Lil'O Annie
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- Becky
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- R1T LE/LG/FE, 2022 Lariat Lightning
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- Farming, semi-retired
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We've had our R1T for a week now (delivery 5/11/22). Have probably opened and closed the tonneau cover 5-10 times at the most. As of yesterday, it will not retract completely and stops at around 3/4 retracted. Still closes, but will not open entirely.
We were concerned about this at delivery and asked our Rivian delivery person about maintaining/repairing the cover. We were told there is nothing you can do on your own to keep it running correctly, nor to clean it down inside where it retracts into between the bed and cab. It has to go to the Service Center to be repaired or cleaned. BUMMER!! We live over 200 miles from the nearest Service Center out on a farm where dust is ALWAYS present and can't be avoided. We expected to have problems due to the dust, even with regular cleaning of the cover surface. To request a fix, or not to fix, that is the question!! Just got it and loving it otherwise, so we don't want to lose it to a week+ of service at this point, nor to have it loaded and driven back and forth to Bellevue risking damage. What to do...what to do...
I've seen a number of other people having trouble with their tonneau covers, too. This looks like it is going to be a major problem for Rivian and us. What are your thoughts, or solutions, to this problem?? Has anyone figured out how to do some repairs/maintenance on their cover?
This poll will allow you to change your answer, if your situation changes over time. It would be interesting to see just how much of a problem this is going to be for everyone.
Thanks for participating!!
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UPDATE! I just discovered that when our cover sticks and won't fully retract, if I hit the button again, let it start to close about 2 inches, then quickly hit the button again to have it retract, it will go ahead and fully retract. A TEMPORARY SOLUTION to our specific problem of it sticking part way in or out. That's good enough for me until an ultimate solution is figured out by Rivian.
Maybe this will help someone with a similar problem before it can be actually repaired!
We were concerned about this at delivery and asked our Rivian delivery person about maintaining/repairing the cover. We were told there is nothing you can do on your own to keep it running correctly, nor to clean it down inside where it retracts into between the bed and cab. It has to go to the Service Center to be repaired or cleaned. BUMMER!! We live over 200 miles from the nearest Service Center out on a farm where dust is ALWAYS present and can't be avoided. We expected to have problems due to the dust, even with regular cleaning of the cover surface. To request a fix, or not to fix, that is the question!! Just got it and loving it otherwise, so we don't want to lose it to a week+ of service at this point, nor to have it loaded and driven back and forth to Bellevue risking damage. What to do...what to do...
I've seen a number of other people having trouble with their tonneau covers, too. This looks like it is going to be a major problem for Rivian and us. What are your thoughts, or solutions, to this problem?? Has anyone figured out how to do some repairs/maintenance on their cover?
This poll will allow you to change your answer, if your situation changes over time. It would be interesting to see just how much of a problem this is going to be for everyone.
Thanks for participating!!
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UPDATE! I just discovered that when our cover sticks and won't fully retract, if I hit the button again, let it start to close about 2 inches, then quickly hit the button again to have it retract, it will go ahead and fully retract. A TEMPORARY SOLUTION to our specific problem of it sticking part way in or out. That's good enough for me until an ultimate solution is figured out by Rivian.
Maybe this will help someone with a similar problem before it can be actually repaired!
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