ive recently noticed a clicking sound in my car. seems to be coming from the muffler i think. the car is only like 2 weeks old maybe. my friends dad said that its just the muffler braking in or somehting but i dunno. i can hear it when my car is running and also for a little after its shut off.

 

Your friends dad was correct. My car is a month old and I can still hear it though :P
Basically, if you drive the car hard you'll hear it for a lot longer (like me)

I'm quite certain it's just condensation in the piping/muffler that makes a "ticking" sound when it falls and burns away on the hot metal. That could be wrong that.

Either way, it's nothing to worry about, and is completely normal for most cars, especially a sports car.

 

ok cool. i didnt think it was anything to worry about, but my friend has an 05 mustang and his doesnt make the noise. so it kinda worries me.

 

i think its particially that, and the pipes are expanding and contracting after driving it.

 

my LT is 3 months old and does the same thing.

 

My SS/SC does that. Must be a Chevy thing because my '01 Mustang GT never did that, but my brother's '05 Malibu does.

 

according to Chevy all cobalts do it and they wont fix it....I hate it as much as you guys do but we will just have to deal with it

 

...fix it? its not a problem so whats there to fix?

 

what is it exactly due to?