<p>It’s not unusual to replace a timing belt at 60,000. (I was surprised I got to go until 90,000 on my Honda Pilot.) It’s customary to replace the water pump when you replace the timing belt.</p>
<p>This would not give me a moment’s hesitation about an otherwise desirable used car. But if it’ll make you feel better, find out whether the timing belt was replaced at the same time as the water pump. If so, it was probably the belt that was really the target, and the water pump was just replaced while half the engine had been removed to get to the timing belt. Which is S.O.P.</p>
<p>But this doesn’t sound to me like a car that’s been trouble-prone. Quite the opposite, it sounds like a car that’s been maintained.</p>