# Timing belt/gear

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090 "2007-09-24T19:55:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![verdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@verdad](https://community.cartalk.com/u/verdad)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090/1 "2007-09-24T19:55:57Z")

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I have a 2003 Honda Pilot with just over 100,000 miles on it. My dealer recommends that I replace the timing belt at 105,000 miles. Is this necessary then or should I “push on”?

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090/2 "2007-09-24T20:03:00Z")

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Basically if you don’t replace it will fail sometime and causes a few thousand dollars of damage to your motor + cause a break down(engine will not run) likely at the most inconvenient time.

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**Author:** ![erinjennings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@erinjennings](https://community.cartalk.com/u/erinjennings)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090/3 "2007-09-24T20:13:32Z")

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yes replace it if you plan on keeping this car. timing belts can break without warning and completely ruin your engine.

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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:** [September 24, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/timing-belt-gear/5090/4 "2007-09-24T20:24:40Z")

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Should you replace it? Not if you like to gamble with bad odds.

Since the cost of the timing belt replacement is only a fraction of the cost of rebuilding your engine if the belt should break, the answer seems obvious to me, but I will let you decide for yourself whether this risk is worthwhile.