Hey all. Bought an 09 Ralliart about a month ago. No issues with it until this week. Whenever I park my car after driving I notice a ticking sound coming from the car. I thought it was the engine cooling down at first but I keep hearing it regardless of how long the car has been on for. The video/sounds I'm posting is after me driving the car for approx 20 min, never taking the revs above 3k. The ticking sounds like it is coming from underneath the passenger side (and possible the driver side). Sorry about the camera orientation. If you have any idea what this might be and if it is/isn't normal it would be greatly appreciated.

http://youtu.be/busg97yuye8

 

From what I know, its the catalytic converter making that noise as it is cooling down. My RA makes the same noise.

 

same here, normal

 

Mine makes same noise but yours seems to be louder

 

Cool, thanks guys. Just trying to figure out what may/may not be normal while the car is under warranty.

 

Mine's been doing that since day one. My old dodge never had that problem. It's annoying as hell when you park your car next to some hot chick and turn the engine off.

"Hey, how's it going?" *pop pop POP pop*

Oh mi gawd, is ur car like, spazing out?

"You see, everything from the exhaust manifold all the way pass the catalytic converters run at very high temperatures and when you shut the car down, all the various components start cooling down and not all of them cool at the same rate. So metal, especially touching, will tend to make these noises as they move pass each ot...."

My old kia didn't even make that noise.

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Just tell her:
"It's all good babe, like me the car runs HOOOOTTTT"

 

Normal. Mine does the same thing when my car is in idle after 21 miles trip.