My car is a 2005 Honda Accord V6 with 35,500 miles on it. I have been told by my mechanic at the Honda dealership that the timing belt needs to be changed. He said that Honda recommends this service at either 90,000 miles or 7 years. My question is does it really need to be done at this time or i…

Timing Belt

MikeInNH April 18, 2013, 5:17pm 13

The later 4 cylinder Honda engines use timing chains. So there is no recommended interval change. Typically they last at least 250k miles. The 6-cylinder still has a timing belt. I assume that since this is the dealer they would know which engine has the timing belt and which has the timing chain.

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