2011 Routan SE - Exhaust Tick?

[y2hh]

New VW Routan owner here... Thus far enjoying the van very much.

After driving the Routan for a bit, the exhaust will develop a repeating ticking sound (every 8 seconds or so). It's coming from the exhaust below the passenger side door (there is some sort of tube in that area that's larger than the exhaust pipe, I'm not sure what it's called). Has 9100 miles on it.

You can't hear it while in the car when driving, but if you stop and get out you can. After you shut off the engine it will do this for 5-10 minutes while cooling down, too.

Anyone else experience this? Is it normal? I listened under the car and can't figure out why it would make this noise...

[MozartMan]

That larger tube is probably catalytic converter.

And ticking noise is normal. Metal is cooling down.

[y2hh]

So others experience hearing this same sound? It doesn't sound like anything is broken, I was just wondering...

[58kafer]

This guy did, pour through his thread perhaps he found a soloution.

http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/sho...aust+ding+loud

[y2hh]

I think it's the heat shields or the metal in the exhaust pipe cooling, even during operation. It's nothing big, was just making sure it wasn't something that's broken.