Honda Pilot's milestone

[TomYoung]

my belt look pretty good at 88k miles and 8.5 yrs. It certainly lost the elasticity (looked plasticky), but had no cracks or missing teeth. I’m sure it would’ve gone another 30-40k miles with no issues.

Tensioner, on the other hand, was leaking fluid, and needed to be changed. If anything, the decision to do the TB job needs to be driven by the condition of the tensioner, in my opinion

Modern timing belts look brand new up to the point of failure.

 

[parshisa]

Modern timing belts look brand new up to the point of failure.

Do you have any actual data points to support this statement?

 

[bdc101]

I think that 90,000 is where the smart money is, even though the owners manual probably says 105,000. If you are a lower mileage driver, my suggestion is every seven years. I don’t think anyone will disagree with spending $450 for the Honda/Aisin kit, vs. $135 for Chinese stuff.

Thanks for the recommendations... my car was first sold in Sept 2020 which means I am 5.5 years in. But has only 34,000 miles right now. I'll at least wait until fall of 2027, see how it goes.

 

[TomYoung]

Do you have any actual data points to support this statement?

No.

 

[ARB1977]

Brake fluid is very easy. I’ve done it with someone else pumping the pedal twice. And then I bout a pressure bleeder - super easy now. However, I’ve never noticed any difference in breaking performance after changing the fluid. Breaks are mushy before and after lol

Ive seen two ways to do it. Was told driver front first, passenger front, driver rear then passenger rear. Is that correct?

 

[parshisa]

Ive seen two ways to do it. Was told driver front first, passenger front, driver rear then passenger rear. Is that correct?

I did LF, RF, RR, LR

 

[parshisa]

wrong thread

 

[I<3oil]

4 brake fluid flushes in 9 years and 100k? Ouch

 

[parshisa]

4 brake fluid flushes in 9 years and 100k? Ouch

not sure why, but brake fluid in the pilot gets dark and murky very quickly. but hey, 10$ every couple of years is no big expense

 

[burnbomber]

On our 2017, the dealer flushed and filled the cooling system, wife and I rotated the tires and bled the brakes. Took down the spare for the 1st time. We did that in 2023, at 5 or 6 years. Right now, at 36k miles, we need ZF transmission drain and refill, it could use it's yearly oil change, and I don't know about the AWD differentials.

Our original battery lasted 8 years. I figured it had a good life,--it did make the #1 record longest time in service, and replaced it DIY; there were NO notifications from the maintenance minder to change it. I believe there is a battery warning notice; I've seen it somewhere maybe in the big, long, fat owners manual.

 

[bdc101]

On our 2017, the dealer flushed and filled the cooling system, wife and I rotated the tires and bled the brakes. Took down the spare for the 1st time. We did that in 2023, at 5 or 6 years. Right now, at 36k miles, we need ZF transmission drain and refill, it could use it's yearly oil change, and I don't know about the AWD differentials.

Our original battery lasted 8 years. I figured it had a good life,--it did make the #1 record longest time in service, and replaced it DIY; there were NO notifications from the maintenance minder to change it. I believe there is a battery warning notice; I've seen it somewhere maybe in the big, long, fat owners manual.

I actually have replaced a 10-year old battery in a BMW X5 that I bought -- and a 12-year-old battery in a Prius that I bought!

Both were AGM.

I have never personally ran any kind of battery longer than I think 7 or 8 years. And that was only in a super analog car that didn't get all messed up when the battery drops (like most modern cars).

My old X5 (a 2003), the immobilizer would lose its synchronization code with the engine computer when the battery voltage dropped. And it would think it was being stolen. German car problems at their finest!

 

[KrisZ]

Do you have any actual data points to support this statement?

Why request data for such an obvious thing? The belt is dry and sealed up from the elements by a plastics cover. Absent coolant and/or oil contamination, there is absolutely no reason for a used belt to be visibly degraded from a brand new one.