Sloshing sound behind the dash?
 

I test drove a nearly perfect '05 HCH-I yesterday. Nearly because I noticed a peculiar noise behind the dash that sounded like coolant sloshing around in the heater core. Or maybe the evaporator, but the A/C was off. Is that normal? Because I have never had a car do that. The sales guy was trying to pass it off on lawn trucks so I told him I knew the right place to ask ;) .

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No, it's not normal but is the first time I've heard of that one in an HCH.

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I've never heard my car sloshing.

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Oh well. I'm not planning to puruse that car so I'll let it go. (If anybody else is interested in taking a crack at it despite the odd sound, feel free to PM me for the info. I found in southeastern MA.)

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Mine does it. It really sounds like coolant sloshing in the heater core.

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Mine does it too. I first noticed it after a car wash once, and thought I had gotten some water in somewhere, but I've heard it other times too so I think its normal.

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Just a data point: I definitely have this on my '05 HCH CVT. I, too, thought it was just water sloshing, and I still don't really have the technical knowledge to say what it is, but I definitely have it from time to time. Freaked me out the first time I heard it.