short-sighted, and irresponsible on the part of the people doing the undermining. And when this behavior is persistent and recurring (each and every update) I feel the need to call it out. We should all be vigilant against "fake news" IMO.

In the case of an OTA update, yes of course use your brain to decide when to do it. But many are saying they have skipped updates because they want to wait to see if it breaks things. (It doesn't). Then *any* report of breakage, even something clearly not connected to the update like @DuncIT's problem will validate their need to wait and confirms their bias against installing an OTA update. This sort of decision making isn't helping anyone.

 

[TTedP]

I'm just here to say my install went fine.

In fact UWB seems to be working better via Apple Watch than my phone (17 Pro). It's like instant every time. Great job Rivian!

 

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[waitingonanr1s]

Seems I hit a nerve. Yes, it is rational to make an informed decision as to when to update software - most of us do that all the time. Have a big presentation in the morning? Don't run Windows update tonight. Have to pick up your kids in a few hours? Don't start a Rivian OTA update until you get home and can give it time to finish. Are you currently on a road trip 1000 miles away from home? Don't start the OTA until you get home. Cell phone low on battery? Don't start the OS update until you charge it up. In fact I would argue that it's irrational to have automatic updates turned on, because that's just asking for trouble - you don't want your vehicle automatically updating right before you leave for the airport to catch a plane, for example.

Your corporate example is just this sort of decision making writ large, with a huge number of considerations as to the hardware variations, time zone differences, department deadlines, etc. A responsible corporation doesn't put off updates indefinitely because of worries that something will break, it evaluates, plans and schedules ways to acheive the software rollout while at the same time minimizing disruptions by giving the employees some control over the scheduling (can postpone until next week, etc.). Yet there will always be employees who don't want the update, who delay as long as they can, and gripe afterwords that things like "fonts" have changed. I've been there.

But that's not the context we're talking about here. And specifically I'm not at all criticizing @waitingonanr1s for making the decision to wait, I'm criticizing people like @DuncIT for undermining the system so that people feel they need to wait, despite there being no reason for it other than "it might do something bad to my vehicle". It's really easy to make people lose faith and undermine confidence in systems that work well. Voting for instance. It's much harder to build up and make positive contributions to the systems, and to build trust which once lost can't easily be regained. Call it drama if you like, I call it selfish, short-sighted, and irresponsible on the part of the people doing the undermining. And when this behavior is persistent and recurring (each and every update) I feel the need to call it out. We should all be vigilant against "fake news" IMO.

In the case of an OTA update, yes of course use your brain to decide when to do it. But many are saying they have skipped updates because they want to wait to see if it breaks things. (It doesn't). Then *any* report of breakage, even something clearly not connected to the update like @DuncIT's problem will validate their need to wait and confirms their bias against installing an OTA update. This sort of decision making isn't helping anyone.

I have owned a Rivian since August 2023 - Gen 1 and Gen 2. I delay every update until it's been out for a few weeks now. Rivian delivers intermediate patch updates frequently. I never had problems with Gen 1 updates (which is less buggy in genral), but the update where they turned mobile eye off required almost 2 weeks in service to fix my ADAS. Rivian is known for releasing bugs, some that brick vehicles. I really don't think I'm being hurt by waiting. It's a risk to install an update right away. IMO. That's how I feel after watching numerous roll outs. I don't want to be a beta tester.

Rivian really should offer an advanced option (like Tesla) for folks that want the updates right away (and may include bugs) and then roll out to the rest.

 

[tate16t]

Rivian really should offer an advanced option (like Tesla) for folks that want the updates right away (and may include bugs) and then roll out to the rest.

They already have a group of testers that receive updates weeks ahead of the general population.

 

[waitingonanr1s]

They already have a group of testers that receive updates weeks ahead of the general population.

As does Tesla - that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about an option in the app that indicates you want it first, which Tesla has and Rivian doesn't. I could choose not to select it and others who are dying to have it could choose to select it.

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