RivianXpress
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After two plus years I took delivery today of my R1T Launch Edition. They delivered it on a flatbed and walked me thru all the setup and LOVE the looks and size of the truck even more in person. Delivery folks were very nice and helpful.
I crawled around the vehicle for 10 min checking things out and then said 'let's go drive this beauty'. I left my house in Conserve mode and then got to a windy part of the road 1/2 mile from my house and thought I should put in Sport mode. I promptly pressed "Sport' and expected to feel the truck handle the curves even better. Instead I hear this horrendous rubbing sound and soon realize the truck is grinding against the tires. I try to raise it back up but nothing. I pull over into the shade - it's only 75 degrees here - and get out and see the truck is all the way down sitting on its front tires. I try to change ride height and nothing happens (with "Ride height change not possible due to overheated air compressor" error message).
A call to roadside assistance and they have me do a hard reset but it doesn't fix the problem. It's gonna have to be towed back to the service center from where it came from less than a hour prior. 20 min later the same people that dropped it off to me an hour before come and reload it onto the truck.
Rivian Roadside assistance was great, kept me informed and called me a Lyft to get me home.
I saw a warning that the air compressor was overheated even though it's not hot here and therefor it could not raise the vehicle.
It's hard to describe the excitement and then frustration happening within such a short time frame. I mean I was less than a mile from my house!
I'm gonna chalk this up to growing pains and be thankful it didn't happen on a long rad trip. Hopefully it'll be fixed quickly and I can try and relive my delivery day!
I crawled around the vehicle for 10 min checking things out and then said 'let's go drive this beauty'. I left my house in Conserve mode and then got to a windy part of the road 1/2 mile from my house and thought I should put in Sport mode. I promptly pressed "Sport' and expected to feel the truck handle the curves even better. Instead I hear this horrendous rubbing sound and soon realize the truck is grinding against the tires. I try to raise it back up but nothing. I pull over into the shade - it's only 75 degrees here - and get out and see the truck is all the way down sitting on its front tires. I try to change ride height and nothing happens (with "Ride height change not possible due to overheated air compressor" error message).
A call to roadside assistance and they have me do a hard reset but it doesn't fix the problem. It's gonna have to be towed back to the service center from where it came from less than a hour prior. 20 min later the same people that dropped it off to me an hour before come and reload it onto the truck.
Rivian Roadside assistance was great, kept me informed and called me a Lyft to get me home.
I saw a warning that the air compressor was overheated even though it's not hot here and therefor it could not raise the vehicle.
It's hard to describe the excitement and then frustration happening within such a short time frame. I mean I was less than a mile from my house!
I'm gonna chalk this up to growing pains and be thankful it didn't happen on a long rad trip. Hopefully it'll be fixed quickly and I can try and relive my delivery day!
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