Tesla horn sounds: free custom lock-chime downloads
Novelty car horns, air horns, train horns, and stadium goal horns: every clip below installs as your Tesla's LockChime.wav and plays when you lock the car. (Heads up: we found no way to change the honk you press on the wheel: these are lock sounds.)
Classic car & novelty horns
La Cucaracha, the General Lee's Dixie horn, air horns, train horns: the honks people actually search for. Press play on any sound to preview it, then download it as a LockChime.wav. Every clip below is a horn-style lock sound, so there's no single "best" pick: preview a few and keep whichever one makes you smile in the parking lot.
Sports goal horns
The Vikings Gjallarhorn, NHL goal horns, the NBA on NBC fanfare: arena energy for every time you walk away from the car.
Can you change the actual Tesla horn?
Short version: we found no way to. Tesla offers no setting for the horn you press on the steering wheel. The horn sounds here install as your lock sound instead: the clip that plays when you lock or walk away from the car. That part is fully customizable.
Read the full breakdownInstall a horn lock sound in 3 steps
Copy to USB
Download your sound. Every file arrives named LockChime.wav in 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV, the recommended spec for clean playback. On a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive, create a folder named Boombox and place LockChime.wav inside it. Full path: Boombox/
LockChime.wav. The only hard Tesla requirement is a WAV file named LockChime.wav. Plug into your Tesla
Insert the drive into a USB port that carries data (the glovebox port on newer cars; rear ports only charge). Let the car finish reading the drive. Open Toybox → Boombox → Lock Sound, then choose USB.
Lock the car
The new sound plays from the external speaker when the car locks.
Need screenshots and the in-car path? Read the install guide.
Tesla horn sound questions
Can I change the actual horn my Tesla honks with?
We found no way to. Tesla offers no setting for the honk you press on the wheel. What you can change is the lock sound: the clip that plays when you lock the car. The horn sounds on this page install as that LockChime.wav lock sound, not as the road horn. Full detail: see "Can You Change Tesla Horn Sound?"
What's a good custom Tesla horn sound?
It depends on your taste: the General Lee Dixie horn and La Cucaracha are the novelty picks on this page, while the Minnesota Vikings Gjallarhorn and the hockey goal horns are the sports-fan choices. Every custom horn sound here is free, previews in one tap, and downloads as LockChime.wav.
How do I make the horn quieter or louder?
We have not found Tesla documentation for a dedicated lock-sound volume setting. The reliable way is to change the level of the file: use Convert audio (Quiet preset for softer, Loud preset or up to +6 dB of gain for louder) and reinstall it.
More answers in the full FAQ.