# 2014 Ford Escape Ecoboost Brake Noise **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093 "2014-11-17T21:16:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jobynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jobynne/32/2917_2.png) [@Jobynne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jobynne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/1 "2014-11-17T21:16:22Z")
Live in Las Vegas, NV & brand new car is starting to make a sloshing sound when I brake. I honestly can’t say if it’s been doing it since I got it in June 2014, but hubby pointed out the noise to me just recently and now that’s all I hear. I’ve tried stopping fast, coming to a regular stops and everything in between type of stops and the noise can be heard every time. Could it be the gas I hear sloshing in the tank when I stop? ---
**Author:** ![Jobynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jobynne/32/2917_2.png) [@Jobynne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jobynne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/2 "2014-11-18T00:16:28Z")
Gonna answer my own question here…I’ve done some online investigating & found this: [http://www.fordescape.org/forum/problems-solutions/7522-sloshing-gas-sounds.html](http://www.fordescape.org/forum/problems-solutions/7522-sloshing-gas-sounds.html) ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/3 "2014-11-18T00:59:37Z")
Nice work. It sounds like Ford engineers should have included a baffle in the tank. ---
**Author:** ![Jobynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jobynne/32/2917_2.png) [@Jobynne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jobynne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/4 "2014-11-18T02:03:21Z")
Yep! Gonna leave up to hubby if we still take it in, but I think the gas tank is it. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/5 "2014-11-18T02:25:45Z")
Keeping the tank above 3/4 full just might mitigate the splashing. ---
**Author:** ![Jobynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jobynne/32/2917_2.png) [@Jobynne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jobynne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/6 "2014-11-18T03:10:20Z")
It’s completely full right now (or at least registers that way) & it still makes quite the splashing sound. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/7 "2014-11-18T12:10:37Z")
Another example of a car maker using the general public as lab rats… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/8 "2014-11-18T12:19:11Z")
It’s an Escape… they probably just cheaped out. I was thinking that some Dynamat might help, but adding sound dampening is a bit much to suggest to someone on their brand new vehicle, and I’m thus reluctant to mention it. If the tank is accessible, I’d do something like that, but I’m crazy. OP, if you would like info on sound dampening, just say so and I’ll be happy to help. ---
**Author:** ![Jobynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jobynne/32/2917_2.png) [@Jobynne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jobynne)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-escape-ecoboost-brake-noise/88093/9 "2014-11-22T00:41:23Z")
Thanks for the offer, but it doesn’t really bother me. What had me worried was that their might be a bigger issue, but if it’s just gas sloshing noise, it’s ok.