New Horn sound update coming next week 📢

[PungoteagueDave]

I did the upgrade the day I picked up the truck in March and regret it. I essentially have no horn. People are not attuned to the CT’s fire truck sound as a horn, and it is quite weak compared with the original horn. A fire truck also runs a high pitched siren, with the loud buzzer as a supplement for attention. Considering opening a NHTSA case.

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[carsly]

old horn dogs are old horn dogs for a reason

 

[TickTock]

I did the upgrade the day I picked up the truck in March and regret it. I essentially have no horn. People are not attuned to the CT’s fire truck sound as a horn, and it is quite weak compared with the original horn. A fire truck also runs a high pitched siren, with the loud buzzer as a supplement for attention. Considering opening a NHTSA case.

Yup. You can always replace the physical horn with anything you want and that *is* reversible. As soon as you let Tesla control it via software, you are at their mercy.

 

[Jacob]

NHTSA rules + the fact that by “upgrading” you’re moving to a speaker generated sound instead of an actual old school hardware based horn (which doesn’t allow for variable sounds).

So, there are are NHTSA rules that don't allow you to revert to a traditional horn after having upgraded it? Does that accurately depict what you are saying?

 

[SCTesla]

So, there are are NHTSA rules that don't allow you to revert to a traditional horn after having upgraded it? Does that accurately depict what you are saying?

There are NHTSA rules that state you can't change the sound of your car horn, vehicle reverse, or noises while driving with software. So Tesla likely applied for a one time, optional change.

 

[TyPope]

I don't like the old horn for the truck but I was concerned that the new horn is not as loud

Find someone with a CT and ask them to let you hear the horn. Easy.

 

[TyPope]

I did the upgrade the day I picked up the truck in March and regret it. I essentially have no horn. People are not attuned to the CT’s fire truck sound as a horn, and it is quite weak compared with the original horn. A fire truck also runs a high pitched siren, with the loud buzzer as a supplement for attention. Considering opening a NHTSA case.

Something must be wrong with your truck. My horn definitely gets attention. Like, immediate action from other drivers. Could be my location has police that burp that horn sound regularly enough that people are tuned to hear it. Could be your truck is just a bit quiet.

 

[REM]

Something must be wrong with your truck. My horn definitely gets attention. Like, immediate action from other drivers. Could be my location has police that burp that horn sound regularly enough that people are tuned to hear it. Could be your truck is just a bit quiet.

No, something is wrong with his brain. I blocked that dude a while back because it was readily apparent that he was just here to stir up FUD.

 

[PhilEsq]

Find someone with a CT and ask them to let you hear the horn. Easy.

I haven't seen many CTs here in the past, but I am seeing a lot lately. I'll have to find one that is parked with the driver nearby and who changed the horn. Not so easy.

 

[PungoteagueDave]

No, something is wrong with his brain. I blocked that dude a while back because it was readily apparent that he was just here to stir up FUD.

Says the world’s biggest fanboi who believes Elon has never exaggerated anything and that the CT is selling successfully.

I have more experience with Tesla than most any customer, was an early shareholder and have owned six, currently have two. My first Tesla was a roadster and I owned MS #2609 in 2012. I know several members of its executive team and have hosted them for trips to make introductions to two state congressional delegations, successfully assisted with overcoming auto dealership opposition to Tesla’s retail presence in two states where I own businesses.

The fact that I live in realville so call it as I see it apparently got me an apartment residing in REM’s head. The fact is that I have never said anything here that isn’t either factual or identified as my personal opinion. Blocking people on forums like this and then continuing to comment on their posts is obviously the result of living in his head. Sad. So sad.

Life is too short for this BS. I was recently at a Buddhist prayer ceremony in Varanasi, where my wife took this picture. REM posted more fanboi BS attacking me during our time next to the Gangss that evening. As I watched bodies disappearing into ash, it put his time-wasting full-time commitment to defending all things Tesla into proper perspective. Block away dude, but then stay blocked.

 

[Gaximus]

There are NHTSA rules that state you can't change the sound of your car horn, vehicle reverse, or noises while driving with software. So Tesla likely applied for a one time, optional change.

But you could change via Software while parked? Why would Tesla need to apply for this change?

 

[dalton108]

So, there are are NHTSA rules that don't allow you to revert to a traditional horn after having upgraded it? Does that accurately depict what you are saying?

No. You’re conflating two different things.

1. NTSA forbids them to let you change the sound of your horn or backup alarms (there are specific requirements for each) because they are there for pedestrian and other driver’s safety and therefore no fun can be had. As I’ve said above— we had that before for a very short time until NTSA brought down the hammer and ended that.

2. Changing to the super-horn is not reversible. That’s on Tesla’s end. “Upgrading” flashes your firmware it permanently renders your standard airhorn nonfunctional. That is not reversible. That has nothing to do with NTSA.

 

[65SoYoLO]

They should have left the booth working. That would get some attention

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