[SpoiledMan]

Originally Posted by itb76

Mine failed without warning at 164K, not a pleasant experience. Read all about it if you like.

The belts that have come off of my Honda cars at 90/105k have easily been maybe 2/3's through their life. Safe to say that they *may* have made it the same distance but I'm not trying to find out. From the looks of what went down with your chain it's probably safe to say that they need attention around 100k. I know you're not alone as I know someone with a new Beetle that had the same problem and while researching it found quite a few others as well. Belts/chains are downright cheap in comparison to what happens if they break. Nothing is made like it used to be.