Was yours covered under warranty?

 

Both of these the part number for the new chains?

 

My car was moded before I got it and the dealer could tell that it was but covered the timing chain under warranty. That was this Feb and my car is a 2008 gsr with 22000 mile on it at the time. I hope the new chaib is better.

 

Is it stretch or wear or a bit of both?

 

The dealer told me it was stretched bad, and I only found out BC the timing cover was leaking. They went above and beond I think. They replaced the grears, cover, and chain , dealer said it was $1800 in repairs.

 

Now thats service

 

That is right. When they change the chain they usually change all that anyways along with the oil pump chain. My bill was around $1800 as well. Mine skipped 3 teeth. Luckily no damage

 

The paper states "beginning with 2012 models"

Had me a little worried myself.. just bought a 2012

 

so my 2011 gsr that I just bought, built in august of 2011... most likely doesnt have this timing chain? correct?

 

I dont think the chain came out till 2012 so it is pretty unlikely that you have it. The only way to know for sure is to pull the timing cover and have a look.

 

sorry i meant pull of the valve cover. Need more coffee

 

There was an updated chain in early 2011. So they are either just now officially announcing it or they have a third revision. The consensus so far has been just now announcing it.

 

No - was 2 months past 36

 

According to the service manager at Long beach mitsu (I don't trust dealers but figured I would ask), he said that the stretching problem was only shown on the 2010 model. The 2011 had the new revised chain and that they wouldn't show any problems.

Now to change the relays....

 

well i have a 2008 and it stretched. Although the new revised chain came out in 2011 i do not believe they were used in production untill 2012. If your lucky maybe some late model 2011's will have them.

The new chain is a triple link and looks much more durable then the previous. I was talking to the service manager and they have seen lots of them fail.