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Nissan has extended the Nissan New Vehicle Limited Warranty for the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) to 10 years/120,000 miles (whichever occurs first) for CVT transmission repairs, replacement, and related towing on all 2003-2010 model year Nissan vehicles equipped with the CVT. The remainder of the powertrain warranty coverage for components other than the CVT transmission remains unchanged. All other warranty terms, limitations and conditions otherwise apply.
Please note that this is not a safety recall, and there are no safety issues relating to your Continuously Variable Transmission.
For more information on the CVT warranty extension please read the information under "CVT Program Details."
Good, one less thing to worry about. They should have done the same for the MT trans for the 350Z. Thanks for posting!
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Good news indeed. This is welcome and becoming of a high level vehicle manufacturer. Although very happy with the CVT, I was slightly concerned being a guinea pig of sorts with my wife's '09 max for the long haul, but this has put those concerns to bed.
Catching up with the all the other car makers. Thats a good thing. Thats the only think I dont like about Nissan, the warranty sucks. But I have had nothing but good things with my past cars, so thats why I keep going back.
This is a great thing for Nissan to do. It shows they really do care about their customers. I admit I was a little concerned about the long-term reliability of the CVT when it was put in the Murano. As the years went by and I hadn't seen stories about broken CVT belts, I figured the CVT was probably reliable. Now, Nissan is backing the CVT up with a warranty that should take care of any concerns.
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When the CVT became the only Maxima tranny with the '07 model year, there were those on the 6th gen Maxima board who were fairly sure the high heat associated with the CVT would mean problems down the road. They were so sure of that becoming a problem, they decided to obtain a pre-CVT Maxima (preferably an '06), and hold on to it until Nissan realized the CVT was not a dependable tranny, and dropped it.
Evidently, Nissan begs to differ.
Thanks MaxLoverAz. This shows Nissan must feel pretty good about their CVT.
In the testing of new products, there is always a "hole" in long term tests. It's impossible to squeeze 5 years of road trials into 3 months. The engineers must synthetically create test protocols that simulate the long term. They put the devices into ovens, cycle the parts repeatedly, etc.. But nothing replaces real life experience. We, the owners of the new 7th generation are providing these long term test results for Nissan. Nissan will cover our backs in this experiment. I think it's a fair bargain.
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When the CVT became the only Maxima tranny with the '07 model year, there were those on the 6th gen Maxima board who were fairly sure the high heat associated with the CVT would mean problems down the road. They were so sure of that becoming a problem, they decided to obtain a pre-CVT Maxima (preferably an '06), and hold on to it until Nissan realized the CVT was not a dependable tranny, and dropped it.
Evidently, Nissan begs to differ.
Thanks MaxLoverAz. This shows Nissan must feel pretty good about their CVT.
I was on hiatus from the .org when that discussion took place. I'm sure it was interesting.
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I was on hiatus from the .org when that discussion took place. I'm sure it was interesting.
I miss some of those posters. As far as I know, they are still on the 6th gen forum. Maybe for life. I honestly think there was a core group there that would rather have been medically emasculated than have their manual taken away. But then I can remember when I was the same way, and thought manuals were more masculine, and gave better control of the car. But once I let my brain control my emotions, I knew better.
In their defense, until this redesigned CVT with the 7th gen arrived, I was not overly impressed with the current CVTs either. And a CVT tranny definitely does run hotter than a manual or automatic.
But having been a (frustrated) physicist for well over half a century, I knew in my mind that the potential of a trany that does not shift will always be greater than the potential of a tranny that requires shifting. The only holdup is reaching that greater potential, and this 7th gen Maxima tranny is edging very closely to doing just that.
I'd be willing to bet this new CVT coverage is for the 1st Gen Murano, the warranty covers all CVT back to 2003 and that was the 1st year of the Murano, and I remember reading on freshalloy, more then a few owners who had trans failures right around 60k-80k, so Nissan is giving those owners an awesome Xmas this year
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I was never a fan of a CVT transmission. I've never driven one in a Nissan, but I've driven several at Ford. It's a cool idea, but they didn't last. Ford got rid of them so quick for 6-speed transmissions. It'd be great if Nissan did the same, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Nissan extended the CVT warranty to 10 yr./120K mi. to: 1/ Obtain higher mileage CVTs for R&D, 2/ Counter negative publicity on the internet, 3/ Partially compensate p-o'd drivers for the cost & inconvenience of a catastrophic CVT failure, because Nissan has not fully trained the service department technicians & advisors as to how a CVT equiped vehicle should perform under all driver demands. And, the service technician's scan tool - the Consult III, doesn't allow the technician to diagnose all CVT partial failures or display past CVT functional errors! ......My guess, is that Nissan wants for R&D, as many catastrophic CVT failures as possible! ....Don't leave home w/o a good "tow" card & bank card, or ample cash! And, hope you don't end up in a "cell phone dead zone"!
Well i'm sure the tranny will last if you do the service and take care of the tranny it shouldnt be to much of an issue. Its great to know that Nissan is doing this. I also feel they should move the bumper to bumper warranty up to 5 years/ 60,000 miles. Cars are getting more and more expensive and if they are met to last longer i dont see why they cant extend the warranty. This is a first start so i guess i'm thankful for that
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Well i'm sure the tranny will last if you do the service and take care of the tranny it shouldnt be to much of an issue. Its great to know that Nissan is doing this. I also feel they should move the bumper to bumper warranty up to 5 years/ 60,000 miles. Cars are getting more and more expensive and if they are met to last longer i dont see why they cant extend the warranty. This is a first start so i guess i'm thankful for that
I can see where Nissan reserves the 5 year warranty for their premium Infiniti line, but have long felt having the same warranty on a $10K Nissan econobox as on a $35K Nissan Maxima is not saying much for the Maxima. I have told my dealer for years that Nissan would be smart to consider at least a 4 year warranty on their upscale vehicles such as the Maxima, Murano, 370Z, etc. At least we do have the 5 year coverge on the power train, and now even longer on the CVT.
I have a feeling we may see movement in the warranty area by Nissan in the fairly near future, because Nissan does compete with Korean makes such as Kia, Daewoo and Hyundai, which have TEN year warranties, and are using them as strong selling points.
I'm glad to see Nissan extended the warranty but were lots of owners really having problems with the Tranny ?? I get easily annoyed driving a car now without the CVT...the shifting feels so odd now. Well I'm still loving my CVT !!! Hopefully I will be for a really long time !
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