Extreme uneven tire wear after 7,000 miles

[basserman]

A very kind motorist flagged me down on the off ramp of the FWY today to let me know my rear drivers side tire was looking bald. I thought he was exaggerating since I only have a little over 7,000 miles on my R1T. Well, he wasn't wrong. After arriving at work I looked under the bumper and snapped this picture. The entire inner 1/3 of the tire is basically gone. I immediately booked a service appointment to have it checked out. This can't be normal.

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[kanundrum]

Camber is fucked, a few of these from factory had issues, hit up Rivian for replacement tires.

 

[COdogman]

No, that is not normal! Can tell in the pic your camber is off by quite a bit.

 

[Gavinmcc]

Looks fine to me

(puts on glasses)

Oh shit...nope, like my uncle billy, that ain't normal

 

[Guy]

Camber is fucked, a few of these from factory had issues, hit up Rivian for replacement tires.

Is this issue now resolved at the factory?

 

[dleewla]

i see metal wires exposed. you should stop driving that ASAP as its a real danger to blow.

 

[kanundrum]

Is this issue now resolved at the factory?

Depends on how many drinks billy had who works the alignment rack the night before

 

[basserman]

FWIW, Rivian service was great. They fixed the alignment issue and replaced the tires under warranty.

 

[kanundrum]

FWIW, Rivian service was great. They fixed the alignment issue and replaced the tires under warranty.

Boom

 

[kizamybute']

Would appear that you run your truck in the low suspension setting quite often. That will do it. Same issues with Tesla's. Car lowers, camber increases and inner edge wears quickly. I turned off auto-lowering as the minimal gain in range I might get is lost quickly in the added wear to the tires.

If you don't run in low, then yes, there's an alignment issue with your truck and need to get it in. But, I'm betting the former is the likely culprit. Had the exact thing happen on two of my Tesla's. Stopped allowing it to lower and the problem went away. Having learned already, never have allowed the Rivian to lower, except in rare circumstances.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Would appear that you run your truck in the low suspension setting quite often. That will do it. Same issues with Tesla's. Car lowers, camber increases and inner edge wears quickly. I turned off auto-lowering as the minimal gain in range I might get is lost quickly in the added wear to the tires.

If you don't run in low, then yes, there's an alignment issue with your truck and need to get it in. But, I'm betting the former is the likely culprit. Had the exact thing happen on two of my Tesla's. Stopped allowing it to lower and the problem went away. Having learned already, never have allowed the Rivian to lower, except in rare circumstances.

Not as much of an issue with Rivian's suspension. Rear is multi-link design, front is double wishbone.

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