Bad day in Sedona -- R1S Recovery by Wild West Off-Road Recovery

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[Eric9610]

Very impressive that it was able to drive off with the spare on. I have so many questions. How did it get so far of the trail and why did the air bags not deploy.

 

[Tr4ckD4ys]

Very impressive that it was able to drive off with the spare on. I have so many questions. How did it get so far of the trail and why did the air bags not deploy.

Roof damage and driver side 2nd row door damage suggests they must have hit the branches on that tree on the driver side with quite some force… vehicle seems to have no warning lights on the dash… so many oddities about this one… maybe driver didn’t pay attention for a moment and ran off the trail suddenly, through the tree side and then came to a stop at the rocks and tree stump, which smacked the fender and driver side front wheel off.

but once more the Abstract Ocean tow hook covers are unscathed!! @AO_Pete

 

[R1Sky Business]

WTF .... so adventurous. That should buff right out.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Stopped watching at 4:50

 

[Baldewin]

That gal was cool as a cucumber for driving it off the road like that. I thought if may have been the result of a collision avoidance with that side by side that was in the video.

 

[COdogman]

 

[HaveBlue]

Somewhere in the comments it was a reported that the driver panicked and so did the side by side. Not sure if it was an oncoming incident or two separate incidents in the same place but the former would explain what happened. Speed likely a factor by one or both.

 

[azbill]

Somewhere in the comments it was a reported that the driver panicked and so did the side by side. Not sure if it was an oncoming incident or two separate incidents in the same place but the former would explain what happened. Speed likely a factor by one or both.

I suspect they were coming at each other and at least one was going too fast. That trail is narrow and very busy on weekends, you have to stop and pull over for on coming traffic often. From the location, the Rivian was headed to the end of the trail, and the side by side was returning.

 

[RivianRunner]

Very impressive that it was able to drive off with the spare on. I have so many questions. How did it get so far of the trail and why did the air bags not deploy.

It looks like the actual impacts were too light to cause airbag deployment. You don't want airbags going off unless you actually need them.

As to how it got so far off the trail, well, that slope above where they left the road is steeper and more irregular than it looks on camera. My guess is they were just going a little too fast and lost control. It can happen in about one second flat on a slope that steep. The other thing I noticed when it was driving on it's power after extraction is the dampers didn't seem to be functioning normally (the R1S was bouncing up and down unnaturally). It could have been a hardware or software failure that caused damping to go away, which could have caused them to lose control in the first place. Damping is more important than many realize to maintain traction and control on steep, rugged descents. The motion of that heavy chassis and large battery must be damped or it will work against traction when you need it most.

 

[KBabione]

As a Rivian driver for whom off-roading means a well-maintained gravel road, I have a stupid question...Does insurance cover this kind of damage? Do you need a separate (expensive) endorsement if you're going off road?

I flew into Phoenix years ago every week for 9 months and rented a car from Avis, and on every single rental I had to acknowledge that I was not permitted to take my rental on Schnebly Hill Road in Sedona, even when they gave me a Tahoe or (just one time) an Excursion.

 

[HighVoltOverland]

Stopped watching at 4:50

While it may seem innocuous I've noticed that the inability to say the name of the company or the vehicle properly is a pretty good indicator that they are anti-EV.

Like a certain group who can't pronounce "Kamala"

I imagine that Venn Diagram is a near perfect circle

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

WTF .... so adventurous. That should buff right out.

Accidents are what [expensive] insurance is for. Oh wait, Insurance Co. X doesn't cover off-road use? That's what half-truths are for. /s

As a Rivian driver for whom off-roading means a well-maintained gravel road, I have a stupid question...Does insurance cover this kind of damage? Do you need a separate (expensive) endorsement if you're going off road?

Depends on your insurance policy and how helpful the insurance agent/adjuster wants to be. Most policies have intentionally vague language, defining what is on-road use.

Stopped watching at 4:50

With a thumbnail image like that and misidentification of model name? I won't even bother.

If speed is cause... There are lots of Rivian owners who have never gone off road. And a lot of people who don't off-road think of Monster Energy sponsored stadium supertruck when they think "off-road". Not saying all aforementioned Rivian owners are like that, but some are. This is usually how it ends:

 

[azbill]

As a Rivian driver for whom off-roading means a well-maintained gravel road, I have a stupid question...Does insurance cover this kind of damage? Do you need a separate (expensive) endorsement if you're going off road?

I flew into Phoenix years ago every week for 9 months and rented a car from Avis, and on every single rental I had to acknowledge that I was not permitted to take my rental on Schnebly Hill Road in Sedona, even when they gave me a Tahoe or (just one time) an Excursion.

I smacked a fender onto a tree many years ago on a muddy Arizona trail, and my insurance covered it.

 

[Robin]

Very impressive that it was able to drive off with the spare on. I have so many questions. How did it get so far of the trail and why did the air bags not deploy.

Someone didn’t take the Off Road Course taught by the Driving Company at Hollister Hills ,
Ca ???

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