Mine was done at 84k, so I think another 800 on yours will be just fine. I plan on changing mine when my car hits 160k. That will be around 76k on the belt and I am not the least bit concerned. I had a Volvo 850 that needed its TB changed every 50k, so after 312k miles, I got really sick and tired of changing that belt. But gave me lots of practice changing timing belts.

 

For a certified car, the dealer may be able to sell you an extendedmaintenence contract (out to 75K miles)for $650 (from AoA),which includes TB replacement. A good deal if you ask me.

 

I did mine at 94,550 and was going to wait until 100k, but all the doom and gloom on the forum encouraged me to get it done sooner. The manual calls for a change at 105k. The t-belt, water pump, and tensioners all looked fine.

 

Well guys I did it. Me and a co-worker of mine changed the timing belt, tensioner pulley, idler pulley, water pump, thermostat and the serpentine belt. It took us about 6 hours to do it. When we were in there replacing everything, we noticed how new and untouched everything looked.

One question...Since we didn't replace the tensioner, is it still possible for the belt to fail?

 

Congratulations on doing the job yourself. If is not an easy task. Should you have changed the tensioner.....I would have on this car since it is a pain in the as* to get to it. But I believe the weak spot is the tensioner pulley not the tensioner itself.

Jeff

 

Thanks for the info. Next time I will include it. Everything worked like a charm.I notice this morning that the computer estimated slightly better fuel mileage.All in all I'm happy I changed it.