Recall and drive belts
Had nothing better to do so thought I'd get under the car and give it a good look-over. From what I can see, the hose from the power steering pump that rubbed/burned away and caused the fire is held away from the transaxle cover buy two solid clamps. There's no way the hose can come in contact with the cover unless the clamps are missing or bent/pushed in towards the cover like if the driver ran over a concrete parking stop. [:I] While I was under there I took a good look at the drive belt. Schedule B says to "replace drive belts" at 60,000 miles which is what I just passed. Well, the parts manual shows 3 belts (accessory, alternator, power steering), but I could only see one from under the car and that was like new so I'll wait awhile and probably change those belts and the timing belt all at once.
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