Driving down hwy and it dies

The tension pulley at fault in this case

 

That's a decent quote. Saving some $ there!

 

That certainly would do it.

 

Would this be covered adding to potential benefits of purchasing long term EW?

 

If it broke before the recommended interval probably. If you ignored the replacement though I wouldn't expect it to be covered and I can't see it being covered normally since it is a wear item.

 

Well if an amateur did the job, I doubt they changed the tensioner pulley, or if they did, sounds like they didn't tighten down tensioner when job was done, or tightened it way too much.

 

Well i was checking on the carfax and it said the timing belt was replaced back in 2007 with the truck having only 115k by a Toyota dealer, so guess the dealer or worker didnt do a good job

 

It's debated on this forum and others, but the service manual says 9 years or 90,000 miles for the timing belt. You're right at the 11 year mark, give or take so, you might be one of these instances other posters refer to a "had a friend whose belt broke before 90k". I can say I called three dealerships here in the Baltimore area for a 2006 belt and water pump, $1200, $1300, and $1600. Ouch.