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I just got my Rivian r1t. I was driving it up a dirt road in the snow and immediately got stuck on the ice. I was surprised and disappointed, as I had made it up the road in my Tesla model Y performance with Michelin cross climate tires on it. My Rivian has the all season 21 inch road tires it came with from the factory. I couldn’t believe how easily I got stuck. I tried all the different driving modes and couldn’t get the wheels to all just keep spinning. It would tug a little bit, slip and then just stop. I had the vehicle floored and couldn’t move. Anyone else have similar situation?
I am aware of the difficulty finding winter tires for the 21 inch rims. My cabin is only a mile up the dirt road so I think I’ll just put chains on it next time.
Without a limited slip differential, I really expected better traction out of the 4 motors on this vehicle.
Otherwise, it’s one of the best vehicles I’ve ever owned!

 

[Riviano]

Some sand spread over the ice can help a lot with traction.

 

[JonW]

Did you try all driving modes?

 

[seanmakizoo]

Did you turn of traction control?

 

[Kingston]

Generic driving in snow tips:
1
Try going as slow as possible
The friction and spin creates slush and is harder to drive.
2
Additionally once you are in the hole caused by spinning, reverse and forward to rock the vehicle back and forth to break down the snow and then get out.
(?)

 

[RITVT]

Sounds to me like this is entirely a tire issue. Those tires on the 21's are basically bologne skins.

 

[Jarateng]

Curious if the just released Snow Mode update will make a difference for you

 

[rhumbliner]

Pretty typical performance for any All-Season radial. They’re useless in snow & ice. You need to switch to dedicated winter tires.

 

[Cactus]

OP previously made it up the hill in his Model Y...
ONce again Rivian needs to re-map the accelerator to allow drivers to feather acceleration and regeneration. Hope snow mode did that.

 

[RITVT]

Rivian added Snow Mode. It's in the latest SW update.
Stock R1T 21's are NOT going to perform on an iced up hill.

 

[Net Positive]

Curious if the just released Snow Mode update will make a difference for you

Thanks. I’m going to try again with the new snow mode. I’ll let you know how I goes.

 

[Net Positive]

Rivian added Snow Mode. It's in the latest SW update.
Stock R1T 21's are NOT going to perform on an iced up hill.

I got a set of chains to try again! Thanks.

 

[Net Positive]

Pretty typical performance for any All-Season radial. They’re useless in snow & ice. You need to switch to dedicated winter tires.

Thanks. It doesn’t look like there are any snow tires available for these rims yet….

 

[John Sykas]

I just got my Rivian r1t. I was driving it up a dirt road in the snow and immediately got stuck on the ice. I was surprised and disappointed, as I had made it up the road in my Tesla model Y performance with Michelin cross climate tires on it. My Rivian has the all season 21 inch road tires it came with from the factory. I couldn’t believe how easily I got stuck. I tried all the different driving modes and couldn’t get the wheels to all just keep spinning. It would tug a little bit, slip and then just stop. I had the vehicle floored and couldn’t move. Anyone else have similar situation?
I am aware of the difficulty finding winter tires for the 21 inch rims. My cabin is only a mile up the dirt road so I think I’ll just put chains on it next time.
Without a limited slip differential, I really expected better traction out of the 4 motors on this vehicle.
Otherwise, it’s one of the best vehicles I’ve ever owned!

I have not had any problem with mine on snow, slips on ice, but so does my track loader, tractor & plow truck. Being a heavy vehicle, I imaging that once it melts a little ice under the tires, it may stay put unless rocked out. I have the same factory tires. Now my Chevy Bolt gets stuck on any slick surface.

 

[Net Positive]

Did you turn of traction control?

I tried all the drive modes, off road drift was the best but still surprisingly bad. In my Tesla, slip mode lets me keep the wheels turning. In the Rivian, none of the wheels would even turn after the initial slip. The truck just sat there and the accelerator did nothing. Quite frustrating. This truck should be an off road monster and a dual motor crossover suv with differentials shouldn’t kick it @$$.

 

[Net Positive]

I have not had any problem with mine on snow, slips on ice, but so does my track loader, tractor & plow truck. Being a heavy vehicle, I imaging that once it melts a little ice under the tires, it may stay put unless rocked out. I have the same factory tires. Now my Chevy Bolt gets stuck on any slick surface.

Yes, probably just expecting too much. I’m sure the chains will do it. The next question is to put the chains on front or back wheels or one of each?

 

[Net Positive]

Curious if the just released Snow Mode update will make a difference for you

They say that “Snow mode” is for ON street snow, not off road.

 

[Net Positive]

So it turns out that “Traction control” is mis-labeled as “Stability control” which indicates it has something to do with the suspension or keeping the truck level. In fact, this setting only adjusts the Traction. I will try this again tomorrow and also the chains.

 

[EaglesPDX]

OP previously made it up the hill in his Model Y.

With Michelin Cross Climates which are Winter rated. It's all about the tires.

 

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