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

[macb00kemdanno]

Yikes! Godspeed to all you beta testers out there

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[Josh X]

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).

I’m the bottom Reddit one. Southernboyj is my Reddit username.

 

[Husky]

INORIT?

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

Hey, that work is for Product Designers, NOT engineers.

 

[SASSquatch]

What the heck??? They can't align a charge port door? How does that pass QC?

Yikes! Godspeed to the brave souls who took a chance on Gen 1 R2. You are doing Gods work.

 

[Nadus]

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.

Yeah, I thought about that one, but I was really just looking for things that I'd consider impediments to being able to drive the car. Like stuff that could get you stranded.

 

[Nadus]

I’m the bottom Reddit one. Southernboyj is my Reddit username.

I know your Reddit post focused a lot on the subwoofer, but I'm mostly concerned about the screen glitching. Did you know there's already an aftermarket subwoofer in the works for the R2? It's not online yet, but he's got a prototype so it's coming soon. https://soonishev.com/

 

[windshieldfarmer]

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.

With the exception of a few flatbed situations, the charge port door alignment is the most cited problem with the R2. That is highly encouraging

INORIT?

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

For $200 you can “upgrade” to a regular steering wheel.

 

[Josh X]

I know your Reddit post focused a lot on the subwoofer, but I'm mostly concerned about the screen glitching. Did you know there's already an aftermarket subwoofer in the works for the R2? It's not online yet, but he's got a prototype so it's coming soon. https://soonishev.com/

From talking to a few other owners, I think there's a decent chance the screen glitching may be a software issue that could be OTA fixable.

 

[Josh X]

Yikes! Godspeed to all you beta testers out there

That's me.

 

[Crab]

976 miles so far. Only issue so far is gear guard. SSD either goes unavailable and wants to format or drive is missing. If I just ignore and cancel out of the formatting drive screen and put the car in park real quick and back into reverse or drive the ssd comes back.

Absolutely in love with this car. Its so fun to drive.

 

[a9967]

976 miles so far. Only issue so far is gear guard. SSD either goes unavailable and wants to format or drive is missing. If I just ignore and cancel out of the formatting drive screen and put the car in park real quick and back into reverse or drive the ssd comes back.

Absolutely in love with this car. Its so fun to drive.

What drive are you using? Have you tried a different one? Wondering if you have a persistent issue on the R2 or an incompatibility of some kind...

 

[Josh X]

That's me.

Update: Rivian is having my car flat-bedded to the Atlanta Service Center tomorrow.

It appears that an ECU/Zonal module is faulty as its not just the subwoofer and blind spot view as I thought, its all things under the "Autonomy -> Obstacle Avoidance" sub-menu, which includes blind spot view.

They also plan to replace the defective subwoofer.

 

[sparked]

Update: Rivian is having my car flat-bedded to the Atlanta Service Center tomorrow.

It appears that an ECU/Zonal module is faulty as its not just the subwoofer and blind spot view as I thought, its all things under the "Autonomy -> Obstacle Avoidance" sub-menu, which includes blind spot view.

They also plan to replace the defective subwoofer.

RivianTrackr reported his original vin had an ECU issue so this seems to match up.

 

[Crab]

What drive are you using? Have you tried a different one? Wondering if you have a persistent issue on the R2 or an incompatibility of some kind...

Tried both SanDisk Extreme Pro 1Tb and now on Samsung T7.

Different cords with and without angled connection.

 

[Josh X]

RivianTrackr reported his original vin had an ECU issue so this seems to match up.

Yeah him & I have been chatting about it.

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