--- title: "Tesla Owners Can Now Set Their Horn to Fart, Meme Sounds" description: "A new Tesla update allows drivers to change their vehicle's horn sound to basically anything they'd possibly want β€” including fart noises." date: "2020-12-29" modified: "2020-12-29" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-owners-horn-fart-meme-sounds" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "fart" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Tesla Owners Can Now Set Their Horn to Fart, Meme Sounds ![A new Tesla update allows drivers to change their vehicle's horn sound to basically anything they'd possibly want β€” including fart noises.]() *\Image: Tesla/Victor Tangermann\* ## Season's Greetings Thanks to a new Holiday Software Update, Tesla owners now have access to a host of new features. Included in the update is the ability to customize the vehicle's horn sound β€” including to fart and goat noises, and various meme references. Drivers can even upload their own sounds via a USB device. "Change your horn sound to 🐐, 🐍🎷, πŸ’¨ or holiday jingles with latest Tesla software update!" Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a [December 25 tweet](). ## Let One Rip Only owners that opted in to having \[bought?\] the optional "pedestrian speaker" option will be able to fart at nearby pedestrians, Musk explained in a [separate tweet](). There's also a major caveat. The car has to be parked, so your Tesla won't be bleating at a car stopped at a green light. Still, it's a fun feature. Here's a video showing the mayhem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEGAvmxWy8 ## Feature Creep Musk first teased the option on Twitter in October 2019. "Customized horn & movement sounds (coconuts being one, of course) coming to Teslas soon," he [wrote]() at the time, the coconuts being [a reference]() to the British 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Tesla owners can already play pranks on other passengers inside the car by playing fart noises emanating from various corners of the interior thanks to Tesla's ["Toilet Humor" mode](). The holiday update also can "turn your car into a boombox and entertain a crowd with your media play when parked," according to official documentation. **READ MORE:** [Tesla drivers can now set their horn to fart sounds β€” or record their own]() \[*Mashable*\] **More on Tesla:** *[Ford VP Throws Serious Shade at Tesla’s Lack of Quality Control]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()