Timing belt covered under warranty?

[eryque]

A friend has a '00 OBS w/ 10 yr 100,000 mile warranty. Is the timing belt covered under that warranty as well? If it goes before the suggested maintenance interval is she covered if it's still in the warranty period?

 

Just curious. All her other belts were cracking, so it wouldn't surprise me if the timing belt isn't so far behind.

[nipper]

Different animal. Look on your warrenty, it is prbbly only covered if it fails before 106,000 miles/106 months and damages the engine.

 

Anything that is a wear item is not covered. Anything past its service life is not covered.

 

A timing belt is made much differntly then a accessory drive belt.

 

 

nipper

[idosubaru]

what nipper said - accessory belts are not typically 100,000+ mile items and the load put on them varies tremendously on alternator and air conditioner condition and useage.

[Petersubaru]

105k mi or 105 months.. which ever comes first...you will be dependent on their "good will" (if any) should it break before

[The Dude]

105k mi or 105 months.. which ever comes first...you will be dependent on their "good will" (if any) should it break before

 

There are many, many reasons that I do not like automotive warranties. Among them is that most policies state that "any damage done as the result of an UNCOVERED component failing is not covered either". So, if your timing belt isn't covered, and it almost certainly isn't, then all of the valve and piston done by a failed timing belt wouldn't be cover either.

Say the dryer in your AC, frequently an uncovered component, fails. Well, all the labor, parts, and refrigerant required to repair the AC won't be covered either.

Automotive warrantyies are kind of a Vegas slot machine. On average, you're going to put a hell of a lot more money into old one arm than you're ever going to take out. Learn to save some money, and self-insure.