Halloween is just a day away. Are you ready to sport all of your Rivian’s new Halloween features? Rivian added various features in their annual spooky update with Rivian update 2024.39. This year, Rivian has gone all out, with not one but three Halloween car costumes and various other features.
The car costumes are selectable through the Rivian app when the vehicle is parked - and so are all the other fun features.
Halloween Update
Rivian’s Halloween update this time is the biggest it's ever been. Before we dig into the Car Costumes, let’s take a look at the sprinkling of other spooky features they’ve provided.
New Drive Mode Animations
First up is the drive modes menu. Every drive mode in your vehicle has taken on a spooky look, so pan through your available drive modes while you’re parked to see all the Halloween fun. Look closely because some of the spooky surprises are well hidden. The only mode that doesn’t have a spooky surprise is snow mode.
Camp Mode also got a little something special. The flame of the campfire is lit by some witch’s evil magic and is burning green alongside some pumpkins and crows in the background. And just like last year, pedestrians are zombies - but that’s not all. Motorcyclists and bicyclists take on a new form in the visualization - they’ve come back as headless horsemen.
Rivian has also introduced two additional lock sounds for Halloween, an owl and a crow. While all of the Halloween goodies will go away once the season is over, Rivian has already said that the owl lock sound will come back as a standard lock sound in the future.
There are also two new interior lighting modes, the red Crimson Moon, and the green Foggy Bog. To go with that, there’s a new selection of three songs to play internally, as well as a sound effect board, all done from within the Rivian app.
The best plan is to play some spooky sound effects while your Rivian is parked outside on Halloween night to give some trick-or-treaters a fright!
The Costume Selector in the App
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Knight Rider Car Costume
The Knight Rider costume dresses up Gear Guard Garry as Michael Knight and K.I.T.T.'s super intelligence takes over your car in the classic original TV show style. On Gen 2 vehicles, the lightbar up front will mimic K.I.T.T.’s unique red beam scanner, including the sound effect!
The Knight Rider interior screens
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Over in the interior, you’ll get three unique displays inside your vehicle. On the driver’s display, you’ll see revs, speed, and a ton of other information, while the main display will tell you all about how ready K.I.T.T. is to tackle the bad guys. Finally, the passengers will have access to the tools K.I.T.T. has access to - everything from energy cannons and radars to Missiles and Turbo Boost.
Back to the Future Car Costume
Back to the Future dresses up Garry as none other than Doc Brown, and you’ll get a super cool set of movie-inspired interfaces on the inside of your vehicle. Gen 2 owners can hit the 88 mph button on their driver’s display and engage in Back to the Future-themed interior and exterior lighting, along with sound effects to match.
The Back to the Future Interior Screens
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The driver’s display has all the information you’ll need to get your flux capacitor up and running, telling you all about the plutonium chamber and power you’ll need to hit 88 mph. The primary display will tell you when you’ve got your destination, what time it is now, and when you originally departed. The passengers get to keep an eye on the flux capacitor, and dial in the destination time!
Trunk or Treat Car Costume
Trunk or Treat has Garry as a scarecrow this year and has eight different sound effects and three color themes. That’s also alongside the option to select the thematic music for the interior of your vehicle.
All three interior screens will be haunted by ghosts and static, and Gen1 vehicle owners will get a green animation on the lightbar. Gen 2 owners will have their lightbar match their selected color.
Video Overviews
Jenna Ezarik over on X put together this awesome recap - so go take a look.
Rivian has released its latest owner’s manual (version 2024.39), outlining several details about changes to its 2024.39 software update and several hardware changes coming to Rivian vehicles.
While the 2024.39 update includes several big improvements, such as improved driver display widgets, improvements to Autonomy Platform+, the automatic front camera, support for Dolby Atmos in TIDAL, and more, the owner's manual also lists a few other changes.
New Wiper Speed Positions
This change was mentioned under in the Additional Improvements section of the release notes, but given how useful it is, we’ll outline it here as well.
Previously, the wiper positions, from top to bottom, were: Storm, Downpour, Shower, Drizzle, Sprinkle, Off, and Auto. With the 2024.39 update, the positions have been rearranged, and Off is now the lowest position, while Auto is placed just above it. This makes it easier to turn off the wipers in the vehicle since you can hold the switch down to jump to the last setting.
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Automatic Front Camera Display
One of the nicest changes with this update is that the front camera will now turn on automatically when it detects objects in front of the vehicle. When Park Assist detects an object in front of the vehicle and the car is moving at speeds below 6 mph, the front camera will automatically be displayed.
Previously, the front camera would only be displayed if the vehicle was shifted from reverse to drive and moving under 7 mph, a threshold that has now been slightly reduced.
LFP Battery Calibration Notifications
Rivian’s 2025+ Dual Standard vehicles come with LFP batteries that need to be charged to 100% in order to be properly calibrated. In the updated owner’s manual, Rivian now clearly states when the owner will receive a notification about fully charging the battery. Owners will receive a notification to fully charge the battery if it hasn’t been charged to 100% in over two weeks or 500 miles. This will help ensure that the LFP batteries remain well-calibrated and the stated range is correct.
Charge Port Locking Behavior
Rivian has also updated when the vehicle’s charge port is locked for their second generation vehicles. Previously, the charge port was only locked when the vehicle itself was locked. Now, with the 2024.39 update, the charge port will lock any time the vehicle is charging, even if the vehicle is left unlocked. If the car is unlocked, the charge port will automatically unlock once charging is complete. If the vehicle is locked, the port will remain locked as well, just like it was before.
Right now, the owner’s manual for Gen 1 vehicles does not have the same statement.
Passenger Seat Storage
According to the manual, Rivian is preparing some changes to the interior storage compartments in future models. The storage drawer located under the passenger seat will no longer be available, leaving only the driver seat with this compartment.
In addition, the R1T, which features storage under the rear row seats, appears to be undergoing some changes. In the manual, Rivian no longer lists the rear seat storage where it used to list it as lockable and waterproof. It’s not clear whether Rivian is no longer claiming these compartments as lockable and waterproof or if there will be other changes.
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to take a look at some spooky ideas to get the best out of your Rivian for Witchin’ Night!
We’re going to dive into some Rivian owner-created spooky inspirations down below, but before that, let’s take a look at what Rivian is delivering soon with its upcoming Halloween Update!
Halloween Mode
Every year, Rivian delivers a Halloween-themed update to its vehicles, and this year isn’t going to be any different. Actually – it is! Rather than one thematic flavor, Rivian is delivering at least two this year!
While it's less spooky than bats, Knight Rider ought to send a shiver up some criminals' spines as it watches over your house for Halloween. Maybe Gear Guard Garry will moonlight as K.I.T.T.?
Next up, Rivian also included another classic – we’re going Back to The Future! This one is super cool, and we’re sure someone is going to have their Rivian equipped with a Flux Capacitor this coming Halloween. Just make sure you get all 1.21 gigawatts of electricity you need! Gear Guard Garry will likely be rockin’ that Doc Brown outfit, otherwise he’ll be dressed up as Marty McFly.
Rivian always has plenty of goodies with their yearly Halloween Mode that comes in October. Be sure to check out what Rivian included in the 2022 and 2023 versions of Halloween Mode.
Owner Inspirations
Most of these creations are from the Rivian community forums – but we’re going to highlight our favorites.
Up first is Killer95Stang, with a vampiric Rivian and tentacles!
That's going to look spooky at night!
Killer95Stang
Next up, DTown3011 made an absolutely spectacular display with a skeleton and spooky mist! The cobwebs and spiderwebs over the headlights really complete the look.
The mist really completes the ensemble.
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Over on Reddit, user whoshartedmypants put together an ECTO-R1 on photoshop to go ghostbusting with. Maybe someone will put it together in real life?
While its not real, maybe it could be this year?
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Another Reddit user, Needs_More_Boost, put this cool display together. The next step is to fill that frunk with candy! Or so we say, but user ejb8705 on Reddit did just that and lit them up, too!
Super cool with the cutouts for the lights!
Needs_More_Boost
Spooky! Lots of candy for the frunk or treaters too!
ejb8705
And last, but not least, back from the Rivian forums is user PeterSK, with a truly horrifying hand hanging out of the mid-gate of their R1S.
This one will make you look twice when you stop behind them.
PeterSK
All of these are inspiring and we’re looking forward to what the community comes up with this year, especially with the new light bar effects. If you’ve put something cool together, give us a tag on social media. We look forward to your spooky Halloween Rivian displays!
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