I think a big reason the Gen3 R2 is deliberately being delayed until the Gen3 R1 with Lidar is out (hopefully Q2). It is the flagship after all so it needs to have the latest/greatest.
Iād bet $20 that they are deliberately delaying lidar on R2 so the gen3 R1 āflagshipā can get it first in Q2 (hopefully with some other goodies). At least thatās what Iād do if I was RJ. That way you get the non-lidar R2 crowd buying the $45k version and the pro-lidar crowd paying $65k without...
This horn has a fatal design flaw that forced me to remove it. One of the horn mounting points uses an existing plastic Rivian fastener only meant for the pre-existing wire harness (and no, a bolt wonāt fit). This caused the whole thing to be loose and rattle when going over any bumps. I...
mine was consistent over rough roads but listening again it wasnāt constant staccato like this - it sounded like a license plate vibrating against the back. So it might be the infamous seatbelt rattle that I fixed the other day for the driver.
I had a very similar sound. Took it in and they determined that the inside of the tailgate had a bad weld during manufacturing. They ordered a completely new one, which required painting to my color at the body shop.
mine is also a ā23 Quad R1S, purchased in August of the same.