My car has 53K miles and dealer is saying since its over 7 yrs i should change water pump and timing belt and accessories, total cost 900 USD

I guess its total BS as car has very low miles

Your opinion please

 

It's not total BS.
Timing belt interval is miles or TIME, whichever comes first. You're due because of time. The belt deteriorates with age, even when the miles are low.

 

What about water pump ?

 

i/d wait another year, maybe around 70-75 k
when doing it . do a t-belt kit,,,,,,,,,belt, pump, hydraulic tensioner, outer belt,

900 is a bit too much,, find a shop that specializes on Hondas, and make sure they use factory Honda parts,, cost should be around 650-700..

 

I would not wait, if it goes...its going to be definitely more then $900. Mine went @ arround 60,000 on my lancer, pistons 2 and 4 collided with the valves....sucked.

and the water pump......well when that goes the damage is not as bad, but to replace it you have to remove the timing belt and **** all over again.....not worth it. I think water pump is only like 60-70 bucks out of that $900 total.

Change it.

 

if water pump comes apart or seizes up.., it is basically the same thing as the t-belt coming apart,( jumping teeth, or could totally come off the pulley ) So damage could be bad...,,also pump on a v6 from Honda dealer is around $ 130 ...
I have done a crap load of timing belts,, 6-7-8 years old cars.and on the lower miles cars such as this,,belts can still go at least another 15-20k miles ,,

personally i would not use anything but Honda factory parts,, considering you do not need to it again for another 6-7-8 years and 70-80k miles ..''''

 

I had my car checked with an independent mechanic and he says everything looks good including water pump and exterior belts and he also says its not due till 100K on V6 models

So the dealer was actually BS'ing

 

did he remove the covers and physically looked at the timing belt condition ??

also if you do a lot of city driving the miles on the odometer do not reflect the actual miles on the t-belt ,,,,,And last thing , there is also the age issue to consider not just the mileage