You can not look at a timing belt and tell if it is close to failing. All these new looking belts are 13 years old now. The water pump can seize and cause it to jump, burn or break. In fact that's what probably takes out the majority of belts. The idler spring is old and stressed and may break, as well as the idler bearing. I changed mine in 2011 with 75k miles on it. I bought a kit on Amazon with a new(not rebuilt) NPW water pump pump and all the other parts that need changing for less than $300 bucks. I researched it and the parts were all top brand equipment. It included cam and main front oil seals, idler and spring, gaskets etc. It took me a weekend in the carport to do the job. It's a lot of tight work, so buy a box of bandaids for scraped knuckles.
If you've been vigilant about flushing your coolant and changing the oil, then you might get well over 100k miles. Or you might not. I drove mine like it was stolen, redlining it frequently, and always did the maintenance but was still worried about it because of the age, 9 years at the time. Better keep your preferred tow company on your speed dial.
Another thing is the struts are shot too. I replaced my front ones and was amazed at how I'd forgotten how much better it took corners and handled with a pair of fresh ones.
Rusty
As you can see in the photo, the rubbery seal of the plastic timing cover has absorbed a lot of oil and is swollen. It's like this on both the front and back (only the front is shown in the photo).
