{"id":420,"date":"2025-05-25T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:18:50","slug":"this-ev-owner-feared-their-suv-was-totaled-after-a-mere-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/this-ev-owner-feared-their-suv-was-totaled-after-a-mere-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"This EV Owner Feared Their SUV Was Totaled After A Mere Tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rivian-accident_2_1-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>A Rivian R1S driver accidentally backed into a UPS truck and, thankfully, didn&rsquo;t suffer much damage.<\/li>\n<li>Nevertheless, that fender bender left him wondering whether it would result in the car being totaled.<\/li>\n<li>Some recent examples show why their worry may be fully justified, while others offer lots of hope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For most people, a small parking mishap is more of a nuisance than a real problem. But when your vehicle is packed with sensors, custom parts, and carries a price tag north of $65,000, a light tap can spiral into something much more stressful. That&rsquo;s exactly what happened to one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/rivian-r1s\/\">Rivian R1S<\/a> owner, whose seemingly minor accident now has him worried the SUV could be totaled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The incident happened when the driver accidentally backed into a parked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/ups\/\">UPS<\/a> truck. &ldquo;I thought I was looking at its shadow in the camera,&rdquo; the driver wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/comments\/1kse9tf\/is_it_totaled\/\"><em>Reddit<\/em><\/a>. To their credit, it appears as though they stopped quickly after making contact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Small Damage, Big Anxiety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rear light bar is cracked and the tailgate has a golf ball-sized dent as well. How on earth could someone worry that this is enough damage to total an SUV worth north of $65,000? Well, it&rsquo;s a common concern for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\">EV owners<\/a> in this particular community. Almost exactly a year ago, we told you about a Rivian R1T with damage to the rear corner of its truck bed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/03\/rivian-owners-diy-repair-saves-thousands-after-mishap-and-teaches-us-a-lesson\/\">Rivian Owner&rsquo;s DIY Repair Saves Thousands After Mishap And Teaches Us A Lesson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The repair bill ended up being $21,149.16. An R1S owner in the comment section showed off their own repair bill of $10,803.65 for an upper C-pillar accident that narrowly avoided cracking the glass. Despite what looks like less than a square foot of damage, the labor alone was $2,322.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" data-embed-height=\"659\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/comments\/1kse9tf\/is_it_totaled\/\">Is it totaled<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/auptown\/\">u\/auptown<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/\">Rivian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>Things might be improving for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/rivian\/\">Rivian<\/a> owners, though. In another incident from February, we see damage that appears almost identical to that of this new case. That accident earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/02\/guess-how-much-it-costs-to-repair-this-rivian-r1t\/\">cost $7,490.34<\/a>. On top of that, another owner showed us in March how they saved thousands by using pointless dent repair (PDR) and their own skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/05\/repairing-this-rivian-r1t-cost-more-than-an-entire-kia-soul\/\">Can You Believe This Rivian R1T Damage Repair Cost $21,000?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Others suggested in the comments that this owner go the same route. Light bars like the one he damaged are available on the second-hand market and PDR can cost as little as a few hundred bucks. One guessed that the repair costs through a certified shop would be around $15,000 which, while a considerable amount, wouldn&rsquo;t be totally shocking for a Rivian. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course, it&rsquo;s always possible the original poster is being a bit tongue-in-cheek. Still, it&rsquo;s a reminder that even a light bump in a high-tech EV can turn into a surprisingly complicated and expensive process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"447\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/comments\/1kse9tf\/comment\/mtkxjie\/\">Comment<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/auptown\/\">u\/auptown<\/a> from discussion<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/comments\/1kse9tf\/is_it_totaled\/\"><\/a><br \/> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Rivian\/\">Rivian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Reddit\/u auptown<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rivian R1S driver accidentally backed into a UPS truck and, thankfully, didn&rsquo;t suffer much damage. Nevertheless, that fender bender left him wondering whether it would result in the car being totaled. Some recent examples show why their worry may be fully justified, while others offer lots of hope. For most people, a small parking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.midborodocuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}