Your car's serpentine or drive belt is a vital engine component. It's responsible for providing power to various accessories, including the air conditioning compressor, power steering pump, and ...

Check your owner’s manual. It pays to know which kind of engine you have and the recommended replacement intervals. A timing belt is similar to an engine drive belt, except timing belts have teeth.

Reinforced rubber drive belts allow the engine’s rotating crankshaft to drive components such as water pumps, alternators, air-conditioning compressors, power-steering pumps or superchargers.