Ping HyundaiTech : Drive Belt

Older ones tend to start cracking significantly around 3 years or 30k. Newer ones seem to be made of a different material and still seem to be just fine when I change the timing belt at 60k. I don't recommend doing this as regular maintenance, but rather as indicated by the condition of the belt. Have a look where the belt goes over the tensioner pulley. The belt is bent backward there, and it'll be easy to see the cracks in the ribs. If it's getting ugly, replace it.

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Drive belt? Don't you have a transmission?

Question...I see if you live in Calif, you don't have to replace the timing belt on elantra the same time you do in other states??? I live here and W H Y???

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Dave, the easiest answer to the question is to have them changed when you change your timing belt. You have to remove them anyway to get to the timing belt. Between that and inspection of the water pump and tensioner pulley, the job can get expensive, but better doing all of it at once rather than a piece at a time.

I've never seen an official reason, but I suspect there's a legal issue in California that prevents them from denying warranty coverage under the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty if your timing belt breaks after 4 years/60,000 miles (and it wasn't replaced).

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