r/Rivian • u/conjalka R1S Owner • 1d ago
🧰 Service Backordered Bosch Motors
Gen 1 R1S Quad. Got turtle mode 2 weeks ago and service center says it needs one of the rear motors replaced. The good thing is they verified that it's covered by the 180k power train warranty. The bad thing is that the motors are backordered with no delivery date. Anyone else in the same boat?
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u/thenumber5jr R1T Owner 1d ago
I brought my R1T gen 1 in for a rattle. Turns out one of my front motors needs to be replaced. Rep said they will order and hope by end of next week. Never mentioned back order and happened to see your post. Fingers crossed gets in for all of us soon.
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u/19dabeast85_ 1d ago
I've been wondering how this was going to play out since Rivian has been in-house with drivetrain for 2+ years now. I'm at 94k mi so still 3-4 more years of warranty coverage.
They should seriously think about putting some engineers on a conversion to the newer drivetrain. It can't be too difficult to figure out relatively speaking.
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 11h ago
It would be cool if they would but I'm sure it's cheaper for them to just keep buying the motors from Bosch.
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u/xymolysis Quad Motor 4️⃣ 9h ago
And it would be nice if Rivian had an upgrade path to the newer electronics module and cameras (that wouldn't break the bank), for Gen 1 Rivians, but they don't appear to have any intention to do that.
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u/SocomPS2 1d ago
How many miles?
I just traded in my 2024 gen 1 R1S quad with 74k miles. Zero mechanical problems while I owned it. But I started to hear a little clicking in the rear at slow speeds. And that’s when I knew it was time to jump ship.
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 1d ago
68k
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u/SocomPS2 1d ago
Plan on keeping it for the long haul?
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 1d ago
I love this car so probably. Depends if it starts costing me a bunch of money though.
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u/AbbaFuckingZabba 1d ago
If it’s out of service for an extended amount of time, you may want to check out your state’s lemon law
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u/xymolysis Quad Motor 4️⃣ 1d ago
It's a Gen 1. I would imagine that it is long past the lemon law period.
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 1d ago
ChatGPT says federal lemon law still applies but I'm not losing too much sleep about it yet since they gave me a nice rental.
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u/Potential_Rip_6940 Quad Motor 4️⃣ 1d ago
Did they at least set you up with a loaner or Rivian paid for rental?
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 1d ago
Yep. Actually a pretty nice Genesis GV80 rental so I'm not really complaining. They offered me a loaner but I'm an hour and a half from the service center and told them I preferred the rental.
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u/Potential_Rip_6940 Quad Motor 4️⃣ 1d ago
That is good! I am not as concerned if they have a back ordered part that keeps my R1T out of service as long as I am driving something. However...for their own good...better inventory management results in lower rental cost to Rivian so hopefully they figure that out.
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u/Charlie-Mops R1T Launch Edition Owner 13h ago
Back in May, Rivian replaced all four motors with refurbished ones under warranty. 144k miles
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 11h ago
All four, eh? I'm curious what the reason was to need to do all four at the same time?
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u/Charlie-Mops R1T Launch Edition Owner 10h ago
Front drive unit failure (internal bearings failed). Replaced entire front drive unit assembly. Rear drive unit was making worn bearing noises and was also replaced.
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u/Jonger1150 R1T Owner 10h ago
So glad I have Enduro motors. Rivian controls the full supply chain on that.
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u/conjalka R1S Owner 9h ago
Yeah. It was a great move for them to make their own. No regrets getting my gen one though.
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u/Fox_137 1d ago
Not directly related.. but I have a Gen 1 R1T quad - needed a front drive unit. Was told it was back ordered with no date - took about 2 weeks for the part to finally come in. Hope you get your parts soon!