Well, mine went 2 days ago. Right on 168888km. Exactly as described. Bad rubber burning smell, battery light on and off and then on again , heavy power steering and poor AC performance and I was stuck in traffic in Sydney's Eastern Distributor tunnel. Limped it to a safe spot.
Got it to the mechanics, replaced all tensioners as well. New belt.
Now it is fixed, it doesn't feel the same though. Seems like there is more load on the engine now and a bit more vibration in idle. Mechanics have checked it and says all is OK.
Rob
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2005 3.0D, Black on Black.
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