How to set follow distance

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Did you ever get this figured out? Mine just randomly started doing this today, I think because I finally used the garage door programming which messes with those right hand buttons

Do a full reset first before assuming something is broken. Usually a reset is all ot takes.

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[Time2Roll]

Mine is always set at the maximum distance. Wish it would go further. Especially at speed.

 

[McLovin]

Mine is always set at the maximum distance. Wish it would go further. Especially at speed.

Conversely, mine is always set to minimum distance. In the DC/Metro area, if you're more than 1 1/2 car lengths away from the car in front of you, someone will squeeze in between.

I'm not sure, but I believe that might actually be a law around here...

 

[Honey]

Anyone else still having this issue, did a full reset, I still can't adjust the follow distance, it stopped working yesterday for me.

 

[AreWanTea]

Yeah full reset for me didn't work either. If Nov update doesn't fix it I'm opening a ticket.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

I guess it could break, but user error is probably the likely culprit here.

 

[AreWanTea]

Okay. Is it user error that caused it to stop highlighting the car ahead on the driver display or displaying any of the horizontal ruling marks? Because I'd like to know how I could have PEBKAC'd the driver display too.

 

[Honey]

Had anyone found a fix for this yet?

 

[AreWanTea]

Not me, sadly. None of the resets or the latest hotfix OTA helped. Have tried disabling an re-enabling the various driver assistance functions to see if that would boop it but nah.​

 

[Honey]

I made an appointment with the service center to see about a fix, I'll update later.

 

[AreWanTea]

Hope they can get to ya in a timely manner. I really need to do the same but, ugh it's so far away

 

[tnots]

I have the same exact issue on Gen2 R1S and it started right after 2025.38 (aka Halloween Update). It persisted through 2025.38.30. It is our second Rivian so I'm well aware of how it should act, and the Follow Distance feature worked previously prior to the software update. When we use ACC or ECC a little blue 'dot' appears underneath the car and it defaults to using the furthest distance away from the car in front of us. The lines never appear and the scroll wheel does nothing.

In addition, other problems have also appeared:

1. Music App preferences reset after a long sleep - i.e. I 'hide' Sirius, Spotify, Bluetooth, and they will reappear in my quick list of Music Apps after a long sleep.
2. Forward Collision Warning (FCW) Settings Reset - I set it to Early, it uses that for my current drive, but it reverts to the default aka Normal setting after a long sleep.
3. Upon backing up into our garage, the rear sensors light up as if there is an obstacle immediately behind the rear bumper (i.e. Red warning lines, beeps, etc) as soon as I go over the garage floor 'hump'. If I brake, stop reversing, it'll reset as if that obstacle is nowhere to be found and then monitors obstacles from a distance accordingly.

Troubleshooting Already Performed:

1. Checked for mud/obstructions on rear bumper sensors/camera (Clean).
2. Verified vehicle is NOT in Tow Mode.
3. Performed Soft Reset (Infotainment).
4. Performed Hard Reset (Full vehicle reboot).
5. Performed "Deep Sleep" cycle (Unplugged, locked, waited 45+ mins).

I have a service appointment setup in a month after dealing with it for two months and getting tired of the software issues starting to pile up. Otherwise the car works fine.

 

[Scottm]

If it’s happening to multiple people I would wait for a software update. My Highway assist went away completely for one update but came back with the next update.

 

[Honey]

Did any of you guys get the update yet, and did that fix this.

My rivian has been in service for a week and they can't figure out this issue and has been escalated.

 

[tnots]

Not yet, but check out the rivian review video, notice that the follow distance lines never appears for him when he's on the highway, no matter how close he gets to the vehicle in front of him. I wonder if this is by design or if he is also affected by the same issue and doesn't know it yet. https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/2025-46-update-release-notes.53697/post-916461

EDIT: Appears this may have been removed on purpose per the thread below, it definitely doesn't appear in the new version as the scroll wheel purpose has been reused to set the Autonomy Drive Styles: Mild, Medium, and Spicy. Maybe we were impacted by it unofficially before this software release went live??

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/2025-46-update-release-notes.53697/post-916581

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