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Rivian R1S 2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin RCA-38-23-002-2 · NHTSA communication 10240310 · issued Jul 19, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2022
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2022 R1T and R1S vehicles that may have been built with excessive clearance space between the halfshafts and wheel hubs. In some instances, this may result in a brief noise coming from the front and/or rear of the vehicle when accelerating or decelerating that is noticeable to the customer but would not result in any changes in the performance of the vehicle. Rivian will install washers on both the front and rear halfshafts to remove the excess clearance and eliminate the noise. Rivian is launching this campaign for cust

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.