Pedestrian Warning System - Arrived in UK yet?

[Medved_77]

Curious if any of the new owners have the pedestrian warning system (PWS)?

This is a speaker in front of the drivers wheel arch that makes a sound when travelling at low speed.

Totally forgot this was a thing on US cars until I saw this tweet from Elon:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1296360799498391552?s=19

Snake Jazz and Polynesian Elevator Music as custom sounds coming soon.

Whatever next?

 

[Alistairuk]

Snake Jazz definitely

 

[Smog]

Unsure if my March delivery model 3 performance has one. It definitely doesn’t make a noise, but unsure if the hardware is there to be enabled later

 

[JupiterMan]

Picked up Monday - no PWS active on mine.

 

[CPhoenix]

How long before its hacked to have the tardis sound?

 

[c7carl]

How long before its hacked to have the tardis sound?

Or Knight Rider swoosh

 

[Mr H]

Nah you want the Star Wars Imperial March

 

[LongRanger]

External fart mode

Or

THIS VEHICLE IS ZERO EMISSIONS AND REALLY QUIET

 

[Neilman]

Or

"Please move out of the way .......... or there will be ... trouble"

 

[rincewind]

"The regulation will apply to all new types of ‘quiet’ electric and hybrid vehicles from 1 July 2019, and to all new quiet electric and hybrid vehicles registered from July 2021."

New noise systems to stop ‘silent’ electric cars and improve safety

All it takes to stop it though is to remove the plug from the speaker just inside the wheel arch liner on the drivers side (uk)

 

[Mr H]

Or

"Please move out of the way .......... or there will be ... trouble"

As you drive past a rear speaker could announce in an Austrian accent..........I’ll be back

 

[CPhoenix]

In all seriousness I think the e-niro simply has the best currently available pedestrian warning system...

First 5 seconds of the video. Ignore the rest.

 

[NorfolkMustard]

naa, this is what you want

 

[Sparkeur]

It's not enabled in France either. I have some amusing dash cam saves where I am stalking pedestrians who are meandering along the supermarket car park or walking along a small road in town. I think the speaker should be programmed to say, 'BOO!'

 

[M3noob]

"The regulation will apply to all new types of ‘quiet’ electric and hybrid vehicles from 1 July 2019, and to all new quiet electric and hybrid vehicles registered from July 2021."

New noise systems to stop ‘silent’ electric cars and improve safety

All it takes to stop it though is to remove the plug from the speaker just inside the wheel arch liner on the drivers side (uk)

There are a set of blanking plugs available to secure both sides of the connector from water ingress...just in case some future MOT spec requires it. Or if snake jazz actually arrives.

 

[hingus2000]

Do all current Model 3s have the external speaker? Or is it a new feature?

 

[CaptainBurrito]

Do all current Model 3s have the external speaker? Or is it a new feature?

Yes, it's been there for a while.

Here's a video showing the location etc.:

 

[NorfolkMustard]

September 2019 was the initial date they got included I think

 

[Mark_T]

Model Y will be the first one that has to have it active on delivery as it will be the first new model to be introduced since the rules came into effect.

In the US there is a requirement to produce a certain percentage of newly built cars with the equipment fitted hence we see it installed but not active on the M3 over here.

 

[mpandrew]

I took at look at this a while ago on my Sep 19 delivered M3. The leads are in place but not the speaker. I tried connecting one and you can hear the sounds if you have it really close to you. I figured the speaker types I tried weren't compatible but perhaps the output simply isn't turned on fully in software. If this thing does happen (Elon isn't afraid to suggest stuff that never transpires - FSD for example ) maybe I'll have another play.