Rivian Troubles: Clicking noise at axle, replaced half shafts and hubs, noise is back

Vincent · 2025-01-15T16:30:42+00:00

Just last month, I dropped off my R1T off at the service center for a winter tire replacement and the SC called back to say that I will need rear dampeners replaced on both sides. Unfortunately, I am at a total of 63k miles, which is past the warranty of 60k miles - passed last month. They quoted me for $4000 for replacement of both rear dampeners. So it left me wondering if I have any recourse, being so close to warranty or if I'm just SOL. The SC did reached out to the regional manager to see if it could be covered under warranty and was 'denied'. I won't lie, it was really frustrating since cause it didn't seem like an issue that was caused by anything I did. I looked up some online articles, hoping to see if anyone has had a similar issue and could provide some guidance but unfortunately, I couldn't see any helpful article online. Eventually, I paid the $4000 to have my truck fixed. It was painful having to spend such a huge amount but I felt like I was left with no choice. Not my best Rivian experience so far but I guess it's all part of the learning process. Was extremely busy that period so I couldn't take pictures of my R1T. I'll ask the SC centre if they took any photos of the truck and share them on my page.

Jaques R1S

New member

Mar 29, 2025

I had that bad/common clicking noise at my front axles back in Sept 2024 when accelerating/decelerating from a stop. The SC replaced both half shafts and hubs in the front and the issue went away.

Now, 6 months later it is happening again. I’ve got another SC appointment in a month, any tips or things I should mention the SC do to resolve this once and for all? I read somewhere that I would need to replace the half shafts again as they now have a while new assembly. Sometimes I just play some music and roll the windows up so the noise doesn't bother me that much.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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