Hey all, my 2015 with 135k miles tore up its serpentine belt today. Only partly broken, but obviously needs replacing. After looking around here I'm confident I could do it myself, but I think there's more than just an old belt at work here.
My A/C hasn't worked for a couple years now, but there was never any obvious cause, no terrible noises, no squealing from the belt, just no cold air so I left it. Shortly before the belt started having issues, I started getting weird noises that sounded like it was from the fan coming from inside the dash, so I wonder if my A/C compressor finally did something to cause the belt to go. Without tearing it all apart I don't have a ton of info to go off of, so my thought is that I should have a shop do the A/C work and just replace the serpentine belt while they're in there.
I was hoping to wait until spring to do the A/C with the timing belt, but I fear I may be forced into it. If I could afford it I'd love to do all 3 at the same time but I fear that'll be too much bill for right now.
My A/C hasn't worked for a couple years now, but there was never any obvious cause, no terrible noises, no squealing from the belt, just no cold air so I left it. Shortly before the belt started having issues, I started getting weird noises that sounded like it was from the fan coming from inside the dash, so I wonder if my A/C compressor finally did something to cause the belt to go. Without tearing it all apart I don't have a ton of info to go off of, so my thought is that I should have a shop do the A/C work and just replace the serpentine belt while they're in there.
I was hoping to wait until spring to do the A/C with the timing belt, but I fear I may be forced into it. If I could afford it I'd love to do all 3 at the same time but I fear that'll be too much bill for right now.
