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Police Lights & Siren Issues (FiveM Guide)

Many users experience problems with police lights - either with sound or visual effects.
This guide explains both issues and how to fix them.
 

Siren Sound Issue

Why don’t vehicles have siren sounds by default?

In GTA V:

  • Police vehicles like police or police3 have built-in siren sounds
  • These sounds are part of the vehicle’s configuration and play alongside the engine

Regular civilian vehicles:

  • Only have engine sounds
  • Do not include sirens by default

Our vehicles use standard vehicle sounds without sirens


 

How to Add Siren Sounds

✅Option 1 - Renewed SirenSync

A widely used FiveM resource that:

  • Synchronizes siren sounds across players
  • Adds sirens to vehicles that don’t have them by default
  • Fixes unstable or desynced sirens

✅Option 2 - Luxart Vehicle Control

An advanced vehicle control script that:

  • Adds realistic interaction with emergency vehicles
  • Includes siren control and additional features
  • Expands default GTA vehicle functionality

Note: 

We do not provide support for configuring these scripts. Please refer to their official GitHub pages or community forums.

Siren Visual Issue (Lights Not Working Properly)

This is a common issue and is usually caused by:

  • Conflicting SirenIDs

This is not related to the vehicle model itself

How to Fix Visual Siren Issues

✅Step 1 – Locate Meta Files 

Go to your vehicle files and find: 

  • carvariations.meta
  • carcols.meta

✅Step 2 – Edit carcols.meta

  1. Open the file (VS Code / Notepad)
  2. Find the <sirens> section
  3. Change the SirenID value

Example:

9000 → 9150
 

The value may be different in your case - the rule is the same.

✅Step 3 – Edit carvariations.meta

  • Open the file
  • Find:
<sirenSettings>
 
  • Set the same value as in carcols.meta (e.g. 9150)



✅Step 4 – Restart Server

  • Save all changes
  • Restart your server

If it doesn’t work:

  • Repeat the steps carefully
  • Make sure both values match exactly
     


Video Tutorial

We have also prepared a video tutorial for this issue.
We recommend watching it if you still have problems.


Notes

  • Siren sound issues = missing functionality → use scripts
  • Siren visual issues = ID conflict → fix in meta files
  • These are two separate problems