Hood flutter in the wind

[SSteveEV]

Looking forward to the update. also have fluttering. thanks!

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[Blueassassin]

So my hood was making a loud scary pop when it opened they fixed that works great. Got out on the freeway and I could see the hood lifting and flexing with the dents in the hood. I pulled over and checked that the hood was latched fully and it was. By the time I was done driving I think there was a brown spot on my ocean coast seat because I was sure the hood was gonna be saying hello to the windshield.
Not sure if the videos really capture how much it was moving and flexing. Service request in.

 

[staples]

The weird thing is I don't know if it was the rose colored glasses I was wearing for the first 6k miles, or if the many miles (4k+) of driving on I-80 at 70-80mph and all the fluttering that eventually stressed the hood enough for the "dent" to appear.

 

[atebit]

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[timf]

I didn't pay much attention to the hood while driving, but my friend pointed out the flutter to me from the passenger seat. It sounds like it's a common condition of all Rivians to date. I'm not sure a service request would be of much use.

 

[Rousie13]

I had a loaner (VIN ~11,500) and it had bad flutter like you guys are showing....the gaps were bad on the front end (hood/headlights), so i'm sure air was getting up under the hood. However, my truck VIN (~9100) has absolutely no flutter and tight gaps on the front end.

 

[Underwhirled]

I had a loaner (VIN ~11,500) and it had bad flutter like you guys are showing....the gaps were bad on the front end (hood/headlights), so i'm sure air was getting up under the hood. However, my truck VIN (~9100) has absolutely no flutter and tight gaps on the front end.

That's encouraging. I pick mine up tomorrow. So I'll be able to report if it is behaving differently.

 

[Underwhirled]

So the final report is that the flutter has been greatly reduced.

It is still present at speeds over 75 mph, but the adjustment of the hood seems to have made it better/ lessor. The deformed appearance around the hood badge at high speeds Is still present.

Everything returns to normal at speeds lower than 65 mph, but I’m not sure that I would have put a product out in the world that did this at all.

I’ll move on from the issue unless it gets worse.

 

[electruck]

I would consider an aero induced dent in the hood (panel flex) at normal highway speeds to be 100% unacceptable.

 

[Prime]

I would consider an aero induced dent in the hood (panel flex) at normal highway speeds to be 100% unacceptable.

Agreed… is this normal for trucks let alone 100k trucks like raptors and TRX’s?? I’ve never experienced this on any vehicle. Lexus IS/RX, Land Cruiser, Infiniti QX, Volvo XC60. To be told it’s “normal” by service would be very upsetting.

 

[NY_Rob]

To be told it’s “normal” by service would be very upsetting.

Well, some SC's are telling owners "the tok is normal because all the trucks do that" so it seems brain cells may be in short supply at the SC's.

Pre-internet it was easy for OEM's to bury this kind of stuff because there was no mass sharing of knowledge and experience, but with forums dedicated to specific brands and even specific models of vehicles now.. that $hit just doesn't cut it any more and it's frankly unbelievable they still try to get away with it.

It's just downright insulting to your intelligence to have your issues casually dismissed out of hand as being "normal" when it's clearly anything but "normal".

A hood that deforms under any on-road conditions is not "normal" and you shouldn't accept that garbage for even a single second!

 

[Nighthawkblack]

So it looks like I’m on a small waitlist for this service to be performed. Something about a shortage of the material? Anyone have the service done and notice an improvement?

 

[Underwhirled]

They ended up replacing my hood to correct the issue.

 

[FooF]

Service added some extra adhesive to mine and flutter was fixed.

 

[Killer95Stang]

Agreed… is this normal for trucks let alone 100k trucks like raptors and TRX’s?? I’ve never experienced this on any vehicle. Lexus IS/RX, Land Cruiser, Infiniti QX, Volvo XC60. To be told it’s “normal” by service would be very upsetting.

I do have the flutter, but almost unnoticeable, unless I'm concentrating on it. I will say that my last two work cars assgned to me, had major hood flutter. One went 175K miles before they threatened to turn off my ability to get gas, if I didn't turn it in to get salvaged. I thought forsure that one was going to lose a hood on the freeway, but it held on. My brand new Explorer came to me with 25 miles on the odometer a few weeks ago and it has a decent amount of hood flutter, which super noticeable at 120mph ?

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