PSA: Check if your Rivian is locked 😢

[Milermore]

I have turned off the proximity lock unlock. I used it for about 2 weeks. I'd go in the garage to get something and the car would unlock. I think it's a great feature but I don't think it's a very smart way to go about things especially if you're in some urban setting with your cell phone working as a key. Be careful what you wish for.

I use paak proximity all the time and really like it.
However when I'm at home, my office is right above the garage and my wife tells me she hears the chirp of the lock several times during the day (probably when I go to another room with the phone). So I tried turning off proximity at home. That solved the problem but I really didn't like having to get out my phone, open the app, push the unlock button to get in the vehicle. So I have turned proximity back on at home and just make it a habit to make sure I close the app after I get home from driving. Then open it up again when I want to get in the Rivian again. I actually find that easier than opening the app and pushing the unlock button (1 step vs 2 steps).
Side note: The Rivian is the only vehicle that is locked while in the garage because of its active locking when the paak leaves the area. But since the door handles stick out and I've been jabbed by them more than once walking by it while unlocked, I prefer it to be locked and handles in.

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[Donald Stanfield]

I use paak proximity all the time and really like it.
However when I'm at home, my office is right above the garage and my wife tells me she hears the chirp of the lock several times during the day (probably when I go to another room with the phone). So I tried turning off proximity at home. That solved the problem but I really didn't like having to get out my phone, open the app, push the unlock button to get in the vehicle. So I have turned proximity back on at home and just make it a habit to make sure I close the app after I get home from driving. Then open it up again when I want to get in the Rivian again. I actually find that easier than opening the app and pushing the unlock button (1 step vs 2 steps).
Side note: The Rivian is the only vehicle that is locked while in the garage because of its active locking when the paak leaves the area. But since the door handles stick out and I've been jabbed by them more than once walking by it while unlocked, I prefer it to be locked and handles in.

Why don't you just set your vehicle so it's unlocked while you're at home? You said you park in the garage right?

 

[Christopher]

1980 - First Key Fob.

43 years later, we figure out nuclear fusion, yet Rivian can't figure out how to ****ing make a working keyless entry.

 

[User433]

My biggest ask (i'm a simple user) for Rivian (well that and a decent podcast app) is to have the truck auto-lock after X minutes. I hate the way it tells the entire world "hey the truck is unlocked" which, if I recall, would allow you to get access to the frunk, gear tunnel, and bed. Has anyone tested if the truck can be driven in this state?

On a side note - does anyone feel like pushing on the closed door handles triggers PaaK to unlock? I'm sure it's lucky timing, but I'm now in the habit of pushing on the handle if I get to the door before it unlocked and low and behold it unlocks.

 

[Milermore]

Why don't you just set your vehicle so it's unlocked while you're at home? You said you park in the garage right?

Is there a different way to do that than set the proximity to ignore when at home?
Also, I don't like the door handles sticking out. I'm the kind of person who stubs my pinky toe on a door when I walk by an open door, and i've run into the unlocked door handles more than once.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Is there a different way to do that than set the proximity to ignore when at home?
Also, I don't like the door handles sticking out. I'm the kind of person who stubs my pinky toe on a door when I walk by an open door, and i've run into the unlocked door handles more than once.

Yeah there's an additional setting to keep the truck unlocked at home I believe. I would have to paw through the menu to make sure but I believe I have mine set not to lock at all at home. The handles do stick out though. Where my Rivian lives it has its own garage so that's not much of an issue for me.

 

[Impatient]

Can anyone please explain this behavior?- I have a two car garage and if my Lexus NX350 is driven into the garage while R1T is already parked and in locked condition, R1T unlocks by itself. can't understand why.

 

[godfodder0901]

Can anyone please explain this behavior?- I have a two car garage and if my Lexus NX350 is driven into the garage while R1T is already parked and in locked condition, R1T unlocks by itself. can't understand why.

A person in the Lexus has PaaK set up for the Rivian...

 

[Impatient]

A person in the Lexus has PaaK set up for the Rivian...

Nope. No key with the Lexus driver and no PaaK set up.

 

[virgnia_rivian]

After reading parts of this thread I think there’s some user error going on here..

We’ve had our truck a month and put 2,000 miles on it and haven’t had a single issue with PAAK working flawlessly. We never carry the fob.

Pull into a parking spot, push park, walk away, car locks. You must keep the Rivian app open and signed in on your phone. If it doesn’t chip and lock once you’re about 30-40’ away hit the lock button in the app.

We have the proximity lock/unlock turned off at home, and park in our garage. We typically lock the truck via the app at home, but even if we don’t, it goes to sleep.

If your vehicle isn’t behaving this way check the app or call service and ask for help. For reference we do carry the keycards in our wallets, but have never had to pull them out.

 

[TxBeachRivian]

What if you just kept car wash mode on?

I can’t even get it to stay on the entire time I wash my car.

 

[TxBeachRivian]

After reading parts of this thread I think there’s some user error going on here..

We’ve had our truck a month and put 2,000 miles on it and haven’t had a single issue with PAAK working flawlessly. We never carry the fob.

Pull into a parking spot, push park, walk away, car locks. You must keep the Rivian app open and signed in on your phone. If it doesn’t chip and lock once you’re about 30-40’ away hit the lock button in the app.

We have the proximity lock/unlock turned off at home, and park in our garage. We typically lock the truck via the app at home, but even if we don’t, it goes to sleep.

If your vehicle isn’t behaving this way check the app or call service and ask for help. For reference we do carry the keycards in our wallets, but have never had to pull them out.

Ditto.

 

[pklomboy]

After reading parts of this thread I think there’s some user error going on here..

We’ve had our truck a month and put 2,000 miles on it and haven’t had a single issue with PAAK working flawlessly. We never carry the fob.

Pull into a parking spot, push park, walk away, car locks. You must keep the Rivian app open and signed in on your phone. If it doesn’t chip and lock once you’re about 30-40’ away hit the lock button in the app.

We have the proximity lock/unlock turned off at home, and park in our garage. We typically lock the truck via the app at home, but even if we don’t, it goes to sleep.

If your vehicle isn’t behaving this way check the app or call service and ask for help. For reference we do carry the keycards in our wallets, but have never had to pull them out.

Yup I will have to add to this, listen for the beep, check your app.. you are good. There are times when the truck doesn't recognize my phone so I press on the handle and then it opens. Or I just open the app and unlock. Never had to use a key card and stopped using the fob.

 

[virgnia_rivian]

Yup I will have to add to this, listen for the beep, check your app.. you are good. There are times when the truck doesn't recognize my phone so I press on the handle and then it opens. Or I just open the app and unlock. Never had to use a key card and stopped using the fob.

To add to your point about the phone, I’ve noticed once or twice if I haven’t unlocked my phone (iPhone 12) for a while, and walk up that the truck it will take longer to unlock. If I unlock my phone as I’m walking to the truck it helps. This is likely more of a phone issue.

 

[RivianRachel]

I’m sitting at a restaurant about 25 feet from my R1S and it keeps unlocking randomly when some people walk close to it but not others.

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