sofaspud

Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?

screwtape iii

"sofaspud" <sofaspud@del.nul> wrote in message
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> Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
> belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
> it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?

You should change the timing belt @60K miles.

It's much cheaper to do it yourself.

Ohaya

sofaspud wrote:
>
> Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
> belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
> it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?


If your car is closing in on 60K miles, you're much better off paying
the $500+ getting the timing belt replaced BEFORE it goes bad. Believe
me!

I don't know the details, but we had an old minivan awhile ago in which
the belt went south (at 48K), and it did all kinds of nasty things,
including bending valve stems, if I recall. Luckily it was JUST under
the 50K warranty, otherwise we would've been out about $1200+ for the
repair...

screwtape iii

"Ohaya" <ohaya@N_O_S_P_A_M_cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> sofaspud wrote:
> >
> > Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
> > belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
> > it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?
>
>
> If your car is closing in on 60K miles, you're much better off paying
> the $500+ getting the timing belt replaced BEFORE it goes bad. Believe
> me!
>
> I don't know the details, but we had an old minivan awhile ago in which
> the belt went south (at 48K), and it did all kinds of nasty things,
> including bending valve stems, if I recall. Luckily it was JUST under
> the 50K warranty, otherwise we would've been out about $1200+ for the
> repair...

Yea, my wife had a '79 Fiat Strada that had it's timing belt jump at 28,000
miles. Massive damage but it was under warranty.

Thomas Bauer

"sofaspud" <sofaspud@del.nul> wrote in message
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> Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
> belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
> it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?

£180 here in UK (including tax) = about US$320 for belt change.
Thomas Bauer
UK

GP

The local ford dealership did mine for 3.5 hours labour.
I shopped around, the highest was 5 hours labour.
I bought the belt myself. They did the labour.
No problems. Did mine at 100,000km.

"sofaspud" <sofaspud@del.nul> wrote in message
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> Took in an 02 elantra for recall service this morn'. Tech mentioned
> belt inspection/replacement for autos @ 60K miles. Then said
> it'll cost $530!. Is this the norm?


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