Auto-Lower Suspension For Parking/Egress?

[Ginny]

Not low enough?

Nope. Already use sports mode at lowest level. Guess I'll be waiting for runningboards !

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[R1Tom]

i don’t see why they wouldn’t dump it to the bump stops in park mode.

I agree. Why not?

 

[R1Sky Business]

Nope. Already use sports mode at lowest level. Guess I'll be waiting for runningboards !

Or time to go get platform shoes ?

 

[crashmtb]

I agree. Why not?

Nope. Already use sports mode at lowest level. Guess I'll be waiting for runningboards !

i remembered having asked rivian about park/kneel mode before.

Note date stamps. Could be different now

Rivian Chat Transcript: 7/15/21

7/15/2021, 5:58:55 PM - Anthony: Hi crashmtb! Thank you for contacting Rivian. My name is Anthony, how can I help you today?
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7/15/2021, 6:00:03 PM - crashmtb: Hi Anthony, can you tell me the height of R1T with all-terrain tires, at the lowest suspension height? My garage door wants to know
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7/15/2021, 6:03:12 PM - Anthony: Haha certainly! At the lowest suspension setting, the vehicle height will be 73.1" and in the park(kneel) mode, the vehicle height is 72.1"!
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7/15/2021, 6:03:46 PM - crashmtb: What speed does park height deactivate at?
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7/15/2021, 6:04:39 PM - Anthony: The park mode will only be activated when the vehicle is in park, not driving. Sport mode would be our lowest drive mode setting.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I agree. Why not?

Could be an issue with the dampers not being designed to allow it. Might end up damaging them pretty quickly. I'd expect they would lock you out of being able to drive while it's completely aired out. That would be undesirable to me.

 

[R1Tom]

Could be an issue with the dampers not being designed to allow it. Might end up damaging them pretty quickly. I'd expect they would lock you out of being able to drive while it's completely aired out. That would be undesirable to me.

I agree that is possible, but the travel of the dampers should be able to handle that range without damage. That is point of the bump stops. Plus I also hope someday that a loss of air pressure to system wouldn't result in death of the 4 dampers.

But...I dont disagree...it is entirely possible that was not taken into account.

Or it could be rare occurrence is ok, but not all time.

 

[crashmtb]

I agree that is possible, but the travel of the dampers should be able to handle that range without damage. That is point of the bump stops. Plus I also hope someday that a loss of air pressure to system wouldn't result in death of the 4 dampers.

But...I dont disagree...it is entirely possible that was not taken into account.

Or it could be rare occurrence is ok, but not all time.

answered in another thread I just saw, by someone who found out the hard way:

There are no bump stops. So the damper itself must take the full force of a bottoming situation. It’s clearly not designed to handle that. (Looking at the rear suspension I can see why they omitted the stops: there’s a lot of stuff in a small space in there, adding a bump stop might be difficult packaging-wise.) My previous experience with a Jeep Wrangler is that bottoming is rough and uncomfortable but ultimately harmless. Not so the R1T, it’s a much more delicate beast. I’ve learned a very expensive lesson..

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