Is it possible to save Drive mode overrides?

[sdasilva27]

Is there any way to save overrides to drive mode? I have to turn “auto” off every single time I shift out of park. It’s extremely frustrating.

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[godfodder0901]

Is there any way to save overrides to drive mode? I have to turn “auto” off every single time I shift out of park. It’s extremely frustrating.

You have a dual motor? Thank the EPA...

 

[sdasilva27]

Yes a 2023 dual motor.
Oh I know why, but I’m over it. It’s ridiculous and prematurely wearing my tires out which costs me a lot more than a little range. Surely a vehicle this smart has a way to save a preset…. This is insanity.

 

[runwithscissors]

Is there any way to save overrides to drive mode? I have to turn “auto” off every single time I shift out of park. It’s extremely frustrating.

That's wild and never knew that. I'd never get a dual because of the supposed disconnect thunk noise but I'd have to try it IRL to verify. The auto alone would definitely keep me from choosing that model but I'm in a Gen 1 even with 20's where it drives like crap in anything but standard.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Yes a 2023 dual motor.
Oh I know why, but I’m over it. It’s ridiculous and prematurely wearing my tires out which costs me a lot more than a little range. Surely a vehicle this smart has a way to save a preset…. This is insanity.

Get a Tri or Quad.

 

[sdasilva27]

Not a realistic option….

 

[1stPlace]

Question has already been answered. I have nothing to add to this exact topic. But, you know what I also hate? Auto start/stop on ICE vehicles. Makes me feel like I just stalled out a manual. Yet, every auto manufacturer including many German sports car makers have continued to do it in their vehicles. Regulations are causing these awful market options, but I still want to blame the auto manufacturers for caving to meet these "standards". Having to hit these buttons needlessly every time you get in your car is a minor annoyance but in the cumulative becomes a frustration that you just start every drive with. First world problems, I get it...But auto start/stop didn't save us from climate change or make any measurable impact. If I didn't have a Gen 1 quad I would be equally annoyed with the auto ride height. So, I feel for ya, OP.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Question has already been answered. I have nothing to add to this exact topic. But, you know what I also hate? Auto start/stop on ICE vehicles. Makes me feel like I just stalled out a manual. Yet, every auto manufacturer including many German sports car makers have continued to do it in their vehicles. Regulations are causing these awful market options, but I still want to blame the auto manufacturers for caving to meet these "standards". Having to hit these buttons needlessly every time you get in your car is a minor annoyance but in the cumulative becomes a frustration that you just start every drive with. First world problems, I get it...But auto start/stop didn't save us from climate change or make any measurable impact. If I didn't have a Gen 1 quad I would be equally annoyed with the auto ride height. So, I feel for ya, OP.

First gen auto start/stop was awful. Current ones aren’t as abrupt. At least based on the rentals/loaners I’ve had since ‘16.

 

[JM.]

Surely a vehicle this smart has a way to save a preset….

What you're not understanding is that it is legally required to reset that one setting on the dual motor. It does save all other settings, and non-duals save that too.

Modern ASS is not intrusive at all, don't care. I just wish my ICE backup car would remember its sport/eco setting, but that probably is another legal requirement.

 

[sub]

It isn't fair to blame the government for this as most of the comments about this usually imply. The rule just says that if you want to advertise a certain number, the vehicle has to actually be able to meet that number with the default settings.

IMO, that is entirely reasonable and how the law should be. Otherwise we will have companies playing all sorts of stupid games. Imagine a Lamborghini that has a 1-cylinder mode that gets 90 MPG and top speed of 15mph. They know that one will ever use it, but hey you could press the button to enable it so should they be able to advertise 90 MPG? No they shouldn't. In the normal mode that people actually use it gets 9 MPG so that is the number they should have to advertise.

I agree that Rivian's drive mode settings not being sticky is stupid. But it is Rivian being stupid not the government. Rivian decided that being able to advertise an extra mile of range (probably not actually 1 mile, but I suspect that it is annoyingly small) was more important than letting your settings stick. They could have just chosen to advertise the number that is achievable with all of the settings set sub-optimally but they didn't.

By having the bottom trim lock you into the most efficient settings they can use that bigger number in all of their advertisements which they thought was more important than not annoying owners of that bottom trim.

The sad news is that no - this isn't something that Rivian could change via a software update for existing vehicles because if they did so they would have to go back in time and have not advertised extra bit of range.

 

[Magicbus]

I won't pretend to understand how the Auto setting causes you to "prematurely wearing my tires out which costs me a lot more than a little range ". I will say that on my 2023 Dual Performance R1T when I turn Auto off it is still off the next time I use my truck. Personally I like it on but I guess that's why they give us a choice.

And I'm still trying to understand how the government would be involved default in ride height settings. Maybe there are different laws that apply to SUVs as opposed to trucks.

 

[Dark-Fx]

It isn't fair to blame the government for this as most of the comments about this usually imply. The rule just says that if you want to advertise a certain number, the vehicle has to actually be able to meet that number with the default settings.

It's totally fair to blame the government. They could have defined the rule differently, like allowing exceptions after a customer has agreed to some legalese that informs them that their settings will negatively affect their range. This would also reduce all of these instances of people wondering why the settings reset to default all the time. As it stands now, people aren't really being made aware that the settings they are changing even does that.

 

[godfodder0901]

And I'm still trying to understand how the government would be involved default in ride height settings. Maybe there are different laws that apply to SUVs as opposed to trucks.

It's the EPA rule that a vehicle must default to the mode/settings that yield the advertised/tested efficiency values. Since the advertised efficiency is based on auto ride height, the vehicle must default to that mode. This happens in ICE vehicles as well, hence the need to disable the auto start/stop feature every time you drive.

 

[Magicbus]

It's the EPA rule that a vehicle must default to the mode/settings that yield the advertised/tested efficiency values. Since the advertised efficiency is based on auto ride height, the vehicle must default to that mode. This happens in ICE vehicles as well, hence the need to disable the auto start/stop feature every time you drive.

Interesting, thanks. I tested this today in my R1T and it definitely stays in the ride height setting until I change it. For years I kept it on the middle setting until there was complete reset by Rivian service to fix a cell modem connectivity issue. The service guy left it in Auto and for the past 6 months I've left it there so I don't have to think about it when I get on a highway.

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