Ran off the road while trying to find the horn. Aftermarket horn button options?

[jm404]

I'm fine with the yoke, I am absolutely done with the touch horn button. I was ran off the road at 45mph by someone merging into me, entire time desperately trying to swerve to avoid them while hunting for the horn.

I made a service request and the response was basically that they can't add the airbag style horn to my 2021 S.

Are there aftermarket solutions?

 

[NewbyMaybe]

An ordinary horn button on the top left floor board like an old fashioned "brights" switch. Wire it to the oem horn or a secondary.

 

[NewbyMaybe]

Or put a soft "loops" Velcro sticker over your horn button so your thumb memorizes it.

 

[Tdriver]

Go to an isolated area and practice hitting the horn button while driving around......maybe more than once.

 

[aerodyne]

An ordinary horn button on the top left floor board like an old fashioned "brights" switch. Wire it to the oem horn or a secondary.

Would a SEXY buttons work?

 

[dafish]

I was thinking S3XY button too.

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[TLLMRRJ]

I was thinking S3XY button too.

Link

Doubt it. There are a lot of things the S3XY buttons aren't set up to do, such as AP following distance, or anything with the adjustable height suspension.

 

[dafish]

Doubt it. There are a lot of things the S3XY buttons aren't set up to do, such as AP following distance, or anything with the adjustable height suspension.

Sigh....

Function List

Look under "Accessibility".

 

[TLLMRRJ]

Sigh....

Function List

Look under "Accessibility".

Sigh...

That's good news!

 

[kermit1492]

I'm fine with the yoke, I am absolutely done with the touch horn button. I was ran off the road at 45mph by someone merging into me, entire time desperately trying to swerve to avoid them while hunting for the horn.

I made a service request and the response was basically that they can't add the airbag style horn to my 2021 S.

Are there aftermarket solutions?

no need to push the button - you can push all the buttons with your palm and this will also activate the horn

 

[Rice&Curry]

Time to turn back the clock and use the good old

 

[paulchou]

I was thinking S3XY button too.

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IMO, lack of center horn (not the yoke), is the biggest issue of the refreshed S.

I have S3XY buttons. But if it's like any other functions, there's a potential pause, especially when you use it for the first time in the car for that drive. Not reliable enough.

The best "semi" solution I came up w/ was putting an epoxy button over the horn button. It's better but still not perfect, as when the yoke is not in 12 o'clock, it's still a pain to find it.

I was hoping the round steering would have center horn, but no luck.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052YU91O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Blue Stuff]

no need to push the button - you can push all the buttons with your palm and this will also activate the horn

A software update disabled that a while ago. Is it back?

 

[dmurphy]

Even the 1988 Toyota Tercel had tactile buttons for the horn …. Even this would be an improvement from the small capacitive button on then S/X!

 

[Cars 97]

Sorry for moving away from the topic a little bit, but, does the center of the steering wheel move?

 

[And123wAb1]

Go to an isolated area and practice hitting the horn button while driving around......maybe more than once.

I definitely need to go do this. A suv in front of me didn’t know I was behind them and started to back up and I pretty much hit every button but the horn haha. Luckily the high beams flashed and caught their attention.

 

[aerodyne]

Driving in SoCal, I keep my right fist clenched, envisioning giving the five finger death punch to the idiots around me. When the occasion arrives, I aim for the middle of the wheel as instinct would have it, then deftly roll to the side and smack the edge of the airbag cover with the side of my hand actuating the horn as Elon intended.

This person got a good 5 second blast...

 

[lmmuzquiz]

I have the S3XY buttons and made one for the horn, put it at the bottom of the yoke face, I find it easier to locate no matter how the yoke is turned. BUT, the huge issue with using S3XY for the horn is that there is a 2-3 second delay. So, when I use the S3XY horn button, the honk is well after it's needed and no longer effective, other than making others wonder why I'm honking. My 2023 MS has a movable center on the yoke, so it seems it is ready for whatever software update they intent to do... one day... I love my MS, it's my 3rd (2017, 2019 and now 2023) but I am annoyed & dismayed that this critical safety issue software update hasn't been accelerated...

 

[Laddcruzer]

I have the S3XY buttons and made one for the horn, put it at the bottom of the yoke face, I find it easier to locate no matter how the yoke is turned. BUT, the huge issue with using S3XY for the horn is that there is a 2-3 second delay. So, when I use the S3XY horn button, the honk is well after it's needed and no longer effective, other than making others wonder why I'm honking. My 2023 MS has a movable center on the yoke, so it seems it is ready for whatever software update they intent to do... one day... I love my MS, it's my 3rd (2017, 2019 and now 2023) but I am annoyed & dismayed that this critical safety issue software update hasn't been accelerated...

I wouldn’t count on getting a real and normal functioning horn on your yoke wheel. The movable center might just be a loose part. The new air bags that come with the new rounded wheels are not horn capable so I don’t think we’ll see that possibility with a software update. I’d love to be proven wrong but the Tesla installer guy says otherwise.

 

[lmmuzquiz]

I wouldn’t count on getting a real and normal functioning horn on your yoke wheel. The movable center might just be a loose part. The new air bags that come with the new rounded wheels are not horn capable so I don’t think we’ll see that possibility with a software update. I’d love to be proven wrong but the Tesla installer guy says otherwise.

I hear what you're saying, but the moveable part feels just like the horn on my Audi SQ5... not a loose part... But, I hear you! Still...I'm skeptical of everyone and everything!