Passenger side window opened by itself at 3:30 am in the rain

[Glembi2]

Oh that’s creepy.

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[COdogman]

 

[cpfrey77]

I’ve had my passenger side rear window open very occasionally, fortunately it overnights in a garage.

 

[cpfrey77]

2023 R1T

 

[WFR1S]

When I first picked up the Gen 1 quad, the rear hatch would just open up by itself in the middle of the night. It did this at least 3 times. I would just hard restart the R1S. I'm guessing it was a glitch that was fixed with an update.

I also had issues with the windows not rolling all the way up remotely. My confidence is definitely not 100% with Rivian in this regard.

Maybe recalibrate the windows though in the meantime. I think it's something you can do on your own. YT videos are out there.

 

[GRC]

Yeah I've had this happen to my trunk (R1S) twice so far in 1 year of ownership where it randomly opened. By default Rivian didn't pay much attention because the app 'could' have done this. However, as many have said rolling down 1 window is NOT an option in the app....so how and why did this happen? Did your app notify you of the open window?

 

[JohnB R1T]

FWIW, my money is on water intrusion into the door.

 

[cpfrey77]

Yeah I've had this happen to my trunk (R1S) twice so far in 1 year of ownership where it randomly opened. By default Rivian didn't pay much attention because the app 'could' have done this. However, as many have said rolling down 1 window is NOT an option in the app....so how and why did this happen? Did your app notify you of the open window?

No notice just decided it wanted to be open

 

[Svitenko]

I have inadvertently bumped the rear passenger window switch a few times in my short ownership. I didn't realize I did it until I noted the open window notification in the app. So it seems very plausible you did the same thing.

Not really plausible. It was 3:50 in the morning, and nobody was in the car, and it was not a rear window, but the front passenger window.

 

[Svitenko]

FWIW - my driver window switch would require 2-3 full presses to get it to "stick" and get a 1-touch down action. This behavior was nearly constant for over a year.

I called to put it on a ticket, they said they'd try with a mobile appt, and then, rather suddenly, it started acting normal. This is, however, shortly after said mobile appt removed the drain plugs from the doors since they were retaining water in the doors.

Do you by any chance hear sloshing? I'm wondering if water intrusion somehow borked your window switch.

I cannot verify that was the issue with mine since it magically got better.

I have not heard any sloshing, but I will check today on this. Thanks.

 

[Svitenko]

Kinda the same rowdi my R1T i thought opened the frunk in the middle of the night while parked in my garage….. but it was me some how i touched the frunk widget on my iphone. Kinda like a buttdial. Lol. Hopefully thats what happened to you. Your phone app activated it?

Not an option in the app to roll down just one window, and my phone it on a charger on my nightstand all night--not within reach unless I stretch to get it.

 

[Svitenko]

No notice just decided it wanted to be open

Pretty much! I guess the interior of the truck just needed to breath...

 

[Svitenko]

This may be the most plausible explanation so far....

 

[Svitenko]

Is it possible someone was messing with your app? I've never heard of this happening to anyone else, so this is a strange issue. Hopefully, this isn't a flipper zero type thing where people can hack into these to mess with them. It could even be someone with remote access to your cellphone due to a hack/malware.

Cell phone is secure, or at least more secure than most. I have worked in cyber several times and have a healthy paranoia about hacking, so have some best practices and tools to keep things as secure as I can. Also, as mentioned, the app cannot command a single window to roll down, so it would need to be a breach of the phone and a hack of the app itself to send that specific command. Hopefully none of that is the cause.

 

[Svitenko]

I’ve had my passenger side rear window open very occasionally, fortunately it overnights in a garage.

I thought about making the garage the default parking spot, but I travel a decent amount and am far more worried this will happen again while at a hotel or airport parking lot, as opposed to my driveway. They need to find a root cause for this and fix it.

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