Vampire Drain & 2024.27.30 (Gen2 R1S)

[anson]

Recently updated to 2024.27.30 and found that vampire drain IS a thing now. I heard Rivian used to have a lot of vampire drain but I never really encountered it until I updated it to 2024.27.30 on Sunday.

battery was 87%/246mi at 11am 8/18 Sunday (time after update), it's 83%/233mi at 4am 8/20 Tuesday, and now it 82%/229mi at 9am on Wednesday (I didn't drive the car in between, it just sits in my garage)

I did the math

• pre-update if no driving, it consume ~0.35% per day
• post-update it consume ~1.4% per day (exact 3 days now)

Did anyone encounter the same thing? also how did people handle this vampire drain? is there any workaround?

• Motion cam is off at home
• Lock only at home (no unlock)
• no seat belt buckled
• I checked app probably only three times in the past day.

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[Tim-in-CA]

I have had high VD post update on Gen 1 as well. I am seeing nearly 2% per day!!

 

[Colosaleen]

Near zero drain before on my Gen1 R1T but pretty significant now post update. I keep getting loss of internet signal, but go for a short drive and no issue with connectivity. AT&T is horrible here so wondering if it is sucking battery up because constantly trying to connect to the world. How would I determine this, is there a battery usage chart somewhere showing what is powering what?

 

[NY_Rob]

...is there a battery usage chart somewhere showing what is powering what?

Dare to dream that something like that existed

3 yrs in and we don't even have a wiring diagram. Want to laugh? Look in the owners manual for the word "fuse".. 444 pages and they don't even mention fuses.

 

[bigsky]

Your vampire drain looks about the same as that of my R1S. Mine is on 2024.27.01,
Typical daily drains over last 7 days are -4 miles/-1%, -3 miles/0%, -3 miles/-2%, -4 miles/-1%, -3 miles/-1%. On some odd days, it may be higher. Have even shut off power and put it on camp mode. Have not found a way to kill the app; it keeps restarting automatically.

One of my other 2 EVs sleeps like a baby; the other one has wild drain swings from a mile or two a day to as much as 6 or 7 miles just sitting in garage, reasons unknown. It seems that my R1S drain is not that unusual compared to the others.

If somebody has found a way to kill the Rivian app dead when not in use, please let me know.

 

[Hereforthesnacks]

Vampire drain is new to me. Teslas really suffer from it. Rivian is a little better. I had 0 drain on my LEAF, Bolt, and EV9. I could literally park the Bolt at 55%, leave for 2 weeks, and come back with it at 55%. But, it also wasn’t as connected as other cars.

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