My Rivian R1T after 15000 miles: the 18 BIGGEST ISSUES
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Dear Rivian, These are my 18 Biggest Gripes One Year Later. The Rivian R1T is a great electric truck, but there are a few things that are keeping it from being the greatest. I hope this feedback can find its way into future updates and versions of this amazing truck.
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Hack - steal electricity from RV parks, because they don’t have to pay for it 🙄
I was thinking the same thing! That’s so weird that he would just steal the electricity from an RV park!
He should be ashamed of himself. Probably a Biden voter.
"The best part is, its free" ~ Steals electricity from RV park. ~
A lot of good points, thank you!! If you're not paying for a spot in that campground, you literally stealing power from them on camera. It isn't free to them so it shouldn't be free to you!
Exactly. Before we stand to benefit, we should always pause to make sure it is the right thing to do.
@@skippy5311 He's giving all EV people a really bad reputation.
@@skippy5311, I don't think it's ok cuz he was being sneaky about it..
This is an EXCELLENT review that takes the time to explain the little issues that you only learn about after having a car for a while. We all know the Amazon reviews where someone literally just got it and there review is something like, "Fast shipping. I love it!" Good job.
"Let me show you this hack"
Proceeds to steal electricity from a private campground. 😂😂❤
One thing I learned for sure that Rivian owner steal electricity at RV camps. This shows mentality of Rivian owners "free stuff" and cheapness of Rivian for lack of chargers. face-fuchsia-poop-shapeface-fuchsia-poop-shapeface-fuchsia-poop-shape
fwiw it seems to be a state campground.
Is it really free or are you stealing power? I just looked closer and on the power pedestal it says to not occupy the site without a reservation. What is the name and location of that RV park?
@@ronlee9984 I don't think he's likely to tell you for fear of being ratted out. "Hi Acme RV park yeah there's this guy on RUclips in a gray Rivian, who is leeching off your electricity."
Good review video. Unfortunately, now RV parks will probably start restricting EV charging.
Funny part is, many already do. This RV park I'm in will not allow you to charge your car. Even though there is a 50a, 30a, and 20 amp outlet and we only use one for the RV.
Key west campground had to up the electric charge because of people using window AC in tents.
@@NoNORADon911
First time viewer of your channel and within 10 minutes realize that you steal electricity from an RV park! 😳
You arent stuck in traffic. You are traffic. 😅
Not Just Bikes!❤
One of my favorite RUclips channel’s and I wouldn’t dare get on a scooter or one wheel! Keep the great content coming
Thanks! Will do!
Brah, it you're rich enough to buy a Rivian you don't need to steal electricity🤣😂🤣. This looks like something I would do.
My biggest issue is wind noise going over 55 mph. Got small triangular window replaced on both sides, but still quite loud on fwy.
kinda funny you say that charging your car at an RV campsite is free, considering you typically have make and pay for reservations there. in short it's not free.. your just taking advantage.
Its all free, the electric just magically comes from the outlet not a coal plant somewhere.
Nice video! I love the wrap on your R1T, it looks great!
Ok, this is cool, i didn't even know you had a full electric car. This definitely goes with Freshly Charged. 😎👌
Yes sir!
"Thieves welcome" is my biggest grip with my R1T and is keeping me from getting an R1S for my wife/kids (because I know they will always leave it unlocked).
Hard to imagine anyone would stay a subscriber to this guy after watching him stealing electricity.
Very insightful. Thanks for the info
Turn off the auto lock feature and it won't lock on you "randomly" (as you put it). There's a default 2 minute time out. As for the software, do you really want your truck susceptible to over the air hacks? That if how you get over the air hacks. (when you allow known, vulnerable OS's access)
Nice video. Do you have a PPF or vinyl wrap? How much did it cost to install?
what a sad state we live in where we have to constantly be worried about theft.
Biden's America.
And then he steals electricity from a campground…
He’s a thief himself…
I learned absolutely nothing that isn't been reported on constantly. And two things, orange jeebus wears lifts so that's not his height. Second, pay for your own power. WTF for stealing electricity for your expensive truck. JFC
Hey James! Great seeing you on the big screen so to speak. Hope all is well. I'm thinking about the R1S for Hannah. Thanks for making this quality video. Take good care, Chris Dillon
The cruise control doesn't work at 90mph ? Be sure to have someone mention that in your eulogy . That and your wonderful thoughts on stealing electricity .
Great overview - thanks. "6000 some lbs, this is a huge vehicle" - It's actually 7,068 lbs
😂😂 stealing current from RV park and even suggesting to take advantage is highlight..
Charging at a RV park isn't a hack...thats theft!
If that's the case then using any device that consumes electricity there is also theft.
@@Mandeville135 Uh ya. Your supposed to pay for the spot to get electricity.
@@Mandeville135, those plug ins are for RV who paid for their spot...not cool at all
Love the channel. That said, let me test my understanding if what you said about your secret charging location. You sneak into an RV spot and charge for free? Seriously? You think that's OK? Someone has to pay for that. Nothing is free. That's stealing from whoever pays for that electricity. Thumbs down from me.
Appreciate the comment.
He does seem to like to scam and save money but complains if it costs him.
can't wait to be an 2nd or 3rd owner of a R1T
Couldn’t agree more with you!
Nothing like a complaint list from a guy who steals electricity.
I love my 2023 R1T. I’m not a complainer so I don’t have many gripes. My truck is not perfect but almost. Apple car play would be nice but I suspect money was the main reason why Rivian did there own thing
great video..thanx....hope they listen...
I do hope Rulivian makes a newer version my best guess at least two years, due to them being a bit newer in the market.
I also really don't appreciate you calling stealing power from an r.v. park free charging, alot of comments here about that already, but don't think it can be overstated how crappy it is stealing power for your 100k truck
What’s the name of your wrap? Looks great and the self-healing is an added win
Wll you guys review the new fighter supreme upgrade?
I believe the adaptive cruise control has a speed limit below which it will not operate. You showed being in traffic at 3 mph…not designed to work that slow and that makes sense to me.
I'm 5'9" and my biggest complaint is the steering wheel doesn't tilt up enough.
See InsideEVs story from 12/26/2023: "Rivian R1T Owner Says His Truck Has Been Out For Repairs For Eight Months for a damaged side camera"
I love mine 🙌🏾, all I want is Apple Music
At first I was thinking that these gripes were insignificant, until you got to the cruise control. Holy cow, that problem is so bad that I’d return my truck for a refund. The problems only got worse from there. Great overview! This video has convinced me to hold off a purchase.
Hopefully they can get that cruise control thing fixed with an OTA update.
No... the truck is a must-have it is awesome and I couldn't be more happy with mine. The R1T is amazing and I'm surprised it is as good as it is being they haven't built trucks 2 years yet.
Nice review but stop stealing electricity. I own an R1T. If you can afford the truck you can afford to pay for electricity.
?what?
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Cruise control, you need to be traveling 20mph or higher to engage. Kinda frustrating in traffic when you turn it off because someone cuts you off then cant re-engage it. Minor gripe and I hope it changes in the next update.
I feel like with the price, you should get electronic tint for the roof. It’s tinted, but not enough and under Sun it’s like you have your sunroof shade always open.
Gee, spend about $40 and get easy to pop on cloth mesh covers that tuck under the edges, stay secure, and remove and store in seconds.
So you're OK with stealing electricity from an RV Park? WTF Also, with a Rivian, you can change your charge rate in the truck, you don't need another expensive charger.
thats what i am saying... its def not free, he just assumes you can go use them
@@driftadvocate1839 Yes, he showed the sign that said a "reservation" is needed but chose to steal power. Class act.
The fact that the locks and opening and closing are an issue on these electric cars are not only not acceptable, its down right scary
Doesn’t happen when you’re in the car.
@@1486230 umm until it does happen.?relying on computers wayyy to much. Teslas have done it
I think (could be wrong) ACC won't activate under 20 mph. ps Monarch Mountain is a fav of mine as well.
Monarch is fantastic!
@@freshlycharged True, a nice alternative to the 'big box' resorts. Kudos - I like your ideas on improvements to the Rivian. Just picked mine up, and like you, I think the vehicle is fantastic, but still could use a few tweaks to an otherwise amazing first release.
On the Shockflo you mention how you can change the amps, does the Rivian not have a way to control amps through the app or UI like Teslas? That’s kind of a big fail software wise.
Rivian does...he apparently doesn't know it's on the right side of the charging screen.
I was sent a ShockFlo EVSE to test and promote on my channel as well but opted NOT to refer to my viewers as it suffer issues that could leave you stranded without a charge and/or give false indication of charging on the EVSE itself.
But in regards to the amp adjustment the Rivian can adjust, but ShockFlo requires the creator to mention that option since not all EV's can do it. Sounds like you know your stuff and why it is needed. But I will mention it for others that don't. If you can't adjust the amps in the vehicle then the EVSE (charger) should have such adjustment in order to prevent overload on certain lower rated outlets.
I have Tesla and the cruise control also have issues with direct sunlight - to my big surprise.
Why buy another portable EVSE if the Rivian comes with one that is sufficient? At home you should have a wall connector, could be the Rivian or another kind with equal amperage. Than you could charge even faster at 11.5kW. And even safer with an hardwired charger, for daily charging, than a portable charger.
It’s also kinda sad it takes multiple computer updates for the suspension to be optimally operating, IF that’s even the final update 🤨
No Carplay is currently what is holding me up. Was about to order one, and now I am not sure. Seems like people have been asking Rivian since it came out and they just ignore it.
Other than the adaptive cruise I don't like the excess of automation. Down the road it is just stuff that will break and be expensive to replace.
Thanks for the comment Jasper.
Front end looks horrible.
The list should start with: change this to a Cybertruck! 🤣🤣🤣
I won’t buy this truck, but I definitely won’t buy the visual abomination from Tesla.
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Some thoughts -- a lot of nit picks / non-issues like tire wear from aggressive driving and wife not easily able to enter vehicle at high height setting (where the height issue is obviously solved by the adjustable height) -- like others have said, it's probably not okay to use the RV park electricity -- a lot of commenters here buying into FUD sold by fossil fuel industry; EVs are good for environment, but require moving to cleaner energy for maximum effect, and each will take decades to complete so starting now a good thing; both are already happening -- EV trucks lose like 50% range when towing, but so do gas trucks; this is an EV shortcoming because generally total range of an EV truck is only 300, where a towing gas truck will have a crazy range like 600+; this is a real issue that will remain unless battery production gets cheaper, but long distance towing is a niche use case so impact is low.
You need to lubricate to slides on the cover.
Yes
Any gripes or concerns about the how short the bed length is compared to 6’ beds?
Its a sissy truck you only need room for groceries and golf clubs.
@@NoNORADon911 what’s a non sissy truck to you and why? Just curious, not trying to start anything aggressive
@@vinnym5095 Toyota Tundra (or Tacoma) or a Ford F150. You don't want to drive though floods with electric or wait for it to charge to escape a storm. The battery is super expensive to replace. Electric cars randomly burst into flames. I had a better longer comment but it got deleted by accident.
@@vinnym5095 Towing range is severely reduced using electric.
@@vinnym5095 And electric comes from burning coal usually (or nuclear) so what are we really doing here?
Driver plus and Cruise control is different. You can use cruise control anytime.
Note of clarity. Rivian R1T/R1S currently do NOT have standard cruise control (a gripe of mine), only adaptive cruise control (ACC). So if ACC is not available (e.g. dirty or iced over sensor), ACC is not available thus leaving you with no CC at all, not even standard CC.
If they made a Rivian truck with an 8’ long bed, I’d buy one.
Billions of people also injected the totally safe Phizer mystery potion so I believe you.
Better yet if the stock rivian was at a affordable price I buy it
The reason the tail gate blocks the camera is to remind you the tail gate is down
Sounds like batch 1 issues 😁. No doubt such isnt just confined to EUCs & PEVs. If possible, always best to wait for later models esp on new tech. TBH Rivian seemed to made a decent vehicle esp since they are new to this game.
Turn on kneel mode to solve the ride height problem on entry/exit.
I’m just concerned about the wear and tear on the suspension system using kneel mode. Should I be concerned?
@@freshlycharged No. Suspension system is asked to bounce up and down rapidly 10s of thousands of times each time you drive and the air ride is constantly working to keep the truck level and cushion for ride comfort. Asking it to gently relax allowing the truck to lower and raise up on restart is the easiest thing it will do all day
@@freshlycharged of course if your wife is like mine she never waits long enough for the R1T to kneel before opening the door which pauses it
@@freshlychargedyou bought a truck advertised for adventure and are worried about it being tall. What did you expect?
Pay for your own power.
Look nice tuck
Complaint - “When it’s at the highest setting it’s hard for my wife to get in” What’s the solution??? At the highest setting it’s so low my wife can easily get in? 🤷♂️ You cray cray
I should have my kids use your truck as a hockey back stop.........it's free right ?
Electric is taking over 🎉
Do some research not really
EVs are not the future. ICE vehicles forever.
This is a cool review but rivian will improve over time because its still early for the car maker
thats cool around 19 an hour is pretty slow compared to how fast my tesla could charge on a charger like that
#2... It's a truck. If you need lower buy something else.
Wish I could afford one
He could afford one but steals electricity to make it run.
Most of these complaints seem silly. “Too much bin space which becomes a black hole”. I’ll take the space. Stealing electricity from the RV facility is definitely not cool.
As a shareholder, thanks for putting up with all the aggravation of owning your rivian vehicle. Rivian may be a little overpriced and lack lot of features, but it's early. Routine things such as truck bed cover working; driver assist and apple play, may not be perfect now but they're just little annoying things. Rivians may have more flaws than other BEV makers, such as Tesla and Ford. But if we don't get early buyers like yourself, Rivian will never get the traction needed to become a mass production BEV seller
I still love the truck. You own shares, will you own the truck in the future?
Wait until you need a $30,000 battery or it just randomly burst into flames taking your house with it like happened to a couple that was loaned an electric Mercedes by the dealer as her gas Mercedes was getting a repair. It was not even being charged at the time. Or how about the electric car that randomly burst into flames taking the other 499 on the ship with it and destroying the ship also. The stories of these cars catching on fire is endless. My electric scooter almost burned down my house when it was being charged and let me tell you its hella scary and toxic and I thought the smoke might kill my pets until the house was aired out. I bought another electric scooter but I am very leery and cautious of it.
@@freshlycharged ... I own shares but not the truck or SUV. $80k for a any vehicle is too much for me. Just waiting a few years for the kinks to be worked out and price to come down to more reasonable level
@@NoNORADon911 You are exactly right they are "STORIES". Most of them are FUD. Statistics have shown that EV's are about 20 times less likely to catch on fire than ICE vehicles. You just read the headlines, instead of the whole article and follow up articles a few days or weeks later when investigations are completed. If the ship incident you mention is the only one I know about then the fire was not caused by an EV. The media needs click bait and you have fallen for it instead of doing complete research on your own. You have been manipulated by the media, believing the FUD.
Why would one need a $30k battery? I have a 10 year old EV with 200,000 miles on it. First battery. There are more like it out there. A replacement battery is most often covered by the manufacturers warranty that commonly lasts 8 years and at least 80k miles, some EV's have unlimited mileage.
An ICE vehicle commonly has 3 years 36 miles and then you're on your own. A transmission easily costs $5k, an engine $10k and yes, they do fail. I have worked in the automotive industry for almost 4 decades and have replaced many engines and transmission and done many repairs on ICE vehicles on components that are only found on ICE vehicles.
I would never go back to an ICE.
@@NoNORADon911I was a firefighter for 14 years and worked a lot of car fires, all of them on ICE vehicles (before Electric cars). Catching fire isn’t limited to electric vehicles.
The nitpicking is crazy
wait, am i missing onewheel videos here?
Your tires also wore down because you chose the free 21” (being cheap again) and they have higher efficiency because they are low resistance.
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One thing I learned for sure that Rivian owner steal electricity at RV camps. This shows mentality of Rivian owners "free stuff" and cheapness of Rivian for lack of chargers.
You know what you can do with the EVS .
CarPlay isn’t as great as you think. Coming from a Lightning issues I had included the GPS getting all wonky going all over the place, something in certain areas causing interference and disconnecting anything Bluetooth including CarPlay, never could successfully add stops by voice, cannot control the map with fingers, etc.
Feels pretty terrible to be considering buying a Rivian and have it knocked off the table because they can't support carplay.
the charge pad does work, just poorly
The reason the world has become noisy and difficult to live in these days is because of shameless people who shout “free” and steal from others.
There's one more right here. Shame on you.
The magic of making a cool car look like trash in an instant.
Maybe the phone will charge if you take the case off first? Maybe
Some serious quality issues for something this expensive, better stay with Toyota.
Making your own interface is an indefinite cash revenue stream.
Tire wear could be reduced very easily. Cars have had ABS and anti-spin forever, the logic for anti-burnout would not be that much harder. This is a truck, not a racing machine. Torque to the wheels could be set using speed, weight and other parameters so that tire wear would not be a problem. Even slippery roads should not be that hard to detect. Phone integration? I would prefer not. A key fob with three buttons... even two, would be just fine.
It is a truck, but it drives like a race car! 😅 and the truck does come with a key fob for those that prefer to use a fob.
Regen braking also wears them down.
All the things you mention are in regards to tire wear are considered. But when you floor the pedal on a heavy vehicle like the Rivian with race car acceleration, then there is tire wear. EV's have full torque and horsepower available at all times and if the driver takes advantage of that the tires will suffer regardless. There are many people that change the settings in EV's that will limit acceleration so they don't drive it like they stole it🤣 And many others just drive it easy and get the tires to last as long as on a comparable ICE car.
The Rivian offers some many settings in regards to driving, acceleration and suspension that it takes a little time to find the right setting for the your needs and thus the tires may suffer until then.
@@freshlycharged Ok, so what you are really saying is Rivian should fix your driving? Really the whole premis of your video is rivian should fix this. However, you point out the tire wear as a problem they should fix while at the same time saying you want the thing that causes the problem.... maybe make up your mind? Other comments indicate Rivian has already done the work, which to me says you have chosen to bypass these things. So even mentioning tire wear on a video about Rivian should fix this is just plain wrong.
Once you lose the key fob and have phone connectivity (tesla) you never want to go back to stupid fobs. Tire wear on a vehicle this heavy and powerful will always be an issue due to physics.
Rear wheel steering would be a game changer!
no
Or skid steering, the BYD can do 360s in its wheelbase
I'm pretty LBJ was the tallest president
Trump was third tallest it said, so LBJ is still number 1
Rebuttal to your gripes:
#1: You leave your vehicle unlocked and blame the manufacturer for it being stolen? Lock your car if you don’t want it to be stolen.
#2: It’s a Truck, it is high up. It has a setting to lower to truck when it is parked, use it.
#3: Fair, the charging pad sucks. Most horizontal charging pads suck.
#4: I don’t know what your complaint is? The centre console is too large? If you can’t find anything in the centre console, don’t put so much shit in it. What exactly do you want Rivian to fix here?
#5: Alexa always sucks. And?
#6: Yes CarPlay would be nice.
#7: You want to be able to break the law and speed? 90mph = 144kph, that an insane speed unless you are on the Autobahn.
#8: You complain when your car doesn’t drive for you. It is a car, drive the car. Self driving is in its beta testing, why do you expect it to be perfect?
#9: You are padding the number of gripes, this is a repeat of #8. What specifically is your gripe?
#10: Repairs are expensive, legit. You intentionally damage your vehicle and you know it will be expensive to repair? That is a you problem. Maybe don’t intentionally rake branches along the side of your vehicle and complain about how much it would cost to repair it? Just a thought. You knew it would be expensive to repair and protected it against your intentional damage. What exactly is your problem?
#11: CCS charging is a problem, that is not Rivian’s fault. They are joining NACS. 99% of EV charging is at home. If you can not charge at home and public charging is not available, maybe don’t buy an EV right now until you can reliably charge. Do some research before you spend $100,000. Stealing power from an RV park is not the answer. Please don’t commit crimes.
#12: Fair, the Tonneau cover is a problem.
#13: Again the Tonneau cover is a problem, move on.
#14: Slow down, you don’t have to burn rubber every time the light turns green. Try not being a reckless driver, and you won’t have to replace your tires as often.
#15: It is a smaller truck, it is what you bought. If you need a larger truck, then buy a larger truck.
#16: Fair
#17: Fair
#18: Legit, it is definitely annoying
I decided to get a Tacoma over a Dakota. Simply because the Dakota has issues at around the 60,000 mile mark. Whereas the Tacoma's known to go 300,000.
To see this vid of a vehicle having issues at 15,000 miles is pathetic. That's basically the break in period for a Tacoma.
Yup, no thanks to EV's.
Ohk...petty issues...no problem man.
AA and CarPlay will never happen, Amazon owns big piece of Rivian
Totally agree. Jeff could not live with that🤣
Owning a vehicle like this makes life so complicated. No thanks
omg... i've landed on one of those vids... go make a cooking vid and become a personality.
I've adjusted my driving habits with an EV to being far more economical. The instant feedback for battery consumption has granted the knowledge of exactly how much I was wasting with my driving style... so my EV tires have lasted longer than the tires of my old gas vehicles.
And where does the electric to charge you EV come from?
@@NoNORADon911 I chop down trees in my backyard and burn them in my BBQ. Then I capture the smoke that is released to push a fan attached to an electric motor. Its pretty inefficient. 🙄
I see one huge con to your Rivion! It has no bumpers!
And its electric.
You must edit and re-upload with an apology (+pmt) to RV park or you will be forever tarnished for unethical/illegal behavior. Ok to screw up, as long as you learn and grow. Waiting...
The backup camera thing is a bit much I think. Maybe it's a generational thing. I agree they are convenient but, younger generations have allowed that to be a crutch. You could always turn your head and look out the back window when reversing. LOL
Turn my head! That’s too much work! I need my crutch! 😅
I'm generation Jones (62yrs old) and I still turn my head but also use the camera to double check everything. The cameras are awesome enhancements.
@@freshlycharged LOL no doubt. I can definitely agree that it's a good crutch.
@@LemonySnicket-EUC I can't say too much. There are 5 on my RV and 2 on my Buick. I guess I have zero room to talk!!
I agree that many rely way to much on the camera instead of using the mirrors and turning their head. But looking out the back window does not reveal the little kid that just ran behind your vehicle from the right side while you checked the left side mirror or looked back. There is definitely a safety factor there. Also back up cameras have been the law for several years now.