sloshing sound when starting up

[CPALK719]

Has anyone else noticed a sloshing sound, when you start up and first move the car?? im sure its the gas in the gas tank. but the only other car i heard with a sound like this is my del sol. the sound from the del sol was actually water in a in the rear window area.

any info if anyone else notices this or not thanks for the time !!! :thumbsup:

[12 yaris]

Could it be from the A/C?
I've seen vehicles do that before.

[CPALK719]

Could it be from the A/C?
I've seen vehicles do that before.

not quite sure...... never noticed it with any other vehicle besides the del sol and like i said the del sol had a big puddle of water in the rear window area...

[12 yaris]

Other things I could think of.....
Water in the spare tire well(which I doubt).
All insulation(sound deadning material) still in car?
Rear seat still in car?

[CanIHazYarisHatch?]

Has anyone else noticed a sloshing sound, when you start up and first move the car?? im sure its the gas in the gas tank. but the only other car i heard with a sound like this is my del sol. the sound from the del sol was actually water in a in the rear window area.

any info if anyone else notices this or not thanks for the time !!! :thumbsup:

Happens each and every time i drive my car from a stop (after it has been parked for a few hours).

It is probably fuel in the tank, sloshing around. The '12 is only 2300lbs., so some sound deadening (or lack there of) may be to blame.

A slight lapse in refinement to an otherwise refined subcompact.

[Still Learning]

I can hear the gas sloshing around in my 07 when I stop driving it. There was another post I saw on here some time ago that said that the Yaris gas tanks don't have baffles in them, that's why the gas sloshes around in them.

[CPALK719]

yea, thats the only thing i could think of is the fuel making the sound. not that big of problem. i was just wondering if anyone else has encountered this with their 2012 model.

[DJYojimbo]

Is that what that sound was, i usually hear it when its cold outside like 32-40 degrees F. It felt like the brakes to me

[CPALK719]

Is that what that sound was, i usually hear it when its cold outside like 32-40 degrees F. It felt like the brakes to me

nooooo it sounds like a liquid moving around right when i first start the car up, and put it into reverse or drive.. it makes the sound once and then i dont hear it anymore throughout my drive.

[DJYojimbo]

sorry i should have clarified that when i would reverse maybe 30 seconds after i start the car i would hear "something". I thought it was the brakes when i would apply pressure to the brakes.

[Jason@SportsCar]

I have heard a sloshing sound in some cars when the coolant is low or air is trapped in the system and it hits the heater core.