Built for passenger cars and light-duty trucks, the Gates serpentine belts are engineered for high mileage, demanding drives found in todays vehicles. The Gates serpentine belt is the most innovative advancement in serpentine belt design in more than 30 years. Developed through extensive laboratory and actual road mileage testing, this unique rib profile EPDM belt has been engineered to conform to high mileage, worn or misaligned drives and help eliminate noisy belt conditions. Constructed with aramid-reinforced EPDM compounds, the Gates serpentine belt delivers more than just OE-required quality. It delivers the solution to troublesome drive problems. Gates manufactures other serpentine belt constructions for application-specific belt drive systems, such as the ela stretch belt, special deep rib belts for certain import applications, Linear Groove Technology belts and double-sided belts.