silverg37

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I was driving no joke 2 blocks from my house and all a sudden i hear a slashing sound as if i hit a little tree branch. Now i come home and i see like wires from the timming belt ripped up. So i ended up dropping it off. What is the problem and i hope i am under warrenty

Black Betty

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I'm pretty sure that you don't see your timing belt. Maybe your serpentine belt, but the timing belt is inside the engine.

RaulGCustom

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These cars have timing chains, not belts

Itchytoe

If you did snap your timing belt (or chain) you wouldn't have made it two blocks back to your house. Like Black Betty said, it's likely to be your serpentine belt, which isn't a huge problem. Don't drive without one, but the car wont' blow up.

Modme

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+1 Timing chain for the win!

da mayor

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yeah even if some of these cars that get hit the timing chains are strong that the motor can still start up...

btw.... nice to bash the dealership and bring it to service here. =)

1NEETO

Quick question. Are our engines interference engines?

Bo2point0

^^ If im not mistaken our engines are interference, but this doesnt mean that if the timing chain snaps the valves will always hit the piston.

my old civic is interference and the timing belt snapped and I just replaced it with no problems.

cy7878

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+1 for the chain. I'm sure our dealers would drool over timing belts. can you imagine what they would charge to replace it, or what bunch of other services can get rolled in for that one? water pump, bearings, etc...

silverg37

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But how does a serpentine belt rip? And yeah massapequa infiniti will see how they do! BETTER BE WARRANTED

OHH NOES

Why would a belt be warrantied? It's a wear and tear item, supposed to be changed every few years. That would be like warrantying brake pads.

LMFAO at people thinking we have timing belts..

silverg37

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Dude how would i know man .

Itchytoe

They are wear and tear items, but if the vehicle is like 2 months old, then they would probably replace it for you. Looks like we're talking about a 2009, so you're out of luck and should hit up your local auto parts store for a new belt.

TVPostSound

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A serpentine belt lasts at least 60k miles. The worst that happens is that the ridges crack.

A shredded belt means something else. Check for a frozen water pump pulley, frozen or broken idler pulley, frozen AC compressor etc.
Maybe a dead cat!!

tejasg37x

Definitely a wear item, but realistically, it should last more than two years.

I replaced the one on my Z at 6 years with 60,000 miles and it was still in decent shape...was starting to see tiny cracks in it; was the reason to replace it when I noticed.