YouTuber JerryRigEverything is understood on the web for his smartphone sturdiness checks, the place he scratched, bends, and usually makes life exhausting for brand new tech devices, however he’s additionally an electrical car fanatic, changing an outdated army Humvee to an EV and proudly owning a Rivian R1T.

Now, after a yr of possession of the American-made zero-emissions pickup, he revealed a brand new video on his YouTube channel (embedded on the high of this web page), the place he explains the largest issues he’s had with the truck throughout his 10,000-mile possession.

He begins by saying that the Rivian is “essentially the most enjoyable, essentially the most highly effective, and essentially the most succesful truck” he has ever pushed. Nonetheless, it’s not excellent: the show for the rear-mounted air compressor went out and had to get replaced, after which one of many air shocks began to get jittery so it obtained changed beneath guarantee.

Additionally, the powered tonneau cowl is damaged, as is the case on many R1Ts that had been fitted with the early model of the motorized cowl. Rivian is now transport the guide model of the duvet, with the redesigned variant of the ability tonneau scheduled to be prepared this summer time.

With this being mentioned, there are three issues that the YouTuber hates about his Rivian, and primary is water stepping into the driving force’s facet door each time it rains or snows. He says that he doesn’t know the way this occurs, however water might be heard sloshing round within the door, which might be very annoying whereas driving, to not point out the potential injury it might trigger to the electronics and the bodywork.

Usually water that will get contained in the door ought to routinely come out by means of the drain holes on the underside of the door, but it surely seems to be like this explicit R1T is way more cussed on this regard, even when – because the YouTuber says – Rivian put in bigger drains on his pickup.

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The second most annoying factor is definitely a function that’s properly designed, and that’s the extension panel that routinely lowers over the tailgate if you open the mattress in order that there’s a steady floor again there to make it simpler to slip lengthy objects out and in. Nonetheless, when carrying unfastened soil, it makes its method beneath the tray and instantly into the big hinge opening, proper into the sealed undercarriage of the truck, the place it might simply take in and retain moisture, which isn’t perfect for the high-voltage battery and energy electronics which can be housed beneath the physique.

Thirdly, it seems to be just like the centrally mounted wi-fi charging pad for smartphones might be tricked into releasing vitality by inserting a tape measure over it. Admittedly, it’s not as huge of an issue because the earlier two, however for somebody who makes use of an R1T to do truck stuff, it may be annoying to listen to the press of the wi-fi charger.

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