# 2013 Hyundai Elantra: timing belt or chain?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** hyundai\
**Created:** [October 29, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790 "2018-10-29T18:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![HelenSmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a87d85/32.png) [@HelenSmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HelenSmith)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790/1 "2018-10-29T18:04:14Z")

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Does my 2013 Hyundai Elantra have a timing chain or timing belt

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**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790/2 "2018-10-31T18:34:14Z")

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Go to the Gates Belts website and look up your vehicle. If they offer a belt… then your car uses a timing belt.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790/3 "2018-11-01T02:45:41Z")

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The 2013 elantra’s 1.8 4 banger engine uses a timing chain from what I’m seeing.

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**Author:** ![HelenSmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a87d85/32.png) [@HelenSmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HelenSmith)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790/4 "2018-11-01T16:16:27Z")

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Thank you very much

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-hyundai-elantra-timing-belt-or-chain/127790/5 "2018-11-01T17:01:14Z")

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> [@ledhed75](#):
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> Go to the Gates Belts website and look up your vehicle

Another way to tell if one’s vehicle has a timing belt is to simply open the glove compartment, take out the mfr’s maintenance schedule (frequently contained in the Owner’s Manual), and peruse that maintenance schedule.  
If there is no listing for timing belt replacement (it could also be called a “cam belt”) at 60k, or 90k, or 120k, then the engine does not utilize a timing belt.  
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