Timing belt

I own a 2001 Sonata V6 and have only 28k miles on it. However, the owner manual recommends to replace the timing belt every 4 years or 60k miles. Since I have this car for already 6 years but have low mileage on it do I need to replace the timing belt now? Or should I wait til it'll be around 60k miles?
Thanks.

I would consider changeing it now...it's kinda like when they say , change your oil every 3,000 miles or 4 months , whicever comes 1st
 
WheelBroker1

Does the V6 have a belt or does that just apply to the 4?  A lot of V6s have chains.
 
If you have a belt, the key phrase is "whichever comes first".  For you it was time before mileage.  If your belt goes and trashes the engine, Hyundai is off the hook.

o1 -sonata would have the belt and i would difintly change it - there also a hydrulic tensioner that may be leaking i would consider changing it while your there

Yes, if you have the belt, then definitely change it out.

Thanks everybody for your advices, I went to the dealer yesterday and the belt was changed ($475 total). 

That's not too bad.  Being a V6, does it have twin belts or only one?  I really haven't looked into the Sonata all that much.

It is written in the invoice "1 timing belt, price: $105.53" so I assume there is one belt in V6 Sonata 2001. This is small V6, only 2.5 liters.

Okay.  Just curious.

The timing belt if not driven a whole lot after time will start to conform to the sahpe in which it sits. So they say change in out after 4 yrs, especially if it isn't driven much. I've seen one of these belts break because it sat to long in one spot and conformed to that shape..after it was ran for a couple weeks...bam! It broke..lucky it wasnt an interference motor.

I just purchased a 2007 Sonata 2.4l 4 banger.   I was told that it has an interference engine with a timing belt.  Is this true?  The sales person had to check with several people before she could give me the answer.  She finally had to contact another Hyundai dealer to get the answer.  Boy, do their sales people need product training!

"Boy, do their sales people need product training!"
 
Amen to that. Not long ago we were looking at the 2007 Accent. The salesman did not know the vehicle at all. (See my posts under the thread titled "New to hyundai with questions")