The Purge Siren (emergency lockdown wail)
The Purge siren: that emergency broadcast wail that turns any mundane moment into the opening of a cinematic societal collapse.
A Tesla reads the sound from a USB drive. We'll email you the file and the 3 install steps, so you can finish on a computer.
Plain .wav audio file. No installer, no account.
- Duration
- 0:02.68
- Format
- WAV / PCM
- Sample rate
- 44.1 kHz
- Bit depth
- 16-bit
- File size
- 462 KB
- Downloads
- 2,431
Install in 3 steps
This sound is quieter than most. Preview it before you install it. 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.
Copy to USB
Copy LockChime.wav onto a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive at Boombox/LockChime.wav.
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.
Lock the car
The new sound plays from the external speaker when the car locks.
If the car does not pick the file up from Boombox/, try putting LockChime.wav at the top level of the drive instead. Both locations work.
Full install guide