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Does anyone know where the 12V battery is located on the 2025 R1S??? My Rivian was getting wrapped and they killed both batteries, we have been unable to bring it back to life and Rivian has not been helpful, they want to tow the car 250 miles to the nearest service center and leave until they can get to it!!! The battery is not in the Frunk as the 2024 and earlier models are, I appreciate any help!
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I know this was discussed in many posts a yearish ago when the Gen2 specs first came out, but I hate hate hate this. I hate it so much it is almost a dealbreaker for me ever upgrading from my Gen1 (even though I would love a Gen2 quad motor).

I have an old 2016 Jeep GC with a similar battery under the passenger seat. Nine months ago I had a battery completely die to where it was unjumpable. Such a PITA to install a new battery. I ended up doing it myself no problem, but 95%+ of drivers wouldn't be able to do it themselves. Why in the hell do manufacturers do this??

PS my cynical self knows the two part answer: 1) cheaper to manufacture and screw the repair cost (see gigacasting), 2) $$$ for dealers to make some easy repair / upkeep money
 

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Is the 12v battery in the R1T behind the frunk?
 

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Rivian went from a really bad 12v location/accessibility to a horrible 12v location/accessibility.
Hopefully next Gen they'll just go ahead and mount the battery tray right out in the open on the front bumper.
 

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Hopefully next Gen they'll just go ahead and mount the battery tray right out in the open on the front bumper.
Or maybe incorporate it into the HV pack and require the whole HV pack to be dropped to get at it? Seems direction they are working tword...
 

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Where is it for Gen2 R1T?
 

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does anyone know a source for an AGM 12V replacement battery, other than the service center?
 

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The 12v battery should be accessible with a physical key from outside vehicle somehow.

Classicically that would mean a physical key lock capability on the driver's door.

Then if it is up under hood somewhere...a physical release from inside the cabin to open the hood.

If it is in the cabin....somewhere that doesn't require removing a seat would be nice.

12v batteries fail and have limited lives. They should be as easy to replace. And in addition it would be nice if Rivian specified a battery a person can actually buy somewhere out of an inventory at a retail auto parts store, etc...
 
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There is only one 12v battery, and located under passenger seat. However there is a power connection available behind the frunk tub for jumping in addition to the jump cables located next to the hitch.

Thank you!!!
 

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I just had 12v replaced on my 2023 R1T, they said it was some precaution as I did not request it. However, i mentioned to mobile techbI had bought omuhu dio in as i went on foad trio just in case and he said that the car won't drive after batt replacement until a diagnotic is ran, which he did using laptop.

Is this true, I had assumed I could just replace and saw plenty of youtube vids doing just that?
 

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Sorry this happened to you. I specifically told the PPF company to not leave any door open to avoid this. They had my car for 5 days.
 
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There is only one 12v battery, and located under passenger seat. However there is a power connection available behind the frunk tub for jumping in addition to the jump cables located next to the hitch.
Do you know if there is reboot operation, we have the 12V system running but can't get the drive system to charge now?? Thank you!
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