2022 RIVIAN R1T — Complaint #2147172
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:EXTERIOR filed November 9, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2147172 (ODI reference 11698427) concerns a 2022 RIVIAN R1T and was filed on November 9, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 8, 2025. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:door:handle:exterior, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same RIVIAN R1T cohort independently describe similar structure:body:door:handle:exterior failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2022 RIVIAN R1T shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
the electronic door handles are malfunctioning and not opening or staying open. when they stay in and dont present, the door remains locked and cannot be opened from the outside. This is a safety hazard if an occupant cannot exit the vehicle in an emergency and the door cannot be opened from the outside. I have already had one (drivers door) replaced and now both rear passenger doors are malfunctioning. this is an intermittent problem. I believe this to be a manufacturing defect that should be covered at the cost of the manufacturer.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2147172 |
| ODI Number | 11698427 |
| Date Filed | November 9, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 8, 2025 |
| VIN | 7FCTGAAA7NN |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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