Power steering noise

[Eric.S.]

Hello everyone I was finally able to pick up my grenadier yesterday Unfortunately, I noticed at home that my power steering makes a strange noise. I think it's not a normal noise, or? The filling level in the container was at maximum with the engine warm but switched off. The German instructions do not say exactly in which condition the oil should be checked. Does anyone have an idea? I tried to post a video but I always see the file is too big (7mb)
Thank you

 

[cdsvt]

Mine has been measured at mid 80s.. just need it to become even more obnoxiously loud to see if Corporate will approve the swap. Ridiculous

Out of curiosity, where is the sound level measured from?

 

[Dlucky]

Out of curiosity, where is the sound level measured from?

Front right side of truck. Hood closed.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Holy shit speaking of excessive noise!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rivian/s/vbxrOzjONG

 

[Granite Deer]

My 2025 SUV started making the same noise from the videos this week. Between this noise, the HVAC inoperativeness, and the software shitshow, this is not the ownership experience of a $95K automobile. I’m fine with quirks, but the OEM needs to be ready to address them.

 

[Dlucky]

My 2025 SUV started making the same noise from the videos this week. Between this noise, the HVAC inoperativeness, and the software shitshow, this is not the ownership experience of a $95K automobile. I’m fine with quirks, but the OEM needs to be ready to address them.

OWL for the power steering pump noise fix. No hope for the HVAC . Learn to love it.

 

[Granite Deer]

OWL for the power steering pump noise fix. No hope for the HVAC . Learn to love it.

Absolutely not during the warranty period, and absolutely not on my dime. This is on Ineos to fix, whether they realize that yet or not.

 

[Dlucky]

Absolutely not during the warranty period, and absolutely not on my dime. This is on Ineos to fix, whether they realize that yet or not.

I wish you the best of luck getting them to fix or replace the PSP. Didn’t happen for me after over a year of back and forth. Couple good threads here to read all about the noise.

 

[Granite Deer]

I wish you the best of luck getting them to fix or replace the PSP. Didn’t happen for me after over a year of back and forth. Couple good threads here to read all about the noise.

I don't expect they'll do it just for me. It'll affect more and more vehicles, worsen over time, and they'll either fix it for all of us or get an increasingly bad reputation as the "BUILT FOR MORE annoying noises" brand and lose their enthusiast market. I've read the threads and they suggest one of these two paths.

Ineos is in a precarious position: It's a niche vehicle marketed as tech-simple and robustly built. But they have enough mechanical problems, and certainly enough tech/software problems, that they may not be living up to their promise sufficiently to grow their market.

In the garage, people ask what that silly noise it (steering pump). In the car, people ask what that crazy service alert is. On cold mornings, people ask what that janky squeaking from the screen is (see my posts). People ask why the AC doesn't work well and why the HVAC whistles. These things are not OK for a vehicle of this price. We tolerate it because we love the design and core build quality and capabilities, but will only continue to tolerate it if Ineos fixes the problems time, which they are increasingly behind in doing.