Horn Alert on 2024 Prius

Wait, there's a horn alert? Never experienced that before.

 

Yeah. The cross-traffic alert system and the reverse backup system will blow the horn in the cabin when something gets super close to hitting the car.

 

you need to drive in cali to experience it

 

Okay. But is it actually the car horn that goes off or just a loud warning thru the speakers?

 

I think its just a horn-like sound that plays through the speakers. The external horn is for cars/people around the car.

 

It's just inside the car, but it can be loud so in a quiet parking lot, at night, etc, I'm sure someone walking in front of the car would hear it through the glass.

If they don't know that the alert is a horn sound, and its only for you, they might somehow think you're honking at them? Though, tiny as the prius horn may be, it would still be much louder if it was intended to be for the pedestrian.

I'd simply chalk this up to the person walking by the car not knowing and also taking things a bit too seriously without any real critical thinking skills being applied.

I mean, if I heard a muffled car sound from inside a car when walking right next to the front of a car, I wouldn't think "they're honking at me" since I know how loud horns actually are.

 

Ok so how do you turn it off at the car wash? Just curious. Thanks.

 

I don't usually do an automated wash, but the ones I have used are ones where I park the car, and its touchless. So I park the car and turn it off, and let the touchless stuff move around my car.

Then when its done I drive out slowly and if it beeps and I don't want it to, I hit the little mute button on the screen for the sensor display.