My Model Y has a pedestrian speaker installed

[BLKMDL3]

Vin 000115. Stealth Performance. Possibly only one out there? Same as model 3 speaker. Anyone else have it?

 

[BluestarE3]

Being a newly introduced model, I'd think all Model Ys would have this already, no?

 

[Matutino]

Mine doesn’t yet my model 3 does

 

[BLKMDL3]

Being a newly introduced model, I'd think all Model Ys would have this already, no?

Everyone I know on twitter who has a Y doesn’t have it.

 

[BluestarE3]

Mine doesn’t yet my model 3 does

Hmm, interesting. Maybe Tesla is using the 50% "loophole" for the Model Y? The regulation required 50% of new EVs/hybrids to have the noisemaker by Sept. 2019 and 100% by Sept. 2020. When Tesla implemented this on all Model 3s starting last year, I thought they didn't want to bother playing the math game and complicating production by building half one way and the half another.

 

[MY-Y]

Maybe the heat pump counts

 

[spsheridan]

@zackmilo, do you hear PWS audio out of the speaker at low speeds?

 

[BLKMDL3]

@zackmilo, do you hear PWS audio out of the speaker at low speeds?

Yes. I’ll post a video.

 

[TonyMS]

I don't hear anything how would I know? Did you take apart the frunk?

 

[BluestarE3]

I don't hear anything how would I know? Did you take apart the frunk?

Open a window and drive slowly (under 18 mph) on a smooth, quiet road and listen?

 

[spsheridan]

I don't hear anything how would I know? Did you take apart the frunk?

The PWS audio is pretty noticeable to pedestrians (by design) and can be heard inside the car if your windows are rolled down. The sound is enabled when the car is traveling less than about 19 mph, otherwise, it's silent. Here's a video that includes Model 3 PWS sounds at various speeds in forward and reverse, both from inside and outside the car. Note the PWS audio changes volume and pitch depending on the direction and speed of the car.

 

[Kuro Houou]

With such a low vin, maybe they realized they didn't want to put it in after all once it go a few dozen down the line and your just one of the "lucky" ones?

 

[BLKMDL3]

With such a low vin, maybe they realized they didn't want to put it in after all once it go a few dozen down the line and your just one of the "lucky" ones?

thats what im thinking. Car was made 1/2020

 

[qdeathstar]

At first i was against the speaker, but now i’m not sure. I creep right up behind people walking in the middle of the street for no reason and they don’t see me till i am like three feet behind them...

 

[TonyMS]

People don't seem to hear me either and I don't want to honk the horn at them. The Volt my daughter drives has a pedestrian horn I wonder why we don't have something like that.

 

[Saghost]

People don't seem to hear me either and I don't want to honk the horn at them. The Volt my daughter drives has a pedestrian horn I wonder why we don't have something like that.

I really liked having the horn burble available in the Volt. I actually mostly used it on distracted drivers in front of me in turn lanes, but it really came in handy.

It doesn’t meet the requirements this pedestrian alert is made to comply with, and I’m not sure any other car was ever made with one, but I really liked having it.

 

[BM3B]

The model 3 pedestrian speaker is in front of the right front wheel well. It’s easy to find and the plug is intentionally visible and easy to find, I would be shocked if the model Y doesn’t have one in the same spot.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

The model 3 pedestrian speaker is in front of the right front wheel well. It’s easy to find and the plug is intentionally visible and easy to find, I would be shocked if the model Y doesn’t have one in the same spot.

We can see that our Y has the wiring for the speaker but there's no speaker in ours.

 

[BLKMDL3]

We can see that our Y has the wiring for the speaker but there's no speaker in ours.

We have the speaker wired in, and it works. Sometimes hard to hear over the heat pump, but it is there. I will try to take a video today.

 

[LowlyOilBurner]

No such noise on my Y. VIN 2,7XX.