R2 Pet Mode Concerns From Owner's Test

[Jabbahop]

I talked to service and they are trying to get me in tomorrow to check it out. I recall some R1s (can’t remember whether gen 1 or 2) had hvac with lower charge of refrigerant than at spec so maybe that is related. A few other details. 1) the AC compressor sound was barely audible either inside or outside the vehicle (pet mode or standard hvac mode). 2) the hvac had wasn’t able to reach the temp set point 72 but varied between 77 and 75 degrees on the 25 min drive home despite maxing the fan speed, turning off auto mode, and turning off fresh cabin air. The car was blowing cool but not really cold even when we lowered the set temp to 68 degrees.

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[R1Thrilled]

I talked to service and they are trying to get me in tomorrow to check it out. I recall some R1s (can’t remember whether gen 1 or 2) had hvac with lower charge of refrigerant than at spec so maybe that is related. A few other details. 1) the AC compressor sound was barely audible either inside or outside the vehicle (pet mode or standard hvac mode). 2) the hvac had wasn’t able to reach the temp set point 72 but varied between 77 and 75 degrees on the 25 min drive home despite maxing the fan speed, turning off auto mode, and turning off fresh cabin air. The car was blowing cool but not really cold even when we lowered the set temp to 68 degrees.

Sounds similar to my car, I’m in for Wednesday service as well.

 

[Jeremy3292]

If the car AC works great except in pet mode, that's not a hardware problem; that's a software issue. @R1Thrilled said his AC was fine.

 

[Jabbahop]

have our appt with service tomorrow. Will report on what they find. I initially thought it was just petmode but on the way home found that the cabin temp showed in the app was at least 5 degrees higher than the setpoint. Now maybe the app cabin temp is incorrect but the rivian app cabin temp was the same temp as showed on screen in petmode.

 

[R1Thrilled]

have our appt with service tomorrow. Will report on what they find. I initially thought it was just petmode but on the way home found that the cabin temp showed in the app was at least 5 degrees higher than the setpoint. Now maybe the app cabin temp is incorrect but the rivian app cabin temp was the same temp as showed on screen in petmode.

If you turn your set temp to LO does it cool the cabin and blow cold? I feel like mine is super cold so it feels like less an HVAC system issue and more temp sensor or software based. Like the set temps don’t produce the desired result. Will be curious to hear what service finds.

 

[SDH]

Is this not a bit concerning that R2s are being rolled out and something relatively basic is going wrong already??

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