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2016 Honda Accord EX 2.4L: This is my car. 220k miles, transmission oil drain/refill (3 quarts out, 3 in) Every 2nd oil change (20k miles each). Not a single issue. Running great. Quiet, smooth, highly responsive.
Pros: no issues, running great, quiet, smooth, responsive
Vehicle:
Honda Accord
Mileage: 354055 km
Honda cvt are great as long as you dont overload with towing.
Pros: great performance
Cons: not for heavy towing
On a positive note, the Honda CVT transmissions are bulletproof. There are hundreds of not thousands of 10-year-old CVT K24 Honda Accords and 1.5L non turbo CVT Honda Fits going strong at 200,000-400,000 miles with original transmissions.
Pros: bulletproof, high mileage reliability
I've got a 2012 Murano with 220,000 kilometres on the clock and my CVT is still going strong but I do religiously service it.
Pros: still going strong, reliable
Vehicle:
Nissan Murano
Mileage: 220000 km
I have a 2015 Infiniti QX60 with 100k miles and it's already on its second CVT transmission and second transfer case. Both replaced under warranty at about 70k.
Pros: replaced under warranty
Cons: crappy drivetrain, expensive to fix
Vehicle:
Infiniti QX60
Mileage: 100000 km
My wife had a Nissan Cube that had a CVT transmission and it was fucked. I don’t know what was wrong with it but sometimes after stopping at a red light and you’d go to accelerate you could have your foot down to the floor and it would just drag ass then WHAM you’d start flying. My wife almost killed us a couple of times from that happened turning in intersections.
Cons: transmission failed, dangerous acceleration, drag ass then WHAM
Vehicle:
Nissan Cube
Nissan makes the WORST CVT transmissions EVER. Every Nissan I've ever seen, especially the Altima's, eventually do this crap.
Cons: worst quality, unreliable
Vehicle:
Nissan Altima
I had a 2016 sentra, cvt went out 3 times within the warranty.
Cons: failed multiple times, unreliable
Vehicle:
Nissan Sentra
Nissan in the US keeps selling crap year after year and people buy them. Those CVT's go kaboom without a doubt sooner or later. Here where I am located (Western Europe), Nissan was smart and they sell reliable cars using Renault drivetrains. They sell well.
Cons: unreliable, fail often
Vehicle:
Nissan Altima
You've got a cvt trans and they're only rated for like 150k. your cvt is running on it last legs.
Cons: limited lifespan, running on last legs
Vehicle:
Nissan
Mileage: 135000 km
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