Lowering windows at highway speed triggered system fault and turtle mode

[honey_badger]

Hey folks!
To let a bug out while driving at 75 mph, I lowered the windows and perhaps the increased drag made the software panic and it threw a bunch of errors like “system fault detected”, “motor fault” etc and limited our speed to 42mph. Thankfully there wasn’t anyone tailgating and we were able to limp to the shoulder. Did a hard reset and that seems to clear the codes, hasn’t resurfaced yet. Feels like a software bug to me where it detects increased drag and assumes it to be a motor fault. I’ve reported this to service and they are going to look at diags. Curious if anyone else has seen this.

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[WSea]

Haven’t heard this one. However did remind of the accident where a guy undid his seatbelt while in driver+….something you don’t want to try.

 

[honey_badger]

I thought you were surely joking, but yikes : https://s00n.rivianstories.com/posts/my-r1t-is-totaledupdate

Not trying that..

 

[DaveA]

I just had the same issue…fly in the truck leaving New Mexico and lowered windows at 75 mph. No error codes. ?‍

 

[Mobius1]

Must be a bug ?. Sorry, couldn’t resist ?

 

[WSea]

I thought you were surely joking, but yikes : https://s00n.rivianstories.com/posts/my-r1t-is-totaledupdate

Not trying that..

Newer owners should be aware of this behaviour!

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