After a week in the shop, it was decided to have the Drive Unit be replaced per Rivian Engineers. It was a good thing someone was proactive in ordering the Drive unit, before dropping off the vehicle.
another week without the vehicle, Hopefully I won’t have any issues once I get the vehicle...
Update: The service center will replace the drive unit, after Rivian engineers look into the issues, they have decided and recommended the service center to replace the driver unit. Another week without the vehicle.
I am more concerned why the electrical hazard possible notification pop up. It came up when I exited the freeway and on the stop light. Did water get inside the drive motor? And plus on the notification, it says “Avoid Driving Through Water”, that’s a concern for me.
I dropped the truck off the...
Hey Guys, just wanted to share this:
This pass weekend, we took a trip to Truckee, CA. All was great heading up, no issues, loved driving the truck. On the way to Truckee, we decided to stop at the Rivian charging station, on the station screen, it was showing free charging, that was nice.
On...
The turtle mode came on after exiting the freeway, and I adjusted the Drive mode to All Purposed, the service suspension soon came on after picking up the truck and driving it home. I’m guessing the drive shaft was on still connected coming off the line. But since I was switching drive modes...
Update : truck is getting towed to service center tomorrow. The Rivian support was going to send a mobile service, but decided to flatbed it. I think this incident is one off, I don’t think is a design flaw.
I wonder if the retainer is even on the half shaft, it shouldn’t just pop out, I mean the rear doesn’t turn left or right, if it was on the front, then I get it.
I just got off the phone with the support advisor, the soonest available is Dec 6, the advisor couldn’t give me an answer if the...
Update, I did try to realign the spline (AKA “pop back in”) the half shaft to no avail. I took some pictures. I want the service center to recheck the spline and the half shaft. It’s really disappointing, on the bright side, at least it didn’t happen while on a road-trip. I took delivery with 35...
Hey Guys,
i never joined any forum before, until now. Just wanted to share my experience so far. I picked up the R1T Thursday at South SF Service Center, very happy to finally get the truck after waiting for more than a year, reservation placed on Oct 2021. After owning the truck for two days...