CVT transmission OEM Nissan or OEM Toyota

OEM Nissan CVT transmission
Iron-Working
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Rating 4.5

I have a 2014 Nissan Pulsar turbo with a CVT and I have serviced the CVT twice while I have had it and I have had no issues. If fact the guy who serviced it at Lincoln Automatics said my CVT is a good one as it is the bigger model. He said it is the smaller CVTs that are used in Swifts, Tildas and other smaller cars that are the problem. My car has done 194000 kms with no issues at all.

Pros: no issues, good model
Vehicle: Nissan Pulsar
Mileage: 194000 km
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OEM Toyota CVT transmission

I have a Toyota Ractis with a CVT on 200k - they're just as reliable as any other transmission. Toyota CVTs are generally very solid. The Ractis is a pretty mediocre driving experience but I think that's more down to the gutless engine than the CVT.

Pros: very solid, reliable
Cons: mediocre driving experience
Vehicle: Toyota Ractis
Mileage: 200000 km
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OEM Toyota CVT transmission

I used to be a Toyota tech and it was very rare for them to fail, except for the CH-R (which in my opinion is one of the worst Toyotas you can buy). Only ones I saw fail besides those were on very few Corollas with the direct shift CVT. And when I say very few I mean maybe 2-3 per year. The previous gen CVT was basically bulletproof. They are NOWHERE NEAR as bad as Nissans JATCO transmissions.

Pros: very rare to fail, previous gen bulletproof
Cons: CH-R failures, few direct shift CVT failures
Vehicle: Toyota Corolla
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OEM Toyota CVT transmission

Been dealing with Toyota's CVT's since the first 2014 Corolla.

Overall they've been extremely reliable with basic maintenance. I've changed Corolla CVT's two under warranty, one at 80,000 KM because the torque convertor seal was leaking and Toyota didn't offer a replacement at the time so it got an entirely new CVT instead. The second was last year, it hadn't been to a dealer in a decade, hadn't had a Limited Service Campaign (LSC) done nor had it ever had the fluid changed. At 220,000 KM I replaced it under warranty because it had failed likely due to not having the LSC done combined with the original fluid.

I've done a few CH-R CVT's under warranty, the Turkey built ones in particular have been problems and there is a Warranty Enhancement Program for them.

However overall Toyota's various CVT's have held up quite well.

Pros: extremely reliable, held up well
Cons: torque converter seal leaking, failed due to lack of maintenance, problems with Turkey built ones
Vehicle: Toyota Corolla
Mileage: 80000 km
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OEM Toyota CVT transmission
Aaayron
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Rating 3.5

Last yr I bought my 1st car, a 2012 Toyota Corolla Altis. 2.0v variant, so it has a K111 CVT in it. Thankfully barely used by the 1st owner, only 43k km on the dash when I got it, confirmed legit by mechanics and dealership service history.

Now it's at 51k km, basically my daily and only car. Had a trans fluid change done last December, then planning a 2nd one next month to slowly flush out the old fluid.

Aside from underchassis issues, it's been driving ok honestly. I hope it stays this way for a long time.

Pros: driving ok
Vehicle: Toyota Corolla
Mileage: 51000 km
Part number: K111
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OEM Nissan CVT transmission
Big_Attention7227
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Rating 1.0

Had a new Nissan Qashqai constantly overheating trans... Whined like a Trump supporter when I got hot and had a very short life. Company had a fleet and nothing but trouble and bloody light bulbs and high gas usage too. Always in for service due to overheating and such

Cons: overheating, short life, whined
Vehicle: Nissan Qashqai
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OEM Toyota CVT transmission

I’m driving my 9th Toyota (a 2018 Camry SE) and I work for Toyota. I’m NOT happy that Toyota decided to make Camry a hybrid ONLY car with CVT transmission. NOT HAPPY! I want POWER and I want a transmission that can deliver it to the wheels… ALL OF IT, without having to worry about tearing it up! CVT transmissions are NOT reliable and they don’t last!

Very disappointed!

Cons: not reliable, doesn't last, disappointed
Vehicle: Toyota Camry
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OEM Nissan CVT transmission
Jafar_420
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Rating 1.0

I had a 2018 Nissan Sentra and everything was okay till about 40,000 miles and then it was just problem after problem and then the CVT transmission started to slip.

Cons: CVT transmission started slip
Vehicle: Nissan Sentra
Mileage: 64373 km
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Which cvt transmission are better — OEM Toyota or OEM Nissan?

In March 2026 on PartReview, cvt transmission OEM Toyota were overall better than OEM Nissan.

  1. OEM Nissan received a PR Score of 23 out of 100, and OEM Toyota scored 86 points.
  2. OEM Nissan ranked 4 in the overall ranking, and OEM Toyota ranked 1.
  3. The average rating is higher for OEM Toyota (4.2) than for OEM Nissan (1.7).
  4. CVT transmission OEM Toyota have better feature ratings than OEM Nissan:
    • Smoothness - owners believe, that this property for OEM Toyota is better than OEM Nissan.
    • Noise - drivers claim, that this property for OEM Toyota is outperforms OEM Nissan.
    • Shudder - reviews suggest, that this property for OEM Toyota is preferred to OEM Nissan.

Which cvt transmission are more popular — OEM Nissan or OEM Toyota?

CVT transmission OEM Nissan and OEM Toyota were equally popular according to data in March 2026.

By vote balance, cvt transmission OEM Toyota surpassed OEM Nissan:

  • For OEM Nissan, the ratio of positive (26) to negative (83) votes is -57 votes.
  • For OEM Toyota, the ratio of positive (50) to negative (8) votes is 42 votes.

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