# Honda timing belts or chains? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** civic, honda\ **Created:** [July 20, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196 "2010-07-20T20:11:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![patpeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@patpeck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patpeck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/1 "2010-07-20T20:11:29Z")
Does anyone know if the 2006 Honda Civic has a timing belt or a timing chain? How about the '07 and '08 models? ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/2 "2010-07-20T20:26:39Z")
I think after 2005 Honda went back to using a timing chain in the civics I can’t find any listing for timing belts after that ---
**Author:** ![patpeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@patpeck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patpeck)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/3 "2010-07-20T23:46:17Z")
That’s good news, as I’m buying a 2006, and I understand chains don’t need the very expensive replacement every 60 or 70K miles. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/4 "2010-07-21T00:54:39Z")
Consumers have wised up to timing BELTS and manufacturers are switching back to chains to prevent further loss of market share… ---
**Author:** ![patpeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@patpeck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patpeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/5 "2010-07-21T00:56:53Z")
Clever of them. 🙂 Just one of those belt replacements was enough to cure me. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/6 "2010-07-21T02:00:05Z")
Actually, the sixth generation Civic only needs a new timing belt every 90,000 miles on the “severe service” maintenance schedule, and 105,000 miles for the normal maintenance schedule, not 60,000 or 70,000. ---
**Author:** ![patpeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@patpeck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patpeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/7 "2010-07-21T03:50:59Z")
Well, that’s not so bad, then. I’ll have to read the manual once I actually get the car. Thanks for the info. So does the '06 have a belt after all? ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/8 "2010-07-21T04:21:56Z")
I am pretty sure the 2006 Civic has a chain, not a belt, but personally, I don’t think having the belt changed every 90,000 miles is the big deal others make it out to be. On my Civic, timing belt jobs have cost me about $0.0047 per mile, and that includes the water pump and all of the other belts with every other timing belt job. Perhaps when you buy your car, it might be a good idea to prophylactically replace the water pump and belts every 180,000 miles or so. I would. ---
**Author:** ![patpeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@patpeck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patpeck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/9 "2010-07-21T04:55:47Z")
I think I can live with that. I may not live long enough to have to do it twice. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/10 "2010-07-21T12:30:22Z")
Better yet get your answers BEFORE you actually get the car ! Just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![eraser1998](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6de8d8/32.png) [@eraser1998](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eraser1998)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-timing-belts-or-chains/52196/11 "2010-07-21T13:59:10Z")
Personally, I don’t like timing belts… But there are a lot more things to be more concerned about than whether a car has a belt or a chain. Things like does that model/year have a history of cracking engine blocks? Has it been recalled 8 times? If your answer to questions such as that is yes, then perhaps whether it uses a belt or a chain should be a lesser worry…