That’s what I paid to have the timing belt done on my Audi A4 at an Audi independent shop.
Pros: done at independent shop
Vehicle:
Audi A4
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After just snapping one in my Audi A4 B7, I had to rebuild that entire head. Total pain in the ass. The factory belt lasted 15 years, 175k miles before it let go.
Cons: engine damage, difficult rebuild
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Mileage: 281635 km
For my A3 8V 2.0TDI I paid 575€ to change the timing belt + water pump in Portugal.
Pros: timing belt change
Vehicle:
Audi A3
Those cracks look worse than what mine did. I had gotten my car at 134k mileage and I changed my belt at 180k but to be very honest I think my belt had been on there for much longer before I owned that vehicle and I think I got lucky it never snapped into pieces.
Pros: got lucky, never snapped
Cons: cracks look worse
Vehicle:
Audi
Mileage: 180000 km
An old Audi belt motor goes 240k and the belt is still holding. I had a 2013 A4 2.0 that stretched the ~~belt~~ chain* at 70k and the valves kissed the pistons.
Pros: belt still holding
Cons: chain stretched
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Mileage: 240000 km
My last car was an A4 with AMB engine and the recommended timing belt change interval according to maintenance booklet was at 110K, while at the local dealer they were trying to persuade everyone to change it at 80K. I did one myself at 104K and it was just the right time as I noticed it started to stretch.
Pros: right time, noticed stretch
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Mileage: 104000 km
I changed my timing belt a month ago and my car had 111250Km and ten years young. First of all, I was amazed by the quality of the old timing belt, it was solid with no cracks at all.
Pros: solid, no cracks
Mileage: 111250 km
There is no way to know without removing the cylinder head and posting pictures. Best case you can just replace the timing belt and any bent valves.
Pros: replace timing belt
Cons: bent valves
Vehicle:
Audi A4
6 years or 75,000 miles is the most I'd push any timing belt. We inspected a timing belt on a 2002 A4 with 57,000 miles in September - in-service date of 6/1/02 so it's over 6 years. Told her the belt is walking off, riding the edge of the tensioner and fraying.
Cons: walking off, riding edge, fraying
Vehicle:
Audi A4
Mileage: 91732 km
On my TT, I did it every 50K miles. Had heard of failures and it seemed like cheap insurance ...
Pros: cheap insurance
Vehicle:
Audi TT
Mileage: 80467 km
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What we know about OEM Audi timing belt
The brand is registered in Germany.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a positive opinion of OEM Audi timing belt.
PR Score — 83 out of 100, based on 10 reviews and 31 vote. 8 positive reviews, 1 neutral review, 1 negative review. Average rating — 4 (out of 5). Vote balance: 26 up, 5 down.
In the ranking of the best timing belt this part is at position 8, behind Mitsuboshi and Continental , but ahead of Contitech and DAYCO.
Users also evaluated the qualities of OEM Audi timing belt:
- Noise - a steady whine or rustle is heard from the timing belt area - no rating yet
- Visible wear - cracks, missing teeth, or oil contamination seen on the belt - rated ambivalently. 3.3 points out of 5.
- Starting - engine starts poorly or pops/backfires from disturbed timing - rated negatively. 0.5 points out of 5.
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