Rivian problems by model
Owners have filed 233 complaints with NHTSA about the 2 Rivian models with enough data to profile here, covering 2 model years from 2022 through 2023. The R1S draws the most at 129, 55.4% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Rivian against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Rivian model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1S | 1 2023–2023 | 129 | 2023 129 | Air bags (22.5%) |
| R1T | 1 2022–2022 | 104 | 2022 104 | Forward collision avoidance (16.3%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Rivian model year on the site, air bags are the system named most often — 29 complaints, 19.7% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
Of the 233 complaints, 43 describe a crash.
Most-reported Rivian model years
The single heaviest model year of each Rivian nameplate, 2022–2023. Heaviest is not worst — read it alongside the model page.