2027 Rivian R2
The 2027 Rivian R2 is sold in the U.S. as an electric large SUV with 2 EPA-rated configurations. Its longest-range version, the R2 Performance AWD (21in), is EPA-rated at 330 miles with 105 MPGe combined efficiency. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of B. Owners have filed 5 complaints, most often about the air bags. Manufacturer pricing runs from $44,990 to $57,990 across 3 trims.
| Trim | Powertrain | Drive | MSRP | HP | Torque | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Standard | Electric | RWD | $44,990 | 350 hp | 355 lb-ft | 19 in |
| R2 Premium | Electric | AWD | $53,990 | 450 hp | 537 lb-ft | 20 in |
| R2 Performance | Electric | AWD | $57,990 | 656 hp | 609 lb-ft | 21 in |
MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.
Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Range | kWh/100mi | Charge (240V) | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Performance AWD (21in) | Electric | 4WD | 300 kW ACPM | 114 | 96 | 105 MPGe | 330 mi | 32.2 | 9.5 h | $700 |
| R2 Performance AWD (20in AT) | Electric | 4WD | 300 kW ACPM | 109 | 89 | 99 MPGe | 307 mi | 34.1 | 9.5 h | $750 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 50391, 50390.
The cheapest ownership win
Insurers price the 2027 R2 very differently, and the gap between the best and worst quote on the same car and driver is usually larger than any option you are weighing on this page.
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Recalls (2)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseBack Over Prevention
FSAM-1866These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Whether any of this applies to one specific R2
A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2027 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Rivian publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2027 Rivian R2, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
Parts & accessories for the 2027 Rivian R2
Search by fitment on eBay Motors — OEM take-offs, aftermarket, and the trim pieces dealers no longer stock. The listing and the price are the seller's.
Find parts for this R2 →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint database0 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 0 injuries · 0 deaths reported
Filed per year: 2026: 5
Most-cited components
In owners' own words
Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.
My 2027 Rivian R2 experienced uncontrolled acceleration to approximately 95 mph in a 55 mph zone. The incident lasted approximately 50 seconds, with uncontrolled power output despite simultaneous hard braking. I pressed the brake pedal as hard as I could. Burning fumes developed while I tried to regain control.
My Rivian R2’s passenger airbag sensor does not properly and consistently detect a passenger weighing 102lb. It also has had prior issues with a passenger weighing 120lbs. The sensor only works when the 102lb passenger slams her body weight down on the seat and then immediately buckles in. This puts her safety at risk.
I have a Rivian R2 bought recently on Oct 11. I noticed a problem that could impact safety while driving. Hood reflects the sunlight on to the drivers eyes and make it hard to see infront of the car. I was able to drive with handsfree, but this is a safety risk.
Uncontrolled acceleration for approximately 50-seconds. In-cabin video shows the immediate moment of power disengagement after an upward stalk motion occurs (that controls the vehicle's drive modes).
I am reporting a suspected passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) malfunction in my 2027 Rivian R2, delivered September 5, 2026. Shortly after delivery, "Passenger Airbag OFF" repeatedly remained displayed with my adult passenger sitting upright and centered, with her back against the seatback.
Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAPNHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.
Service bulletins & campaigns
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsMost often about: Electrical System, Power Train, Structure, Vehicle Speed Control, Unknown Or Other.
- RCA-78-26-007-1 Service campaign2026-09-23 · Electrical System
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles that may have been built with a south/rear multifunction module that was incorrectly assembled by the supplier. This condition may result in a reduction of electrical isolation and a corresponding malfunction indicator on the driver display informing the driver that the vehicle requires service. In rare inst
- RCA-64-26-001-1 Service campaign2026-09-16 · Unknown Or Other
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles that have underhood hinge closeout panel(s) that may have inadequate adhesion to the A-pillars, causing a perceived quality issue. Rivian will replace the adhesive tape on the underhood hinge closeout panels. Rivian is launching this campaign for customer satisfaction and to ensure the quality of Rivian vehi
- RCA-34-26-001-1 Service campaign2026-09-10 · Electrical System
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles that have a flexible charge port busbar that may not have been seated properly after the vehicle was repaired. This condition could prevent the vehicle from being DC fast charged. Rivian will inspect the flexible charge port busbar connection at the HV battery charge port connector and re-seat or replace the
- RCA-78-26-005-1 Service campaign2026-09-10 · Vehicle Speed Control
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles that may have an accelerator pedal that could become loose on its mounts over time, leading to noticeable free play when operating the pedal. Pedal functionality is not affected. Rivian will replace the accelerator pedal. Rivian is launching this campaign for customer satisfaction and to ensure the quality o
- RSB-52-26-001-1 Service bulletin2026-08-28 · Structure — Body
- Rivian is launching a technical service bulletin for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles with roof glass that does not provide optimal protection from high solar loads on sunny days. Upon customer complaint of high interior temperatures from sun exposure through the roof glass, Rivian will replace the roof glass with a version that reduces solar load.
- RCA-78-26-006-1 Service bulletin2026-08-28 · Electrical System
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some 2027 R2 vehicles that have wheelwell harnesses that could be prone to stretching and/or chafing over time. This may cause a wheel speed sensor malfunction and/or indicator light to illuminate on the driver display alerting the driver to have service performed on their vehicle. Rivian will reinforce or replace the harnesses. Rivian is l
- RCA-38-26-001-1 Service bulletin2026-08-07 · Power Train
- Rivian is initiating a customer satisfaction campaign for some model year 2027 R2 vehicles that may be prone to noise in the front drive unit when accelerating or decelerating while turning. Driveability and performance are not affected. Rivian will add a friction modifier to the drive unit oil to prevent the noise. Rivian is launching this campaign for customer satisfaction and to ensure the qual
A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.
Common questions about the 2027 R2
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsHow much does the 2027 Rivian R2 cost?
Manufacturer pricing runs from $44,990 for the R2 Standard RWD to $57,990 for the R2 Performance AWD, across 3 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.
Does the 2027 Rivian R2 have any recalls?
NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2027 Rivian R2. The most serious on file is 26V625000, covering Electrical System. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.
How safe is the 2027 Rivian R2?
NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2027 Rivian R2 yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it B (89/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.
What is the fuel economy of the 2027 Rivian R2?
Across the 2 EPA-rated configurations of the 2027 Rivian R2, the longest EPA range is 330 miles on a charge. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
What do owners complain about on the 2027 Rivian R2?
Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the 2027 Rivian R2, most often about air bags, service brakes, electrical system. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.
Are there service bulletins for the 2027 Rivian R2?
The manufacturer has filed 7 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2027 Rivian R2, most often covering electrical system, power train, structure. The most recent is dated 2026-09-23. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.
Which 2027 Rivian R2 trim is the best value?
$13,000 separates the cheapest of the 3 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you. The trim-by-trim ladder shows what every step up costs and what it makes standard.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 2 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | none | EPA emission certificates | The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page. |
| Recalls | 2 | NHTSA recall campaigns | A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags. |
| Owner complaints | 5 | NHTSA complaint database | Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold. |
| Crash ratings | none | NHTSA NCAP | NHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe. |
| Service bulletins | 7 | NHTSA manufacturer communications | Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | none | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | none | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | 3 trims | Manufacturer press kit | Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.