Smoking R1S

[Zoidz]

"HAH! You're ridiculous for worrying about two tires spontaneously blowing off the rim at 60mph. When I was a kid, all four tires blew off my rims at 120mph! Get over yourself and pull over!!!"

Yep, that's what I'm saying.

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[DuoRivian]

FWIW my friend just bought a 2025 R1S on the 17th and it bricked 22 hours into ownership and is now getting a new battery. Maybe there is a run of bad batteries out there? There’s another report of one catching fire that was just posted as well.

Spread over a year?

 

[salmontag]

Here’s where I’m coming from, tell me if this is peanuts. When I was a teen, I was driving my Ford Falcon on a back road, I was doing around 30-35 mph. The radiator randomly blew out a pin hole leak. A coolant cloud billowed up and sprayed coolant all over the front of the car and windshield. It was late fall and the cold temperature condensed the steam on the windshield. I couldn’t see anything but managed to stay on the road and got stopped. I could easily have crashed. Less of a risk than a POTENTIAL fire, huh? Not in my book.

I'm sorry about my hypothetical "I wonder what would have happened if I wasn't parked" so you could make a snide remark, I know how an ICE would react to 90% of situations, I've only had 2 EV's and never heard of these situations so apologies for having NO CLUE what the car would have done in this situation. Let me add some context. I tried to immediately put it in reverse to move it a little further back from some dry grass, nothing. So I'm not sure I would have any sort of drivability. ONE GOOD THING. It's not a cybertruck so the steering wheel did work the whole time, just no clue if anything else would have.

As an update on the actual situation, it looks like maybe it was just an issue with the 12V. They haven't finished the full diagnostic but I'll let you guys know.

Back to debating about who's had wilder stuff happen to them in their car.

 

[SPITmadFIRE]

As an update on the actual situation, it looks like maybe it was just an issue with the 12V. They haven't finished the full diagnostic but I'll let you guys know.

There is no 12V in the rear of the vehicle. Seeing dark smoke come from the rear of the vehicle indicates an issue with the HV battery or something much more serious than a 12V issue. I'd demand they take another look and explain how a 12V in the frunk could fail and cause caustic smoke from the rear of the vehicle.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Sorry to hear this and for your frustration. 4 hours? I guess all the tow truck drivers were out to lunch? ??‍

Please keep us updated. Haven't seen this one before and am curious how they will resolve.

 

[Electron]

Here’s where I’m coming from, tell me if this is peanuts. When I was a teen, I was driving my Ford Falcon on a back road, I was doing around 30-35 mph. The radiator randomly blew out a pin hole leak. A coolant cloud billowed up and sprayed coolant all over the front of the car and windshield. It was late fall and the cold temperature condensed the steam on the windshield. I couldn’t see anything but managed to stay on the road and got stopped. I could easily have crashed. Less of a risk than a POTENTIAL fire, huh? Not in my book.

You're talking about an old car with an inferior design in general. If a bird sneezed you'd be sucking in and breathing bird goobers. Let's be real now.

I'd take a radiator coolant leak issue in a modern car vs any potential battery fire fisk in a newer EV. Period.

The OP has already provided an update so let's just stop with the rabbit trailing on an old experience that has nothing to do with this thread.

 

[Zoidz]

You're talking about an old car with an inferior design in general. If a bird sneezed you'd be sucking in and breathing bird goobers. Let's be real now.

I'd take a radiator coolant leak issue in a modern car vs any potential battery fire fisk in a newer EV. Period.

The OP has already provided an update so let's just stop with the rabbit trailing on an old experience that has nothing to do with this thread.

I was done with the thread with my last post. You brought it back up, not me. Congratulations.

 

[Electron]

I was done with the thread with my last post. You brought it back up, not me. Congratulations.

You're clearly missing the point. First you bring up something completely irrelevant then act like you've contributed something of value with your irrelevant radiator story. No one cares.

There's always that one.

Anyway, 12v issues. Definitely a common issue among EVs and at least it's not specific to Rivian only. Glad that it's getting taken care of OP.

 

[R1Sky Business]

I was parked last night, about 10 minutes in the parking lot, about to go camping. I hear this crazy metallic crash noise followed by a hissing air decompressing sound. I go to the back of the car, see brown smoke spewing out the back. It smells like gunpowder. Head to the front of the car, now getting a critical battery error (DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER). Got on the phone with roadside assistance, they tell me to move away. I hurried to clear everything out of the car (had a bunch of mini-stove propanes) and all my camping gear. The car slowly died, assuming that the 12V lost power and was disconnected from the main.

It then took FOUR HOURS for roadside to get me a tow truck, mind you I'm 20 minutes from a service center in a relatively urban area just outside Salt Lake so really weird.

Eventually nothing worked. The tow truck dragged it onto it's bed and now at service center. I'll return and report. Kinda scary though? Like what if that had happened while driving with my kids in the car?

Some notes for reference: Had the R1S for about a year, over 20k miles already, had a few minor issues already resolved (passenger airbag sensor, a few weird software issues, cosmetic stuff).

2023 R1S Quad Motor

So Adventurous!!!!

 

[salmontag]

Quick update. It wasn't the 12V although sounds like they replaced it.

I haven't got the full diagnosis yet but they are replacing the HC battery and rear drive.

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