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That was the first place I saw one - on the beach in Lewes. Our dog was fascinated by them. Just wanted to stare at it all day.
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Open a new ticket for this issue...do not add it to a current scheduled appointment. Include pictures of the gooey substance. Grab the next available appointment they give you.

I had a CV joint lose itself last summer and noticed it while rotating my tires. I opened a ticket on Saturday and didn't hear back from Rivian until Monday when they opened. While talking to them I said something like, "It's currently drivable however at some point it will not be and I this is my only car so I have to drive it. I'm afraid if I have to wait 2.5 months, then this will at some point turn into a towing from roadside assistance kinda thing." They then said, yes, leaky fluids are bad...and were able to get me into my closest SC later that day.

I had the truck back all fixed up again in 2 days.
 

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It looks like the hydraulic fluid from the damping system others have posted.

From another post too:

From the tech:
Blue - coolant for batteries and motors
Blueish/green - hydraulic for suspension
Yellow - brake fluid
Orange - motor/driveline oil
Red - windshield washer fluid
Agree - good possibility that it is hydraulic fluid from suspension. Jerseyff - check the metal mesh hydraulic lines to see if they are the source, especially near the fittings in the front wheel area. Hopefully SC gets you in soon since if this is the source will eventually get warning about needing to service suspension - according to tech. SC got me in fast and replaced hydraulic lines/fittings for my Gen2 R1S -apparently a known issue.
 
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Update 1/22/25 - Still no response from ATL on the ticket, still waiting on a review. I pulled the plastic back and peeked up inside the wheel well, it appears it may be associated with the reservoir in the below image. What is this holding? It is not washer fluid, my fluid is orange...this is not.

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Updated my initial post.
That looks more blue than the teal droplet you showed. So it would point to coolant for motors and HV pack. If you have a ticket, from the mobile app, you can call SC and try to escalate. Meanwhile, if you do drive it, keep an eye on pack and motor temps in gauge view.
 
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For reference, here is an image from the Munro tear down showing that area of the front end...looks like one source of fluid around the wheel well, besides the washer fluid fill port.

BMS related?

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From this YT:
 
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That looks more blue than the teal droplet you showed. So it would point to coolant for motors and HV pack. If you have a ticket, from the mobile app, you can call SC and try to escalate. Meanwhile, if you do drive it, keep an eye on pack and motor temps in gauge view.
I have definitely been watching the pack and motor temps, so far things have been normal.

I did call 800 Service back mid-day and ask them to escalate it for ATL, they said i should hear back by 6p but nothing but crickets today from ATL. If i use the "get in touch - call" button from in the ticket, it just calls the 800# again. I have never found a method to call a SC directly and that has been frustrating since I got the truck in 2022, always have to go through the call center/middle man.
 

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I did call 800 Service back mid-day and ask them to escalate it for ATL, they said i should hear back by 6p but nothing but crickets today from ATL. If i use the "get in touch - call" button from in the ticket, it just calls the 800# again. I have never found a method to call a SC directly and that has been frustrating since I got the truck in 2022, always have to go through the call center/middle man.
Yah unfortunately that is the state of service right now. They've got more demand than capacity and when things get busy/overwhelming the day gets away from you and you forget to do certain things... like get back to the customer.

I dropped mine off last Wed., was told it'd only take a day. I said, "oh wow!". In my mind I thought, "yeah, right, we'll see". Did not get notice that they had finally assigned a tech until 2.5 days later. Since then, every voluntary promise to provide update has not been on-time. My issues are more fit and finish related, so I let them do their thing. Yours are a bit more pressing, so I'd call them once a day so they don't forget about you.
 
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Also found this, relating to another owner on the forum with a similar leak...

The mobile tech saw the leak under the coolant pump when he removed one of the underbody plastic panels to perform the accelerator recall service. He showed me where the coolant tank is, which is under the top plastic trim panel along the top of the fender, rear of the washer fluid tank. He checked the level of the coolant and it was still plenty full and that the leak was minor and OK to drive for now until service appt. in a week.
 
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Drove the truck home last night! See the first thread post for the whole timeline.

Here is the invoice for the service center work with details...
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