The Dixie Horn: Get the Dukes of Hazzard (General Lee) Sound on Any Car

Five notes everyone recognises. Here's how to get the dixie horn, the Dukes of Hazzard and General Lee horn sound, on your car for free, without buying a horn that only does that one thing.

Some sounds don't need an introduction. The dixie horn is one of them. Five notes, a Southern twang, and most people will know it as the Dukes of Hazzard horn, the General Lee horn, before the second note finishes.

It's one of the most requested novelty car horn sounds there is. Whether you call it the dixie horn, the Dukes of Hazzard horn or the General Lee horn sound, here's the history, where to get it for free, and why loading it onto a programmable car horn beats buying a horn that only ever plays that one tune.

Where the Dixie Horn Comes From

The dixie horn is best known as the horn on the General Lee, the orange Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard. Five air horns playing a few bars of "Dixie" became one of the most recognisable sounds in TV history, and it's stayed that way for decades. You'll hear it at car shows, on lifted trucks, at cruise nights, and on plenty of cars that have nothing to do with the show. People just like the sound.

Most people know it by a few different names. The dixie horn, the Dukes of Hazzard horn, the General Lee horn sound. Same five notes either way.

Get It Free Right Now

The dixie horn is sitting in the Sound Clips library under Music & Tunes, ready to preview and download. No cost, no signup. Hit play to hear it, hit download to grab the file.

Dixie Horn Kit vs an Electric Dixie Horn

Search for a dixie horn kit and you'll mostly find the traditional setup: five chrome air trumpets, an air compressor, and a tangle of lines bolted into the engine bay. It's the classic General Lee hardware. It works, but it's a big install, it only ever plays Dixie, and there's a lot in there that can leak or rattle loose down the track.

The Sonic Horn is the electric dixie horn version of the same idea. One compact unit wired to the battery, no compressor and no air lines. It plays the same five-note dixie tune through a 130dB speaker, and because the sound is just a file, the same horn also holds three other sounds for whenever you want them. Same Dixie, a fraction of the install, and you're not locked into one tune forever.

Why Limit Yourself to One Sound?

Most horns built around the dixie tune are built around nothing else. You buy it for that sound, and that's the only sound it ever makes. Fine if you're certain that's all you'll ever want. Less fine the day you get bored of it, or want something else for a different mood.

The Sonic Horn holds four sounds at once. Load the dixie horn on one button, and put whatever you want on the other three. A train horn. The classic wolf whistle horn. Your own voice. You're not choosing between a dixie horn and a custom car horn. It's the same unit.

How to Load It

Plug the horn into your computer over USB. It shows up like a USB drive. Drag the dixie horn MP3 onto it, eject, reconnect to your car. Press the matching button on the wireless remote and you've got it. Takes about two minutes.

Works on Anything With a 12V Battery

Doesn't have to be a Charger. The Sonic Horn runs on any 12V vehicle, so the dixie horn sounds exactly as good on a Hilux, a Mustang, a golf cart, or anything else with a 12V battery. Wherever you are in Australia, or anywhere else, if it's got a 12V system, it'll take the sound.

Install is two wires to the battery and a bracket in the engine bay. About 20 minutes start to finish, no mechanic needed. The full install guide walks through it step by step.

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Common Questions

Is this the real Dixie horn sound?

It's the same five-note tune people associate with the General Lee. It's not a licensed recording from the show, it's a clean recreation, but it's the sound people recognise.

Is this the Dukes of Hazzard horn?

Same thing. The dixie horn, the Dukes of Hazzard horn and the General Lee horn are all names for the same five-note tune the show made famous. Load it onto the Sonic Horn and that's the sound you get.

How is this different from a Dixie horn kit?

A traditional dixie horn kit is five air trumpets and a compressor bolted into your engine bay. The Sonic Horn gives you the same sound electronically from one small unit, no compressor, far less install, and it holds three other sounds alongside it.

Does it still work if I don't keep it on permanently?

Yes. Swap it out whenever you want. It's one of four sound slots, not a fixed installation. Load it for a car show, swap to something else the next day, load it back later. Takes two minutes either way.

Will it affect my factory horn?

No. The Sonic Horn runs as a separate unit wired straight to the battery. Your factory horn stays exactly as it was, untouched, working normally. This just sits alongside it.

Your Car..... Your Sound.