Owner reviews for timing belt

For my A3 8V 2.0TDI I paid 575€ to change the timing belt + water pump in Portugal.

Located in AZ. I called multiple places and the average was around $1,500 for both water pump and timing belt (dealership was over $3,000 which is insane).

I got lucky as one shop was doing a special for timing belt changes and I got both serviced for $950.

Gates, I've installed dozens of them and never had a problem, easily outlast the timing belt.

I changed the timing belt on my girlfriend's 99 accord last year for a grand total of 24 years and 110k miles. To be honest it looked really good and I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted another 15 years

233,000 mi. 2007 accord with 2.4L vtech. Sold the car to a buddy and it is still going strong.

My sister ran her Honda Odyssey 3.5 to 245k miles. Never had a belt.

I had a 2002 Honda civic at 230K and never changed the timing belt.

The common complaint of gates timing belts is that they're loud.

Gates timing belt broke and took out the engine in my old 2009 legacy with the sohc 2.5l. It was only installed for about 5 years and 60k mi / 96.5k km. Don't skimp on the most important belt your engine has, buy genuine subaru.

Hi, my experience with 1.2 Puretech engine in 2020 Opel Grandland is not good. Just after the warranty has ended there was a red oil pressure alert, went to the mechanic (at around 60k km). The workshop said the engine had almost no lubrication because rubber timing belt is falling apart and the junk has blocked oil sump.