Originally Posted by nekkidlad

if it's a mitsubishi dealer i'd call and ask, they should be able to pull the history(if it was done there), personally i'd assume it wasnt and do it anyway....when i replaced my belt @ 100k, i can put $ on it being the oe belt and still had all the normal markings etc, no cracking or wear, but you could see it was noticeable stretched when compared to a new one...if it's not a mitsu dealer i'd put $ down they didnt...most used cars sold at dealers come from auction sales, not ussually from a trade-in or outright sale or sumn like that...

maybe they did something else and had to remove the covers...maybe the previous owner...maybe some1 else inspected it too but not replaced it...trust me, i work at a dealer(not mitsu tho, we're jag), and the used car dept is the WORST for actually paying for repairs...specially if it's maintenance...and it's like that everywhere(not just my dealer)...unless it's a concern where it's safety related, or something the customer will say hey it makes noise/vibrates/looks off/or whatever they will not do it...it's hard enough to sell them an air filter when it looks like a mudpie some times, if it came in needing a timing belt, it'll leave needing one still...specially if they dont normally work on those cars on a day to day basis...

for example: theres a service bulletin on certain jaguars(where i work) where the serp belt and/or sc belt chirps and squeals at idle horribly loud, everybody in here knows about it...we got 2 used cars in wich needed the updated pulles, belts and brackets, and guess what?....the customer had to buy them because "it's not a maintenance issue or a safety concern"...one customer bought the car and complained about it and basically offered to either we fix it or he would return the car and they denied the repair, so he returned the car...the next customer who bought the same car basically said he wouldnt buy the car without the updated parts installed so they rolled it into the price of the car...and the customer was angry but ended up buying it anyway...the other car still makes noise...and is still on the lot, still being complained about the noise...but no repairs made to date...

ps sorry for the long post...but just letting u know how things are done ussually at dealers for your enlightenment...

Originally Posted by johnnycage

Well I check out the belt and it looks pretty damn new. No cracking or brittling. All the markings are still on the rubber to boot. There were tool marks on the bolts which indicate the covering had been removed before. So my gut tells me, it got replaced at the scheduled 90k mark.