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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 2/13/2007 6:29:08 PM

frozeh2o

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If you're comfortable with your own mechanical abilities then by all means do the maintenance of changing the timing belt yourself.My point is that in this imperfect world that a handshake and word of an individual who might work on an automobile is not worth a pile of doo in today's court.If you want to save money and have a local mechanic do the job instead of the dealership just remember one thing....get it it writing of a warranty on their workmanship just in case they screw up on this one job.Money may make the world go round but paper and ink helps keep it together.And by the way.....im about $785 short of the $800 an hour plateau but am living comfortably at the other financial decisions i make.

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 2/13/2007 8:26:51 PM

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 2/13/2007 11:22:46 PM

frozeh2o

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That's the beauty of a warranty being in writing as opposed to the local grease monkey down the block saying...."Yep,it'll be right as rain when i get done with her."Also,there's always the Hyundai Motor Company to vent to if the dealerships dont do right by their customers and they have a little bit more pull on the dealerships than the average customer would over their friendly neighborhood mechanic.

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 3/9/2007 2:57:23 PM

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If you own a 4 cylinder sonata you had better do the timing belt on time. As for techs keeping one eye on the clock, well that is a mentality that some have toward dealers.I have worked for an indy repair shop before and I find they are worse than dealers as for customer satisfaction.I have to have customer satisfaction or it costs me money.Everyone thinks the dealer is out to get them.Not all. It is a buisness in which every tech is his own boss.He decides how much money he makes and if he upsets customers due to vehicle not being fixed right the first time then he loses money.Timing belts and tensioners should be replaced every 60k like clockwork.If you dont then you can likely buy an engine.I have seen hundreds of broken timing belts.On one hand I can count how many before 60,000 miles.On the other hand how many made it to 80,000 miles.The rest is within those mileages.If you stay by the recommended service intervals you wont run into a warranty problem.

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 3/21/2007 8:34:41 PM

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Hey… many thanks for all of the input. I had forgotten about the post and just stumbled upon it again today. Have since sold the Tib but my daughter still drives the Accent. Going on 66K now and have decided (based on all of the input) to take it to the dealer. Just don’t trust myself with tackling that job.
Thanks.. again..

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 3/21/2007 11:14:26 PM

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 6/23/2007 5:43:24 PM

videofan

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i havent had one break but hyundai wont do warranty work on my car anymore because they say that since i didnt have the timing belt replaced at 60.000 miles i broke the contract that i signed when i bought the car so they have lost me when i go to buy a new car

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 6/23/2007 8:50:13 PM

Doohickie

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If it it didn't break and you replaced it after 60,000 miles, your warranty is still intact. For the warranty to be broken, any failure that occurs has to be due to something you did (like put on parts that ruined something or raced the car), or something you were supposed to do but didn't (like if the timing belt breaks because you didn't do it). However, if you replace the timing belt after the recommended maintenance inteval and it hadn't broken, your warranty is still intact. Bear in mind, though, that your bumper-to-bumper warranty ended at 60,000 miles regardless of mainenance that was or wasn't done. The only warranty you still have, and this is only if you're the original owner, is the 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. And this only covers the mechanical powertrain components (not the electrical sensors and controls).

Was there a warranty repair they did not cover? What kind of repair was it?

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 7/11/2007 9:16:08 AM

booshyboo

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Tuscon 2005, under 50,000 miles, took all of the engine valves with it and now i have been fighting with hyundai for a month to replace the engine, over $7,000!! great warrenty!! not!!

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RE: Has anyone had a Timing Belt Break? - 7/31/2007 4:27:26 AM

mechanic98

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wow, not even 50,000 miles yet... yikes, did hyundai get the cheapest parts for their vehicles or what?

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