Squeaky door handles when they open

[dogwind]

OK to use dry silicone? What kind of lubricant? Is this a need for Rivian visit?
Bob

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[Tim-in-CA]

If you are within your one year adjustment warranty period, I'd just have Rivian address it. You don't want to spray something in there that "might" cause other damage and void any warranty on the handle assembly.

 

[1stPlace]

Would be good to know for those of us outside warranty or who would rather not make the appointment to resolve if it takes 5 minutes.

The squeak comes and goes for my gen 1 R1S...When it appears, I just try to find the humor in it.

 

[DuoRivians]

I’ve placed some dry lithium on the inside of the door handle, as close as I can to where it pivots. That got rid of the squeak for me

 

[shracks]

This Reddit post has incredibly detailed photos, procedures, and which lubricant to buy :

 

[dogwind]

Thanks for the advice. I scheduled service appt and they will also calibrate the battery in person (got a text a while back asking me to charge EOD to 100% and they would let me remotely know when calibration was complete-and no word so far).

 

[JeffC]

I'll be interested to hear what the service center says. When I brought up the issue of squeaky door handles they said, "this is common on new vehicles and it will go away on its own.". They were partly right. It disappeared for a few weeks and then came back worse than ever.

Thanks @shracks, I'm sure it will be easier to treat this myself rather than go back to the SC

 

[iamnid]

I was told they're aware of the issue but they don't have a fix for it.

Hopefully they've fixed it with R2

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

At end of last year my gen 1 went in for failed tailgate latch. I ask them about lubricating the interior driver door latch since it was squeaking when cold. Service guide at SC said they've gone through iterative changes/improvements on hardware, it's best to just replace the entire mechanism. And they did under warranty.

 

[rydb]

I still have this annoying noise on my Gen 2, talked to phone support and he said he hadn't heard of this issue, so I did some searching and there's a service bulletin for it: RSB-56-26-002-1

Not really a solution, it's just them saying to use the wildly expensive Krytox 205 grease to lubricate it away. How they haven't felt the need to do a more serious recall to avoid the embarrassment to the brand that noise causes is beyond me. Are they making a point to just pack that grease in newer builds?

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

I still have this annoying noise on my Gen 2, talked to phone support and he said he hadn't heard of this issue, so I did some searching and there's a service bulletin for it: RSB-56-26-002-1

Not really a solution, it's just them saying to use the wildly expensive Krytox 205 grease to lubricate it away. How they haven't felt the need to do a more serious recall to avoid the embarrassment to the brand that noise causes is beyond me. Are they making a point to just pack that grease in newer builds?

While you are under warranty, just put in a service ticket. It's possible door handles are among the many parts that have received continuous iteration (supply production side). Add anything else that you might want done to the same ticket to make the inconvenience/interruption more worthwhile. The call center generalists are not the most knowledgeable (unless they happen to be owners too with vested interest). They are just call center operators. The SC folks tend to have better picture on what the common issues are and what remedies there are. But that doesn't mean SC folks are perfect either. The common dash rumble/rattle, first appt. SC staff (who isn't an owner) said they couldn't replicate. Second appt., handled by a new SC staff who is an owner and knew exactly what I was talking about and got the assigned tech to fix it (loose wiring harness).

Mine (driver door) has not squeaked since replacement mentioned above.

 

[DaveA]

I was told they're aware of the issue but they don't have a fix for it.

Hopefully they've fixed it with R2

There appears to be more tolerance in the R2 handles (space surrounding the actual handle). Mechanism sounds better than R1 Gen 1 & 2 in my opinion.

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