~10% drain in <48 hours on camp mode

[techfreek]

My wife and I finally went on our first camping trip in the R1t (gen2, almost 3 months old, ~3k miles, dual motor, large battery). We got to camp at ~45% SoC at ~1pm on Thursday. I turned off HVAC at that point in time, but didn't get around to enabling camp mode in the "Stay off" mode until maybe 3-4pm. We did have to open the frunk, gear tunnel, and tonneau cover a few times over the time we were camping, but otherwise didn't use the truck.

When we went to leave, I powered on the truck to find it was at ~35% SoC which surprised me. We had plenty to make it back to a charger, but that seems like high vampire drain from what I've read. I've seen ~1%/day as expected, but this was almost 5x that. I'm not sure if this is user error (this is our first EV), or if I should contact service.

I'm happy to learn! Thanks!

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[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

If any of your front seat belts stayed buckled, that would have prevented your Rivian from going to sleep. The more the vehicle is awake, the more its systems stay on and consume energy. And if it did go to sleep at all, opening doors/hatches would interrupt that sleep... and consume energy until inactivity allowed it to go to sleep again.

 

[Andystroh]

Something seems off, I’m normally like 2-3% in 24hrs with some outlet usage in addition to what you listed. Did you leave outlets on potentially? Anything that could have made the car think someone was inside like a seat belt buckled?

I normally turn off gear guard and proximity as well, just because I don’t need clips of me walking around camp at night and get annoyed by the constant locking and unlocking.

 

[techfreek]

No outlets were in use. We did have the dogs car leash buckled into one of the seatbelts, so maybe that confused it?

I had assumed with the camp mode and set to off it didn't have gear guard on. I guess the other thing I noticed was that it stayed unlocked the entire time. I'm assuming that is camp mode behavior if you turn the truck off, but I'm not sure.

 

[shammyrocked]

AC/heat turned off manually, courtesy mode on, and then screens off. I camp out every month and frequently have a box fan and fridge cooler plugged in the bulk of the time and I lose about 15-25 miles each day I'm on the land depending on season. 2022 R1T FWIW.

 

[Time2Roll]

Not sure why camp mode is used if not really using the truck. Next time just leave everything off and see how it goes.

 

[JacobAZ]

I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to reduce drain. A lot is still a mystery. However, turns out the biggest culprit is the phone! Continue to use camp mode and stay off, as well as the things others have stated. I do not know what all the R1 is doing in camp mode, but it continues to sense your phone if in range and use power as a result. By turning off the phone, while in camp mode it cuts drain to about a half kw for us (but its still somewhat variable). We are usually out of cell range anyhow. While at the truck I keep the frunk open (its the clothes closet) and the tailgate down (freezer is there). I also keep the doors unlocked and windows down for access. We use a Jackery battery to run the Freezer rather than the truck. But do use truck battery for gear tunnel kitchen at meal time. When not at truck or asleep we close and lock everything up.

Another point to be aware of, when you first park after a long drive the truck continues to cool the battery and do other stuff for a while (maybe reballance batteries?). Anyhow this first hour or so can burn a few KW.

 

[antimatter]

Not sure why camp mode is used if not really using the truck. Next time just leave everything off and see how it goes.

Camp mode will keep the vehicle from locking and unlocking every time you walk buy it. It also keeps the displays off until you actually sit in one of the front seats.

 

[vordo]

something that I noticed if you have the return trip setup in the nav and the first stop of a charging station, your battery may have been being prepped for charging- I had that happen on my last trip and the truck never went to sleep until I removed the return from the nav.

 

[Scottm]

Were outlets on? Even if nothing is plugged in to them the inverter uses a fair amount of energy.

 

[ENVErider]

My wife and I finally went on our first camping trip in the R1t (gen2, almost 3 months old, ~3k miles, dual motor, large battery). We got to camp at ~45% SoC at ~1pm on Thursday. I turned off HVAC at that point in time, but didn't get around to enabling camp mode in the "Stay off" mode until maybe 3-4pm. We did have to open the frunk, gear tunnel, and tonneau cover a few times over the time we were camping, but otherwise didn't use the truck.

When we went to leave, I powered on the truck to find it was at ~35% SoC which surprised me. We had plenty to make it back to a charger, but that seems like high vampire drain from what I've read. I've seen ~1%/day as expected, but this was almost 5x that. I'm not sure if this is user error (this is our first EV), or if I should contact service.

I'm happy to learn! Thanks!

Something was likely keeping it on or kept waking it up; my Gen1 quad large R1T loses about 1% per day under normal operation and even less when I force it to stay asleep with camp mode. There are lots of causes, many of which others have mentioned, like gear guard, proximity unlocking/phone bluetooth, outlets left on, doors left cracked open (TG & tanneau don't matter), seatbelts left clicked in, etc..
For most of my camping trips, I bring a full electric kitchen and just try to enter the back country with 80%+ SOC, my air fryer, skillet, microwave are all the bigger drains that I pay more attention to. While not universally true, I've found that in CA lower elevations, coming back down from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the valley gives me range back, or at least breaks even until I get to DCFC.
Your situation appears to be one to monitor, but I'm not convinced this one experience is evidence that there's something wrong with your truck. Hope you get out often and most chances to figure out your best routines. My family loves our R1T, and taking it camping/off-roading is where we're all happiest with her.

 

[Jeff B.]

I was just out of the country for 14 days with my Gen1 R1T unplugged in my garage and my SOC only dropped from 80% to 69%. Thats less than 1% per day. Something was keeping your truck awake. Maybe try exit/close the Rivian app on your phone to avoid unnecessary wakening from the phone app.

 

[techfreek]

Thank you for your replies! I guess I assumed if I put it on camp mode with power mode off, it wouldn't wake from my phone or use the outlets, but that may have been an incorrect assumption.

I assume that it was waking due to my phone. I'm glad to hear that this is likely user error. I'll do some driveway testing as we won't get out camping for a bit.

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