Timing Belt

The Show
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I have a '01 Honda CRV with 61,000 miles.



Have had 3 different opinions. Change the timing belt at 60,000; 90,0000 and 110,000.

I live in Tucson, AZ

Please give an opinion.

2

i have had two timing belt break on me.and my wife car have put here down once.so i would say 60,000 mile.but your owner manual should tell you. good luck

3

The only opinion that matters is the opinion of the people who designed and built your engine. Fortunately, that information can be found in your glove compartment, either in a book titled “Owners Manual” or in a book titled “Honda Maintenance Schedule”.

Open the glove compartment, take out the booklet(s) that you find there, read exactly what Honda specifies, and ignore the well-meaning opinions of everyone else.

4

+1

5

I’d be willing to bet that for your situation all 3 opinions are wrong.

As someone pointed out, check your owners manual for the correct answer.

With a 7 year old Honda, and averaging less then 10,000 miles a year, the age of the belt is probably going to be your problem.

6

72,000 miles / 8 years

7

The official recommendation from Honda is 105,000 miles. The newer timing belts last about 30% longer than the older styles. No advantage to changing it at 60M miles.

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