January 26, 20169 yr After recent heavy rain, I hear water (several liters by the sound of it) sloshing around, somewhere behind the dashboard. It's been like this for several weeks without improvement, and my local dealer couldn't locate the source. There was never any visible signs of water inside the car or engine compartment. Any thoughts anyone?
January 26, 20169 yr Only thing I can think of is the drain channels on the sills are blocked ? Do you have a sun roof ?
January 26, 20169 yr Author No sunroof... I'm not sure where the drainage channels on the sills are, but would this explain the sloshing noises apparently from behind the dashboard?
January 26, 20169 yr No sunroof... I'm not sure where the drainage channels on the sills are, but would this explain the sloshing noises apparently from behind the dashboard? Not really but I'm just clutching at straws as it's odd to say the least,
January 27, 20169 yr Had a car with a strange noise behind dash, and turned out to be a loose section of wiring loom rubbing on back of glove box. That sounded more like water sloshing than a rattle.
January 27, 20169 yr Author It's definitely water as it starts moving just from sitting in the car, and there are no significant noises just driving along. And lateral movement is more likely to start the sloshing than acceleration and braking.
January 29, 20169 yr I had a coolant leak and when the coolant was low I heard a water sloshing around sort of noise from behind the dash... Might be worth checking your coolant levels?
January 30, 20169 yr Is it in the bit that houses the wiper arms etc, usually the drains get blocked with leaves and stuff and the area fills up with water, not sure what scoobs are set up like as I've not really looked at mine, but it's quite common in other makes
February 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, SarahJH said: Dripping sound by driver’s side windshield! Driving me crazy! Is it wet inside the car? If not I would look for blocked drain holes in scuttle tray under wiper mechanism
March 10, 20214 yr I hear water gurgling when driving in rain from passenger side dashboard but now think it water being said trap near door seal. Never had it with I had a passenger in, so unsure exactly where the noise coming from. It changes pitch when I increase speed. (Unsure if it's relaited to your issue and no fix but never checked for drain channels and plastic cover in corner (outside) between engine bonnet and windscreen was not clipped properly before issue started - XV 2018)
July 17, 20214 yr Sloshing is almost always caused by air in the cooling system, which allows the coolant to drain out of the heater core inside the dashboard when the engine is off. ... Obviously, air getting in means coolant is getting out, meaning you have a leak somewhere in the hoses, the radiator, water pump or engine tomzpot mobdro
July 17, 20214 yr Would that not mean my water level should be dropping but it's never needing topped of?
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