Blind spot in rear camera reversing view

[gd_r1t]

I was backing into a parking garage spot, which has poles sticking out from the wall 2 feet into the space. They’re high enough where the rear bumper camera doesn’t show them when 5-6 feet away, but just low enough to hit the truck tailgate.

This is a really silly parking space, and ultimately my fault.

But I wish Rivian would use the camera above the truck bed and show that somewhere on the reverse view display. It’s a big problem that the reverse view doesn’t show objects that will hit the vehicle. And the ultrasonic sensors are too low.

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[R1Tom]

This is a good PSA....I could have made this same mistake and now that you pointed it out...I am hopefully going to remeber when appropriate.

 

[Underwhirled]

Ouch! I agree, there should be an option to switch to between the camera over the truck bed view and bumper camera view.

 

[Craigins]

I'm more surprised that it doesn't show in the 360 view. I figured they would use the top camera in that.

 

[Thedude]

That sucks. The Rivian backup camera is the worst I e ever used on a truck. It’s way too low and the angle is completely wrong.

 

[R1Tom]

And the front 360 is messed up from license plate bracket too. Blind area in front. Definitely didn't think that all thru enough.

On my Jeep, I can literally see the rear bumper and if I am a fraction of an inch from impact. Not tru for Rivian.

 

[Antonio]

Something similar to this happened to me on my 3rd day with the truck. Bumped into my recycling bin, so the damage was not that bad, but I have to say, in my 2 1/2 decades of driving, I’ve never had something like this happen to me. A few weeks later I witnessed another R1t bump into the wall in a parking garage. There have been several reports of people backing into trees and other objects here in the forum. I think there is something wrong with their warning system/cameras.

 

[DrMario]

Yep, I don't trust the cameras. I backed up into my old truck two weeks after getting my R1T. I swear the camera did not show it in the view. Never had this happen in my many years of driving. Tried to rely on the technology and that's what happened. ?

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