Camera heater always on even with gear guard off?

[Hindley_Milner]

Woke up this morning to the first snow. My truck is parked out front with gear guard off.

I've always been suspicious that turning gear guard off doesn't actually completely turn off the computer like it should. There's no vampire drain difference either way, in stark contrast to Sentry Mode. Does this confirm it's not really off?

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[Blueassassin]

wow so they heated that but not the headlights?

 

[Hindley_Milner]

wow so they heated that but not the headlights?

It's pretty common, all the Teslas do it. And I don't believe they heat the headlights either.

But it shouldn't be doing it while Gear Guard is off.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Cameras don't turn off, even without gear guard ever activated. I don't know for sure but I suspect this is one of the things they fixed in 2022.47 that has yet to hit public release.

• When Gear Guard video is disabled, overnight range loss can be reduced by up to 20%

 

[Hindley_Milner]

Ah I thought i remembered something like that!

I hope that's the fix. I think we'll get plenty of snow this year to confirm it.

 

[COdogman]

 

[Craigins]

Here's mine. Quite impressive, it was 14 degrees out. No gear guard, truck had been parked for 3 days

 

[Hindley_Milner]

It's still doing it with the latest update. What a waste.

 

[VSG]

Have you reported this to Rivian? They can't fix it if they are unaware of the problem ...

I personally haven't observed this because I keep my R1T in a garage.

 

[Hindley_Milner]

Still happening, Feb 1.

 

[TheIglu]

Please report this to Rivian via a service ticket with your pictures. We all need to make sure they know.

 

[zefram47]

Watch, this is probably one of those things that's by design to help ensure Driver+ / AEB is functional in winter weather.

 

[Hindley_Milner]

Yeah, opened a ticket.

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