R1S Man
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- Austin, Texas
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- Rivian R1S with 20" All-Terrain Tires
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Updated with Drive Cam video:
So I pick my wife up at the airport, and it's her first time riding in my R1S. I put her hard top suitcase, her back pack, and her jacket in the back of the R1S. I only opened the top door to do this, and left the bottom back door in the closed position. As I'm leaving the airport, I hit a stretch of straight road, glanced in my rearview mirror, and noticed there were not any cars behind me, so I came to a stop in the road. My wife asked me what I was doing, and I said, "Put your head on the back of the seat because I don't want you to hurt your neck, I'm going to blast off". She does, and I put the pedal to the metal to show off my 835 horsepower, and the zero to 60 thing in 3 seconds.
Well her suitcase was loose in the back of the car, and, as you can imagine, it slams with great force into the back doors when I took off. I wasn't thinking about this at the time, but it is to be expected. What I didn't expect is to notice about a quarter mile later down the road that the back doors were open. I quickly pulled over, and ran to the back of the R1S, when I noticed her suitcase, backpack, and jacket were no longer in the vehicle. I looked back to where we came from, and her stuff was in the middle of the road. Another couple had pulled over to gather my wife's belongings and place them on the side of the road. I rushed back to the scene of the incident, and collected her things.
It infuriated me that this happened, and could have been very dangerous for all your gear to leave your vehicle in front of other drivers, and could have been much worse. There was no messages from the R1S that my tailgate was not latched, but the force of the suitcase hitting the tailgate forced it open, and all items in the back of the R1S were ejected into the roadway. If this doesn't constitute a good reason for a recall, I don't know what does. I'm now scared to punch my accelerator pedal for fear that all my stuff will come flying out the back of the car. Beware, and I will be contacting Rivian Service Center, but hopefully someone important will read this and take action to contact me immediately. This is unacceptable.
So I pick my wife up at the airport, and it's her first time riding in my R1S. I put her hard top suitcase, her back pack, and her jacket in the back of the R1S. I only opened the top door to do this, and left the bottom back door in the closed position. As I'm leaving the airport, I hit a stretch of straight road, glanced in my rearview mirror, and noticed there were not any cars behind me, so I came to a stop in the road. My wife asked me what I was doing, and I said, "Put your head on the back of the seat because I don't want you to hurt your neck, I'm going to blast off". She does, and I put the pedal to the metal to show off my 835 horsepower, and the zero to 60 thing in 3 seconds.
Well her suitcase was loose in the back of the car, and, as you can imagine, it slams with great force into the back doors when I took off. I wasn't thinking about this at the time, but it is to be expected. What I didn't expect is to notice about a quarter mile later down the road that the back doors were open. I quickly pulled over, and ran to the back of the R1S, when I noticed her suitcase, backpack, and jacket were no longer in the vehicle. I looked back to where we came from, and her stuff was in the middle of the road. Another couple had pulled over to gather my wife's belongings and place them on the side of the road. I rushed back to the scene of the incident, and collected her things.
It infuriated me that this happened, and could have been very dangerous for all your gear to leave your vehicle in front of other drivers, and could have been much worse. There was no messages from the R1S that my tailgate was not latched, but the force of the suitcase hitting the tailgate forced it open, and all items in the back of the R1S were ejected into the roadway. If this doesn't constitute a good reason for a recall, I don't know what does. I'm now scared to punch my accelerator pedal for fear that all my stuff will come flying out the back of the car. Beware, and I will be contacting Rivian Service Center, but hopefully someone important will read this and take action to contact me immediately. This is unacceptable.
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