Authors

One writer covers this site. Kept short on purpose: a plain description of what she does, no titles or credentials she doesn't hold.

Jessica Martinez

By Jessica Martinez, Writer, Vehicle Repair Costs

Jessica writes the guides on this site and set up the ranges the calculator uses. She works from published repair labor-time guides, aftermarket parts pricing, and shop-rate surveys rather than summarizing what other sites already say. Her approach is to start with what actually moves a belt job's price, tensioner replacement, shop type, vehicle access, and build the guide around that, instead of padding a page around a single number.

She is not a mechanic, is not ASE certified, and doesn't claim either. When a guide describes a repair step or a warning sign, it's written from labor-guide documentation and shop-facing repair references, not from hands-on diagnosis, and readers are pointed to a licensed mechanic for anything specific to their vehicle.

Guides Jessica has written on this site:

The full set is on the articles page. Spot something that needs fixing in one of these, or want to know how a figure was checked? See editorial standards or use the contact page.

Publisher

Serpentine Belt Replacement Cost is published by Encore Editorial. Chris Terry is the publisher of record for this site and doesn't write the guides above; his role is covered on the editorial standards page.