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I’ve lost track of how many Honda CVT’s I’ve seen with 200k+.
Pros: seen with 200k+ mileage
Honda's CVT is seemly bulletproof at stock power levels. At my wife's work(Honda specialist shop) they have never had a Honda CVT failure, with numerous customers at over 250k miles. And many more at around 200k.
Pros: bulletproof at stock power
The CVTs aren't bad, the key thing most people who have needed replacements is lack of maintenance. I've seen Honda Odysseys that have driven as NYC cabs need transmission fluid at 10k cause of the driving.
Pros: not bad if maintained
Cons: requires strict maintenance
Vehicle:
Honda Odyssey
my 2016 crv LX has had no cvt issues so far. changed my fluid at 36,000 miles
Pros: no issues
Vehicle:
Honda
Mileage: 57936 km
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
CVT doesn’t give me reliability anxiety, it’s a fleet car sold to police. Get it serviced regularly, it’s fine. Most people blame the cvt, when it’s actually the valves need cleaned, and O2 sensors, Spark plugs, coil packs need replaced. The stock tune needs updated. Even then the Subaru tune isn’t great. My kid loves the smooth as butter cvt ride. I love it puts her to sleep.
Pros: smooth ride, puts kid to sleep, reliable with service
Cons: stock tune not great, needs regular service
Vehicle:
Subaru Forester
They did Honda City "Sports" and gave CVT for crying out loud.
Cons: CVT unsuitable for sports
Vehicle:
Honda City
Unfortunately the recent Honda CVTs (the cvt im my old Nissan was worse!) have tons of issues and reliability concerns.
Cons: tons of issues, reliability concerns
I love the wrx but hate the cvt!
Cons: disliked performance
Vehicle:
Subaru
ever since about 80k miles I have to reset the car\u2019s computer every few months because the CVT transmission starts making rough \u201cshifts.\u201d
Cons: rough shifts
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
Mileage: 128747 km
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