Freestyle belt tensioner failure

Hey, I have a 2007 Ford Freestyle with a gasoline engine. My belt tensioner seems shot – the belt handover doesn't work anymore. I'm guessing the belt bringer itself is defective. Anyone else had this?

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Sounds like a bad belt tensioner. Is the idler pulley also wobbling? If it is, that can stress the tensioner. I'd check that first. How many kilometers on it?

I'll check the idler pulley for wobble. The car has 97200 km. What happens if I don't fix it right away?

At that mileage, the tensioner is probably just worn out. Ignoring it could cause the belt to slip or even break, which could mess up the timing and cause major engine damage. Sort of like ignoring a leaky faucet until the whole house floods. I would take it to a workshop.

Okay, thanks! I took it to the workshop, and you were right. Bad belt tensioner, 455€ to fix.

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