R2 teething/early issues -- Talk about your post-delivery concerns or headaches

[R1Thrilled]

@R1Thrilled well damn, David. Sorry but thanks for your transparency. Hoping yours is a rare exception or ill need to rethink my commitment.

Thank you, I truly believe these sort of issues aren’t common. I haven’t heard anything back from them yet (they just got the car this morning, and it is Saturday… so probably Monday at the earliest) but I expect them to take their learnings and use it to help identify potential problems in other cars, or correct service processes which could have led to this. But I’ll update everyone when I get info!

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[macb00kemdanno]

 

[a9967]

https://www.reddit.com/r/RivianR2/1v746zq

 

[TTedP]

If you have an actual alignment issue or operation issue with the door sure, but there are about a billion posts about how people do or don't like the "feel" of it. That's a design decision, not a defect or issue. If I don't like the feel of the steering wheel should I post here? Or maybe I find the choice of available colors to be a bit disappointing. Should I post here?

That's not what this thread is supposed to be about.

OT but I’d love to see the forum thread griping about the design choice of the new BMW iX3 steering wheel

 

[stevejust]

Because they wanted to put their money towards something more important than a motorized door for the charging port? The design they chose for the R1 does some crazy moves, so maybe they went with a simple flap as it's most likely easier and cheaper to replace.

Plus, it's really only EVs that have motorized 'fuel input' covers. If there are any on ICEVs, they are rare - so a plain jane flap is not abnormal in the car world.

But it didn't need to be motorized to be concealed in the trim pieces the way the S, X, 3, & Y were. Rivian could have it be manual, but still integrated into the tail light so that it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb...

...and it's not like they didn't already have a template to rip off from Tesla to do it. They put so much obvious thought into so much of the design of the R2 that the charge port door really sticks out as... not having had the same careful consideration that went into everything else.

 

[Budman]

I’m at 1 month R2 ownership and 1200 miles. All is well.

 

[Mos Eisley]

The word "module" is becoming a commonality among the various early reports of trouble.

 

[Mos Eisley]

OT but I’d love to see the forum thread griping about the design choice of the new BMW iX3 steering wheel

INORIT?

Once again, an engineer tries to reinvent... the wheel.

 

[NY_Rob]

OT but I’d love to see the forum thread griping about the design choice of the new BMW iX3 steering wheel

Fugly!! Much!

 

[redditnewb92]

I've had the car for about two weeks. No problems with any hardware. Build quality seems great. I had a small paint issue flagged at delivery and they made sure a due bill was attached for whenever I want to bring it in for a fix.

My issues have mostly been with the new Rivian OS 2.0. A lot of small bugs with Gear Guard, Notifications not clearing, keyboard not popping up when trying to search, etc. I imagine all these things will get better quick.

 

[Nadus]

Seems like a handful of serious R2 issues are being amplified because they're being posted and cross-posted on various websites. So this morning I tried to compile them into a single spreadsheet and only found seven that I'd consider critical problems that affect driveability.

Lemme know if I missed any and I'll add them.

I'm not trying to be nosy and track people's problems, but I do think it'll put people at ease if these issues turn out to be a tiny drop in the overall delivery bucket. TBH I was getting a little nervous about my upcoming order, but this makes it look mostly overblown (unless you're one of the poor guys who got stuck with a lemon).

 

[applemonster]

Seems like a handful of serious R2 issues are being amplified because they're being posted and cross-posted on various websites. So this morning I tried to compile them into a single spreadsheet and only found seven that I'd consider critical problems that affect driveability.

Lemme know if I missed any and I'll add them.

I'm not trying to be nosy and track people's problems, but I do think it'll put people at ease if these issues turn out to be a tiny drop in the overall delivery bucket. TBH I was getting a little nervous about my upcoming order, but this makes it look mostly overblown (unless you're one of the poor guys who got stuck with a lemon).

Thanks for tracking this, I agree on the couple of issues being amplified in multiple places. The only other one I recall is the paint mismatch issue, but that was caught before delivery, and I'm not sure how much sense it makes to track issues before the car is even in a customer's hands.

 

[a9967]

Seems like a handful of serious R2 issues are being amplified because they're being posted and cross-posted on various websites. So this morning I tried to compile them into a single spreadsheet and only found seven that I'd consider critical problems that affect driveability.

Lemme know if I missed any and I'll add them.

I'm not trying to be nosy and track people's problems, but I do think it'll put people at ease if these issues turn out to be a tiny drop in the overall delivery bucket. TBH I was getting a little nervous about my upcoming order, but this makes it look mostly overblown (unless you're one of the poor guys who got stuck with a lemon).

Totally agree. I think the more important thing is to follow along with their resolutions and see how Rivian handles the issues and treats the owners.

 

[Jeremy3292]

We should also note @Budman was one of the first deliveries and has been cooking along for over a 1,000 miles with no issues at all.

 

[DuoRivian]

We should also note @Budman was one of the first deliveries and has been cooking along for over a 1,000 miles with no issues at all.

He noted it above but thanks for amplifying.

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