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All Model 3s built since 9/1/2019 have a pedestrian warning speaker installed
- Thread starter Maaz
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This is all a little crazy. On the list of "things" this is something you hardly notice going backwards and do not notice going forwards. Anything can be unplugged if you really care which it 10X easier than applying vinyl all over your car, people are making this into something that its not. It is not in your face loud, or even that noticeable. Unless you plan on running someone over quietly, I would just leave it alone.
Although changing the sound would be cool, so +1 for that software update.
PianoAl
Active Member
I hated the sound on our LEAF, but I've never noticed it inside our M3.
I haven't read through the thread, but is anyone worried about liability if you hit someone, and the plaintiff discovers that you disabled the warning sound?
I haven't read through the thread, but is anyone worried about liability if you hit someone, and the plaintiff discovers that you disabled the warning sound?
Yes, reverse sound was so annoying I unplugged the speaker the second day I owned the car.
Rothgarr
Active Member
I never heard the sound before. I had to search YouTube to hear what sound they went with. I was surprised to hear what an annoying sound Tesla chose.
MarsOrBust
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DopeGhoti
Active Member
AFAIK the law is only that OEMs manufacturing a passenger vehicle after a certain date are required to have one; there's not much in the law mandating that owners maintain it in operational status. Each state could quite conceivably update its own vehichle inspection regimen to include a PWS for vechicles after a certian build date just as they require seat belts after a certain build date. But that would require state legislators to start legislating.
MarsOrBust
Member
Seatbelts are also OEM and illegal to remove. I did not think that was a state by state issue but more of a federal issue due to its nature in safety. Dunno, not a legal guy here at all but I am guessing if its not the law it will be soon and unplugging it could bring a world of hurt.
DopeGhoti
Active Member
(Context: US)
I am not familiar with any federal post-purchase vehicle inspection regimen. Every state I have lived in or contemplated living in has its own such regimen. However, these inspections are periodic at best and it's very common for people to modify their vehicles out of compliant spec, and only bring it back into complience when it comes time for inspection (or it's so noticeable they get pulled over and issued so-called "fix-it tickets").
Some states are more rigorous than others. Vermont's twice-yearly inspection is rather detailed and well-enforced, while Arizona barely ensures you have four wheels, a VIN, and a functioning catylitic converter (in the case of an ICE).
Yep, Oregon is just an emissions test, and you can do it yourself with an OBD-II device if your car is 2005 or newer. No check of anything else.
MarsOrBust
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silentcorp
Member
I would love to know how a lawyer will know if you unplugged your speaker or if you purchased it prior to them being included. That would be a hell of a lawyer and worth every cent!!!
willow_hiller
Well-Known Member
Well, there's a brief period of time where the vehicles were manufactured with grills in the bottom panel for the speaker to mount to, but no speaker was mounted (roughly March 2019 to September 2019). But for the most part, vehicles without the grill or the speaker physically installed are easily identified next to vehicles with.
PACEMD
Active Member
Sure, I too was worried about being sued, by one of the many pedestrians I run over at low speed, if they can prove that my sound has come unplugged. So I plugged mine back in. Now I can run these suckers down without worry............
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PACEMD
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Let's see, in 50 years of driving, all over the country and world, including years of driving a taxi in New York City, I have hit how many pedestrians? That's a tough one. Let's just say that it's the same number as the kangaroo I have taken out via vehicle here in rural Montana.
PACEMD
Active Member
No seriously, if you hit and injure a pedestrian you are in some sh*t. If someone can prove you disconnected the sound or not ain't gonna be more than the thin icing on a brittle cake. Anyway, you were probably drunk which ain't gonna work in your favor...........
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