# Hyundai timing belt **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 10, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704 "2009-01-10T20:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_Cooper46](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Steve\_Cooper46](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_Cooper46)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/1 "2009-01-10T20:49:09Z")
I have a 2006 Sonata. The maintenance schedule does not say to replace timing belt. It makes referance to Drive belt. I would think that is the serpentine belt that runs alternator, power steering, ac. A dealer told me it timing belt needed replacing at 60k. If so, why doesn’t the maintenance schedule specify that? ---
**Author:** ![TXdealer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@TXdealer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TXdealer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/2 "2009-01-10T21:33:07Z")
For 2006, the 4 cyl has a chain, the 6 cyl has a timing belt. The previous version of the Sonata had belts on both engines. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/3 "2009-01-10T21:37:04Z")
When a factory maintenance schedule doesn’t list timing belt replacement, that is a good indication that the engine in question utilizes a timing chain, rather than a belt. Timing chains are not normally replaced unless they are causing a problem, and luckily timing chains give an audible warning of their impending demise–unlike a timing belt. I double-checked the Gates guide to timing belt applications and it does not list a timing belt for the 4-cylinder Sonata engine after 2003, and it fails to list a timing belt for the 6-cylinder engine after 2004. Although you neglected to tell us which engine you have, it does appear that both engines in the 2006 Sonata have a timing chain. However, since it is your car, I suggest that you verify the preceding information by visiting the Gates site. Incidentally, this situation is also a very good indicator of what most of us have observed for many years, namely that most people at a car dealership are not as knowledgeable about the cars that they sell as they should be. Most salesmen know next to nothing about the cars (Oh, the stories I could tell you!), and many service writers and service managers know only a little more than the sales people. It may take a few years for the people at that service department to figure out that the newer Sonatas do not have a timing belt. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Cooper46](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Steve\_Cooper46](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_Cooper46)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/4 "2009-01-11T13:16:41Z")
Thank you for the info. I do have the 2.4 engine. ---
**Author:** ![PO301-PO442](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@PO301-PO442](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PO301-PO442)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/5 "2009-01-11T16:19:56Z")
UM,pardon me,all dealers know they have T-chains on the V-6,UM,due to the tensioners failing at an early age,and #2 its pretty tough to spot a sealed cover vs, a plastic cover.on any car.all one has to do is open the hood,and look.all that is needed is ,um! a small amount of common sense.(oh ! thats right he works on this site. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/6 "2009-01-11T17:31:24Z")
Because of your poor sentence structure your point is unclear,I must ask, are you saying it is difficult to tell the difference between a sealed cover (used with timing chain) and a “plastic” cover (used with belts)? I find the difference easy to distinguish. CSA (like all of us)does not “work” on this site,his efforts are considered a “hobby”. Otherwise, I wish Gates would state “engine uses timing chain” instead of a omission leading us to conclude this design feature. ---
**Author:** ![PO301-PO442](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@PO301-PO442](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PO301-PO442)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-timing-belt/24704/7 "2009-01-11T19:26:54Z")
its a sarcastic answer,thanks for the creative writing lesson though. IM sayin its VERY EASY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE. better re-read your AWESOME ,sentence STRUCTURE.(not all that great)