CVT transmission

Personally hate them. To me the CVT just makes the car more of an appliance. There is no feeling of life just the boring drone as the car moves along. With the new 8 speed transmissions coming online, which is overkill to me as well, but at least the car shifts. JM2cents.:)
 
Most cars with CVT's get poor ratings.

Personally I don't like them. Have driven many different models and they all s**ked.
 
Yep....Any car that won't let me run through the gears is b-o-r-i-n-g.....:snore:

Besides.....I don't trust a chain getting squeezed between 2 metal plates that are being spun by any substantial amount of torque and horsepower.
 
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Well my 2007 GTI has a dual clutch trans and is fun to drive! Rev matched shifts, I can place in sport mode and it does a better job than me manually shifting via paddles. Dsg equipped cars shift faster and provide better performance than manual versions.
 
I love the technology and can't wait for it to mature further. Shifting gears is so inefficient.

When you mash the pedal a CVT can get you the most power out of your engine no matter what speed you are at. Traditional gears rarely put your RPM's in the engine's prime power band.

If there was a solid cvt option I could consider for my Marauder I would seriously look at it.
 
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With being "In Excess" of 200000 miles on my Escape Hybrid (With a CVT) I can honestly say that I'm impressed with the concept...I bought my Marauder to sideline the Escape,but can't bring myself to sell it ,as its been the most reliable,cost efficient car I've ever owned......Still getting 30+ MPG and NEVER been in for ANYTHING other than recalls (2)....
 
The company I work for uses Escape Hybrids and I haven't heard of one failure with the CVT yet...many of them are 6 years old and are not well cared for.

With that said, I drove a colleagues' Escape once and it was the most gutless car I've driven in the last 30 years. My 2001 Safari AWD tonka-toy van would pass it like it was on jacks.

For the record, THE most gutless was a 1982 Chevy Luv automatic...oh, the horror....
 
Take a look at the FORD, yes I said FORD Freestyle...what a complete pile of S--t! They are all done at 70,000 miles, there are no parts available at all, the only two places you can get a replacement from are FORD and Transtar.....they are only $4000 at my cost to buy the unit, then you have to put it in...CVT? Not a chance in HELL.
 
CVT transmission kaput?

About a week ago my Versa started making this whirring noise. And Saturday we were going to drive it two hours to Fort Ross (the old Russian fort) and as I got through a toll booth, the car would not accelerate. Then it would finally accelerate but very slowly. Once we get to highway speeds, we are ok. But as soon as traffic stops, its hard to accelerate again. We managed to get back home. Now car won't move.

The 2012 Nissan Versa S has the CVT. We have 98,000+ miles.

Is the CVT transmission fried?
 
Just for some clarification, the Ford eCVT found in the Hybrids, is NOT the same as the CVT's found in the Freestyle and Five Hundreds. They are nowhere near the same whatsoever.

The CVT's in the Five Hundreds and Freestyle's were notorious for failure, and as stated, no parts available and if you can source them, big $$ to fix.

On the Hybrid side of things, little to no failure rate whatsoever. But again, mechanically speaking they are night/day apart internally and not even the same concept on how they function other than being continuously variable. One uses a chain between two adjustable hubs ran by a high pressure oil system, the other a single planet assembly with a generator/starter motor, traction motor and input shaft from gas engine.
 
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Avoid Nissan

88LTDCV351 said:
About a week ago my Versa started making this whirring noise. And Saturday we were going to drive it two hours to Fort Ross (the old Russian fort) and as I got through a toll booth, the car would not accelerate. Then it would finally accelerate but very slowly. Once we get to highway speeds, we are ok. But as soon as traffic stops, its hard to accelerate again. We managed to get back home. Now car won't move.

The 2012 Nissan Versa S has the CVT. We have 98,000+ miles.

Is the CVT transmission fried?
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A friend bought two Nissans with CVT. She didn't learn the first time. Each made it to 125k miles & crapped out. Worse, the replacements only come thru Nissan, at $4,200 ea, before install.
Don't know anything about the new Fords, but Freestyle was a POS.
 
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Don't know anything about the new Fords, but Freestyle was a POS.
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Unfortunately, the Freestyle and Five Hundred's with the CVT are indeed not something I would want to personally own.

In fact, the only other trans they offer in them is the AISIN 6-speed, which has valve body issues above 100k miles. No parts serviced internally except for the valve body.

In general, Five Hundred/Montego/Freestyle, I wouldn't want to chance with over 100k, or at all honestly.

The only new Ford with a CVT are the Hybrids, which would be Fusion and C-MAX, and are completely different transmissions with a proven track record of rarely an issue.

The 6F35 and PowerShift 6 speed in the Fusion/Escape and Fiesta/Focus however, are a different story.....for another day and thread.
 
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