I was just at Honda. One of the service advisors told me to wait at least 4 more years or 60K miles, mine currently has 35K and is a 2017. He told me the 7 year Honda requirement timing belt replacement was just to make money, and my car that has such low miles does not need to have a new timing belt.

I told him that I called different mechanics, even different Honda dealerships, and they all told me to get this done at the 7 year mark. He said, he has never seen a Honda that is such in low miles and even at the 7yr mark, to ever need a new timing belt, he said even at 10yrs with 60K it should be fine. He seemed like he was being honest and didn't want me to spend the money if I didn't have to.

Should I follow his advice or not? What do you think?

 

I'd lean towards taking his advice.

 

I have never seen a timing belt break other than from miles, but it depends on the environment of your vehicle and do you have anything leaking on the belt.

 

Thank you!

 

Thank you. Yeah, he actually said that during an oil change you can see if there are any leaks on the tensioner belt (I think that's what he called it), and if so, then it should be looked at or to worry then.