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17 days parked in garage and vampire drain

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Discussion Starter · 3 mo ago

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It went from 81% to 55% in 17 days after I got back from out of country vacation. Outdoor temperature average was mainly in 50F ~ 75F range with Gear Guard was on, but it didn’t trigger any motion sensed video recording. I just learned I can geofenced Gear Guard to default off at home. What else can I do to improve and lessen the drainage situation?

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Discussion Starter · #5 · 3 mo ago

archiboy said:
Don't know for sure if this helps for the Rivian (haven't tested it). But quit all instances of the Rivian app on your phone(s). That way no queries are sent to the truck and it should remain in sleep mode. I do know that helps with Tesla's. But like others have noticed there's a huge amount of data these trucks are sending back to the mothership on a daily basis. Not sure if there's a way to stop or slow that communication.

I did kill the app when I was abroad. I only checked it twice when got new OTA Update notification.

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Discussion Starter · #6 · 3 mo ago

While in the same 17 days, our Lucid also had drain, but not as drastic.

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7% loss in 17 days, and I have checked multiple times because mobile app kept sending me daily reminder of new OTA update as well.

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Discussion Starter · #9 · 3 mo ago

John B R1T said:
Are you averse to leaving the charger plugged in? Even the dinky mobile charger on 120 volts would have maintained it over that period.

I leave them plug in everyday whenever I get home. But being far away from home for extended period, I rather detach from charger to avoid any possible fire hazard.

I’m not concerned of vampire drain as I have Level-2 charger at home. Just hope Rivian can optimize it in OTA Update down the road. I love this R1S! ❤

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Discussion Starter · #14 · 3 mo ago

John B R1T said:
I don't know what the point of the OP is. Do you? Is the "point" to bitch about it or find a solution or workaround? If he is worried about "fire hazard", that's one thing. If he wants to maintain a minimum level of charge, he can control that remotely and only turn it on when it gets to the point he's worried about it.

Well, I’m only less than a month into ownership of this EV. R1S is amazing, loaded with tons of features. Yes, it is a point I brought up to to see if this is normalcy or something I should be concerned about of battery management system. At home, I always take turn plug in for different EV. I don’t bother DCFC stations unless it’s for road trip.

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Discussion Starter · #21 · 3 mo ago

AWASHRIV said:
+/- 2% per day drain is not excessive depending on OP's "app discipline" and whether gear guard was on (regardless of whether motion was detected.....just leaving it on keeps the vehicle "awake" which burns energy. Even a Tesla (which is probably the gold standard of efficiency and battery management will burn about 7% per day with Sentry Mode on (also regardless of whether it senses or records anything).

milescrowe1966 said:
Maybe I'm missing the "severity" of this problem. I have not experienced the kind of drain posted here. But even so, 80 miles lost in 17 days is not really a huge issue in most peoples lives. When I say most people, I mean pretty much everybody. I can't see that many times that you would leave your car unplugged for 17 days. 80 miles lost can be recovered in 3 hours of charging at a cost of about $2 here in Georgia. Are there many practical, real world workarounds to this problem? Yes. Is it a problem? Maybe. Is it severe? No, not in my world.

Also, I left my Tesla unplugged at an airport for 5 days and it lost about 50 miles of charge. I did have the sentry mode on and it was parked near a walkway. FWIW.

Thank you for both of your reply. I just need validation as this is normal so I don’t have to call Service Center to troubleshoot.

I was on the cruise, I had Rivian mobile app turned off. I only checked twice when I received OTA update notification.

I never owned a Tesla, so I don’t know the metric for sentry mode or Gear Guard. But I am very happy to know Gear Guard is now geo-fenced to turn itself off in the home garage. I really appreciate that feature and all you guys answering for me not to be over-concerned.

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