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Tesla Lock Sound

Digital Alarm (piercing electronic buzzer): Free Tesla Lock Sound Download

A sharp two-tone digital alarm chirp: the kind of clinical, context-free alert that appears in hospitals, airports, and every sci-fi film ever made.

Retro Tech sound · 1.6 seconds · WAV format · Free download

Custom lock sounds need the car’s external pedestrian-warning speaker (Model 3 built September 2019 or later, Model S and Model X from the 2021 refresh, every Model Y and Cybertruck) and software 2023.44 or later.

How to install: download the file (it is already named LockChime.wav), copy it to Boombox/LockChime.wav on a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive, plug it into a USB port that carries data (the glovebox port on newer cars; rear ports only charge), and open Toybox → Boombox → Lock Sound, then choose USB.

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Digital Alarm (piercing electronic buzzer)

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A sharp two-tone digital alarm chirp: the kind of clinical, context-free alert that appears in hospitals, airports, and every sci-fi film ever made.

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Plain .wav audio file. No installer, no account.

Open in Chime Studio

How to install

This sound is on the quieter side. Crank Tesla volume to 7+ for best effect.

  1. Copy to USB

    Copy LockChime.wav onto a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive at Boombox/LockChime.wav.

  2. Plug into your Tesla

    Plug the drive into a USB port that carries data (the glovebox port on newer cars). Open Toybox → Boombox → Lock Sound, then choose USB.

  3. Lock the car

    Lock the car to hear it.

credit Generic digital sound design
source Generic digital alarm sound effect — two-tone chirp in the style of retro-tech alerts. Consistent with vintage alarm clock and security system aesthetics from the 1980s–1990s. Not attributed to a specific source. Use case: no-nonsense, maximum-clarity security alert. Trivia: two-tone alert sounds became a design standard in digital electronics because the frequency contrast between two tones is processed by the human auditory system as more urgent than a single sustained tone.

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