Normally it will be noisy. You may also experience hard starting, engine backfire, and poor performance if the chain has jumped a tooth. Chains normally last the life of the engine and are replaced during a complete overhaul.
The altima uses a timing chain, not a belt.
A loose timing chain should be replaced.
Timing belt or chain may be bad.
Bad timing/valves/rockers/timing chain
A timing chain normally will last as long as the engine. Signs of a failing timing chain are chain noise and or engine that continues to jump time.
Do you mean a bad timing chain ? The 2.3 liter four cylinder engine in a 2005 Ford Escape has a timing CHAIN instead of a timing belt
Incorrect Timing Can Cause Backfire.
You can tell a timing chain is bad when your engine makes a sharp washboard-like sound that increases in intensity when the engine's RPMs increase.
It uses a timing chain
Common signs are: Hesitation, poor running, valve clatter, and loss of power. A broken timing belt or timing chain can cause an engine to stop running or cause the valves to crash to the pistons.
It will F@#! your car up real bad.
if a timing chain is bad it can make clanking sounds and by that stage your in trouble but they can stretch and get lose and then it will start making sounds to warn you hope this helps