They suggest six years or 90K miles as the safe life expectancy of a timing belt. They set the service interval for a reason. If you want to put off this service, then why not other service? The only reason is cost. Time is more the enemy than mileage is on a timing belt and you can't check to see if a timing belt is good.
ACURA TIMING BELTS MANUAL
It's in the service manual at six years or 90K miles, time OR mileage, whichever comes first. You can stretch the service interval a little but by chance it? It will cost over $8K to repair the damage. But of course, that owner probably has the aforementioned wad of cash under his or her mattress!!!
Now with that said, I have read about 91 NSX's that still have not had their first belt replacement. My advice to anyone owning an NSX that has 6 years since the last belt change - unless you have a wad of cash stuffed under the mattress that is earmarked for "possible NSX engine replacement", I would follow Honda's recommendations to the letter. I believe the time interval is still 6 years (72 months). Honda's recommendation for normal use (vs severe use) over the years has always been change the TB every 6 years or 90k miles, whichever comes first.īack in the 80's they were recommending 60k mile intervals, and now I believe the Accords are recommending 105k intervals. Not once have one of my Honda products required anything beyond normal wear items, (brakes, tires, exhaust systems, wheel alignments, valve adjustments, fluid changes and of course timing belt/water pump replacements).
Personally put up to 150k miles on most of them, then sold them to friends who took them up to 250K and more. This has included Civic's, Accords, Preludes, Legends, RL's, TL's and NSX's. I have owned Honda products since the early 80's and Acura's since the early 90's.
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