Bought 8 of these tie-downs to add to the bed (same price on Amazon). I took a few pictures to share because I could not tell from the website how far they protruded.
Installation was simple:
Use two small flathead screwdrivers to pop off the plastic cap at each spot. (Work around the edge to...
FWIW I was similarly surprised that it was only a pair, and only found out once I needed them. A pair of them gave me zero slipping on surfaces that I failed to summit and slide sideways off of last weekend, so that's pretty great. And, I just bought a second pair in case that's not true in the...
I have 20" wheels with Toyo Open Country AT III tires on them. I bought AL69 AutoSocks for them. Last weekend I was unable to make it up my steep and slick driveway on the good-tread tires alone. (I slid off twice, my wife with studded snows slid off twice.) I got the truck unstuck and onto a...
Wanted to share my alternative experience last weekend. I have 20" tires, bought AL69 socks for them. I was unable to make it up my steep and slick driveway on good-tread tires alone. (I slid off twice, my wife with studded snows slid off twice.) I got the truck unstuck and onto a flat-ish spot...
Last weekend we had a snowpocalypse in Boulder, CO. About a foot of incredibly wet snow dumped in freezing temps during the day. I had to drive several times on steep mountain roads (kid shuttling). On the second trip the mountain road was hard to make it up: I was sliding everywhere. My...
I've had plenty of that build up, too, without issue. I'm guessing it was only a problem for me because I sprayed water inside the wheel wells, which must have gone deeper than typical spray and splash would go.
After work last week—when it was 28°F outside—I took my dirty R1T to a self car wash (pressure washers with various ingredients). I jacked the truck up to Highest setting and in addition to cleaning the rest of the exterior I somewhat sprayed the underside, and sprayed inside the wheels and...
I realize now that lots of experiences I had before getting it fixed were documented in the Rivian app, but not here. In short, my experience has been:
IF the weather outside is below 20°F, the passenger would open the door normally from the outside, and then attempting to close the door it...
I got this fixed by Service replacing some/all of the door mechanism.
When I took it in the first time they looked at it, tried "lubricating" some parts, and the problem reoccurred repeatedly.
When I took it in the second time, they were very surprised by my description. They had all sorts of...
Tire pressure is definitely a factor (though not the only one). Running the Toyo's at 62psi is significantly better than 42psi. There is still some "springiness" when changing lanes. If I change lanes sharply and then decisively correct the steering in the new lane, I can sense what seems to be...
Fix took under an hour. He said he replaced the sensor on the right side of the tailgate, and did not replace the left side because it's not throwing any codes...at this time. I asked if this is a common issue, and he confirmed that yes, the tailgate sensors failing is a known problem.
That's surprising. They are doing a mobile service for me, driving 35-40 minutes to get here; technician is in the parking lot right now working on the truck. It's surprising to me that he has to work on something this far from the tailgate:
(This is not a joke; he's not napping in there, he's...
I'm about to replace my wipers, see if it helps. One thing to note is that you may need to clean your wiper blades. They may have accumulated bug crud/grease that is getting pushed to that line.
Edit: having replaced my wiper blades (and wiped off the new ones while installing) the vertical...
I did think that, but I've now pushed the inflation from ~45 psi up to ~65psi, and they feel significantly better. Still not quite what my memory was of the stock tires, but much better.
A few weeks ago I closed my tailgate bed and the truck reported it wasn't closed. After a few open/hard closings it finally registered as closed. This cycle of opening/closing worked for a week; after that I couldn't get it to register the tailgate as closed. FYI rebooting the vehicle did not...
My covers still ~work, a year later. If I use a power washer to wash the channels and opening I can usually get it to open all the way. After a few days it reverts to only opening halfway or so.
I think I somehow got some small rocks into the storage area of mine, because now the cover has...
I just replaced my stock Scorpion 20" with the Toyo Open Country AT3. (With my daily commute on steep, curving mountain roads, and with my proclivity for accelerating hard and using High brake regen, the Scorpions were just about completely spent at under 12,500 miles.)
I definitely feel a...
Yesterday morning and this morning I've used the app to start pre-heating the truck, walked out with my phone, the doors have unlocked due to Bluetooth, I've entered the truck, put my foot on the brake, pushed the lever to attempt to go into reverse...and gotten this message:
I'm playing music...
FWIW I've had this twice in the past two days. Drove to dinner last night, parked, and then couldn't warm up the truck or do anything else from the restaurant because it lost the connection. Drove home and it must have synced, because this morning I was able to remotely warm it up. Now about I'm...
I'm unsure which usage of "should" you're intending here, so let me respond to both.
If by 'should' you mean 'ought to be', I agree that ideally it would be the other way around. Ideally regenerative braking would absorb the energy, converting the vehicle's kinetic and potential energy into...