Rivian Air Suspension concerns?

[dogcheeselaundry]

Anyone else concerned about the air suspension? Just got finished converting a vehicle from adjustable air ride suspension to traditional coil overs after years of problems and far too much money. Having been dropped into deep sand 9 miles from a road due to a suspension computer programming glitch, I'm worried about long term reliability. Anyone know if the R1s can be converted to standard suspension components?

I got my R1T in March. Had a tie-rod problem (you can find the saga on another thread) and last weekend had the rear air suspension blow (system cannot elevate out of lowest setting - and sound of rushing air as if it is trying to blow air but it just comes right out). And to answer the obvious question I wasn't doing anything fancy - it was just sitting still at a high setting. Getting Rivian to look at it Tuesday. Not pleased that I have had the truck for 4 months and this is second time at having the vehicle out of commission. Last time took 2 weeks to resolve, who knows this time. My general conclusion with the truck is that it is incredibly capable, but not reliable. Comparable to a Landrover. Can't wait til Toyota comes out with a fully electric Tacoma - will happily trade in the R1T then.

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[rpmtexas]

I got my R1T in March. Had a tie-rod problem (you can find the saga on another thread) and last weekend had the rear air suspension blow (system cannot elevate out of lowest setting - and sound of rushing air as if it is trying to blow air but it just comes right out). And to answer the obvious question I wasn't doing anything fancy - it was just sitting still at a high setting. Getting Rivian to look at it Tuesday. Not pleased that I have had the truck for 4 months and this is second time at having the vehicle out of commission. Last time took 2 weeks to resolve, who knows this time. My general conclusion with the truck is that it is incredibly capable, but not reliable. Comparable to a Landrover. Can't wait til Toyota comes out with a fully electric Tacoma - will happily trade in the R1T then.

Sorry to hear. This is exactly what I was worried about. Chased an air suspension problem in a Grand Cherokee for years before converting it to traditional shocks. Air suspension randomly dropped out once while I was miles down a deserted beach stranding me. Thankfully I had cell service and was able to eventually get help. Be interested to know what the issue was and if there are any work arounds for truck dropping itself down.

 

[rpmtexas]

Of course my S was delivered with an air suspension problem. It randomly lowers itself while it is sitting. Sometimes it’s overnight. Sometimes it’s after 15 minutes. Sometimes it’s both fronts. Sometimes it’s a little drivers side and a lot of passenger side. Sometimes it comes back up right away. Other times it takes a few minutes. Sometimes it will raise up when I try to raise it up. Sometimes I have to lower it to make it raise up. Rivian has an air suspension problem. Feels so great to be proven right ?

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