If you love a good prank, you will love Tesla’s fart mode. This feature allows drivers to play a farting noise through any internal speaker or use Tesla’s Pedestrian Warning System to play flatulent noises outside the car.

Teslas have a car fart feature that allows the vehicle to make flatulent noises via interior and exterior speakers.
Due to NHTSA requirements, the Boombox feature can only be used when in the vehicle is in park.

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What is Tesla fart mode?

Courtesy of CEO Elon Musk, Teslas can come equipped with a few easter eggs—and one of the funniest is fart mode.

You can find Tesla’s fart mode in the Toybox under the Entertainment menu. It allows you to use any of the car’s interior speakers to expel farting sounds. You can also use your Tesla’s Pedestrian Warning System to play farting sounds outside the vehicle.

Tesla fart mode could be convenient for a variety of purposes:

To embarrass your in-laws

To embarrass your boss

To embarrass your children in front of their friends

To embarrass your children’s friends (they will not get off scot-free)

To amuse yourself when you’re driving a car full of people and no one is talking

To confuse your dog or cat

To annoy your spouse

The great thing about Tesla’s fart mode: You can direct which interior speaker makes a farting sound, thereby isolating blame on your chosen (perceived) gas-passer.

To keep things interesting, there’s even a variety of fart noises to choose from:

Short Shorts Ripper

Not a Fart

Falcon Heavy

Ludicrous Fart

Neurastink

Boring Fart

You should know: You can use the Pedestrian Warning System to make a farting sound outside your Tesla, but this can only be done when the car is in park. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) insisted this be the case, as it worried making such distracting sounds could pose a safety issue for pedestrians.

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How to turn on Tesla fart mode

When you’re ready to fill your Tesla cabin with the worst (sounding) flatulence ever, just follow these simple steps:

On the touchscreen, go into the Entertainment section

Select Emissions Testing Mode

Tap the whoopie cushion icon

Choose either “Fart on command” or “Fart using turn signal”

Select your fart sound (this is key)

Choose which seat (and which passenger) you would like to designate as the source of the most foul-sounding flatulence ever heard in a vehicle

Tap the chosen seat—hilarity ensues

To use fart sounds to confuse and surprise innocent pedestrians outside your parked Tesla, follow these steps:

Enter the Entertainment section

Pick Emissions Testing Mode

Touch the whoopie cushion icon

Pick either “Fart on command” or “Fart using turn signal”

Select your flatulence sound

Pick the external speaker

Use the left scroll wheel button or the left turn signal to play fart noises outside your Tesla

Who knew a car could be this much fun?

How long can you leave Tesla fart mode on?

Technically, Tesla owners can use the fart mode as often and as long as they want. Ultimately, it's up to the driver how much toilet humor they can tolerate.

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Which Teslas have fart mode?

All Tesla models equipped with an external speaker have fart mode. If you have trouble finding the feature, check for an available software update.

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FAQs

Is Tesla fart mode legal?

You are legally allowed to fart away in your Tesla using its interior speakers. You are now only able to project fart sounds outside your Tesla via the Boombox feature when you are in park.

Does the Tesla Model 3 have fart mode?

Yes—you can fart until your heart’s content in your Model 3.

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