how many of you have experience a premature timing belt failure. as this is a major failure i am hoping not many. i have an '00 xc se with 85k miles. i am beginning to worry, even though i am 20k from the service interval. i am hoping to make it to 90k or so.

any thoughts?

thanks.

 

I'm pushing 102k I inspected the belt last week and It still looks pretty good. I will change it at 105k though. The belt is made up of kevlar (i think)

 

i aslo inspected mine last weekend. i did see micro-cracks which was not too suprising. did you notice any such wear?

 

I have seen to many to count on one hand,
Also you have to remember that the service interval for the tensioner is only 80k.
I have seen the tensioners break at 60k.

 

thanks tech, although not quite the input i wanted, but kind of what i expected. i suppose i knew the answer when posting.

at any rate, if you were me, would you drive this car 1200 miles over the turkey day weekend or take another vehicle?

 

If the belt isn't cracked all that bad you should be fine driving.
Hard for me to say without me seeing it myself.