Timing belt Continental or OEM Honda

it’s critical that job is done with genuine parts. Have a dealer , or even better, a quality independent shop do it that will use genuine Honda parts. Most don’t. They use aftermarket junk. If aftermarket is used you won’t get a 100k miles out of that service interval like you should.

Never had a problem with Continental belts in the 15+ years I've done timing belts, at recommended interval replacements as directed.

2010 Ridgeline, so same engine/platform as the Pilot.. Just changed the timing belt at 160k miles for the first time. The belt felt totally fine, almost brand new. The tensioner looked like it had a little fluid leaking but looked fine. The tensioner pulley had a little play.

I have a continental timing belt with 180K km on it. Yes it’s time to change it, but it still looks good. They are good belts, my engines life depends on it.

I've always bought the Continental branded ones and had good luck with them.

I ran my 2012 pilot with similar miles for 200k without changing the belt (it’s also got that v6 shared with the tl if I’m not mistaken)

Super cheap minus the expensive timing belt job at 105k miles.

I paid a dealer $1400 to replace timing belt, tensioner, water pump and front main seal several years ago. Pricy, but in a HCOL metro.

I had 280k on my 01 accord when the og snapped, thought it had been swapped by previous owner as it looked to be in good shape when I did the water pump and I ate that about as fast as I stopped when it killed my engine.

I had a customer who brought in a car with seemingly “authentic Honda” parts that failed prematurely. Lo and behold it was a counterfeit timing belt kit and the belt snapped sending everything else to shit.