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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.
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.
My 2018 corolla lasted for 160k miles with zero issues before a truck crashed into me. CVT never let me down.
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.
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.
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.
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
Mine gave out at 67k on my chr. It was gonna be 12k but I had a warranty
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!
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.
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