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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby
I had a Camry (V6) where I didn't change the timing belt until about 180K miles. My mechanic told me the belt was like new and probably could have gone another 50K + without problem. Of course he changed the belt anyways while he was in there (it would have been silly not to at that point).
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It's safest to change it, some engines are called "interference engines" where if the timing belt breaks, the valves can hit the pistons causing very bad expensive stuff to happen. The timing belt "times" when the valve opening/closing occurs. I broke a timing belt on a miata last year (went way past the recommended mileage), but since it's a non interference engine, I was ok (still needed a tow).