Recall · 26V009000
Rivian Automotive recalled 2 models over seat belts
869
Vehicles covered
2
Models
9
Model years
January 15, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Rivian Automotive, LLC (Rivian) is recalling certain 2022-2025 R1T and 2022-2026 R1S vehicles. The bolts that secure the second-row driver and passenger side seat belt retractor assemblies may be improperly tightened.
- What it can cause
- An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not adequately restrain the seat occupant, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Rivian will inspect and tighten the bolts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 2, 2026. Owners may contact Rivian customer service at 1-888-748-4261. Rivian's number for this recall is FSAM-1795.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
How this campaign compares
At 869 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 57% of the 19,248 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 471. It covers model years 2022 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Rivian vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 4 times before this, most recently in November 2025 as 25V816000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 9 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 303 complaints with NHTSA, 207 of them before this campaign was filed. 13 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2022, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 22 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V597000 (back over prevention), 26V508000 (exterior lighting), 26V003000 (suspension), 25V585000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Rivian Automotive, LLC with NHTSA on January 15, 2026 as campaign 26V009000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2026-01-15.
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