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Originally Posted by gixxer1
i work on these cars for a living and i have to say that the cvt sucks.nissan cut the balls off there cars with the cvt. and the longevity is questionable. i really miss the 5spd auto. look at toyota and honda. no cvt in the accord or camry!!
and just so you guys know anytime i hear someone changes fluid in say a murano the dam thing needs a tranny!!! for instance nissan has a service bulliten on the murano for a shifting code. we had three come into my shop by 3 different techs. the message states reprogram tcm, and replace valve body. means drain fluid to remove pan (to gain access to valve body). all 3 had service message done and all 3 needed new trannys. a cvt is almost 4000 dollars!!!plus labor.
what i'm saying is the new cvts don't like the fluid changed, if you flush your tranny in at say 150k miles there is a risk of needing a tranny. the vehicle will not move..just thought you guys should be aware of future costly problems of the cvt.i could be wrong but this is my experiance with the cvt and its what i've heard at other local nissan dealers.
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would be interesting to know what mileage intervals the owners changed the fluid at, BMW transmission with lifetime fluid fail at about 120k with no fluid changes.
Since your a tech, what does Nissan say about it's own vehicles with failing CVT after a Nissan dealer changes the fluid.
I know techs generally see the best and worst of a make and generally techs don't drive what they work on