I'm checking this out on behalf of my sister, so I don't have the service guide or anything in front of me and I really don't know a heck of a lot about her car (specific year, miles, etc).

She is supposed to take her car to the dealership this week to get a 60 (or 65?)k service done. It involves a timing belt change (according to her), among other things. I know from when I had to get one done on my Jetta, many years ago, it was around a grand or two for what she is outlining. I know that anything that involves the stealership with my x5 costs a fortune (189 dollar oil change, anyone! haha) and the Lexus dealer is the same as the BMW dealer here. I have a good indy shop for my x5 and I found a shop that I trust to service her car, which leads me to the real question at hand.

What does she really need done at this service interval? It seems crazy to me that a timing belt (or does this car have a chain?) would need to be replaced so soon. I would like to figure out just what she needs done, call the indy guy, get it set up and save her a tidy sum.

Any help would be great. I plan to get her service guide out tonight and check on what is suggested there, but I need to call the shop this afternoon, before I get off work, to make sure they can fit the car in before the weekend.

 

How does she have 60k miles on the car already? What year is this?

 

I think it is a 2007. She drives a lot. 1000 miles a week during college for here last year wouldn't surprise me. But, then again, as I said originally, I really don't know much about the car. It is sitting in front of my house right now, so when I get home from work, I am going to check it out. For all I know, it could be a 2006 es330. I assumed a 2007 because it seems to me she got it her senior year of college, but well all know about assumptions.

I am going ask the same question in the es330 forum too just to cover my bases incase it turns out to be a 2006.

 

My 07 has 57k on it now. I stopped taking it to the dealer when I got their quote for the 30k, something like $750.00 to $800.00.

 

If you read the ES350 manual, the recommend service for Timing belt (and water pump if you are going keep the car for longer) is 90k miles.

 

The ES350 doesn't have a timing belt. It uses a chain.