Ford recommends 100k miles or 10 years.Its the same engine as found in a Focus.

That's just a precautionary nice round number. Modern belts do not degrade much with age, especially when enclosed and protected from the elements. At less than 50k it will be nicely bedded in with virtually no wear. Even old belts made of old materials last a long time - the exposed flimsy thin fan belt of my TR7 is 38yrs old and still doing its job.

If the cam belt breaks it normally leads to serious engine damage and potentially vcan create a serious and deasly senario if it happens in lane 3 of a busy motorway....

Best if you keep your thoughts where they belong John F......the rubish you preach....

I do not usually dignify such rude illiterate stuff with a response, but it generated a few more thoughts to share.

1. A modern cambelt almost always only breaks if what it drives either seizes (a pulley bearing) or disintegrates (e.g a tension pulley). Such events will almost always give a warning (noise, smell, or water leak if the water pump is cambelt driven).

2. If a cambelt is on its last legs and does break, it usually does so on, or very soon after, starting the engine.

3. The odds of it breaking during the tiny percentage of the average car's time in lane three of a busy motorway are pretty remote, but this is just the sort of language used by the motor trade to scare motorists into having unnecessary work done on their cars.