If you look at a rebuilder, many aftermarket rebuilders won’t even touch them. The reality is these fail, they overheat, the bands wear out, the variators get destroyed, the cones are junk and the pumps inside them don’t lubricate properly. Instead of giving you independent gears, it gives you a bias across the board. Get a lot of high speed, not a lot of torque. High RPM, high end, freeway speeds, makes one small, makes one big. Low RPM makes one big, makes one small, and makes a lot of torque. There are two variators or cone-shaped figure eight type devices, one that sits on either end of the transmission so that a belt that runs between them can effectively create different gear ratios by increasing or decreasing the size of the actual diameter of those rods at either end. If you’ve ever been to a renaissance festival and you see a gentleman holding two sticks with a string between them and using a figure eight or hourglass type device to roll between them back and forth, play tricks, pull the strings, launch it in the air, catch it, flip it, twist it, that’s literally what’s going on inside your CVT transmission in your Nissan vehicle. Now the reason CVTs fail is because of an internal variator and cone design. I’m never going to install another one.Īs a result, I’m standing here in front of the transmission bench where Fred Morgan, our in house transmission builderwith 37 years field experience, builds these right here on the bench. I say when because I bought two new units from the dealership right here from Tienen’s Nissan on Havana in South Denver. So that $1,600 part, you’re going to pay almost that in labor to replace it again, not if but when it fails. However, the vehicle itself, that transmission only as a 12 month, 12,000-mile parts only warranty to replace most CVTs in the Nissan vehiclesapproximately a 14-hour job or over $1,500 in labor. Meaning if you went to an independent transmission shop because you got told it would be five thousand, six thousand dollars at the dealership and you went to an independent and paid three or $4,000 and you think you got a great deal, you did. If you get that transmission installed anywhere else and they purchased that part from the dealership brand new the dealership is going to refuse to honor the labor warranty, as they weren’t paid to do the labor of the install. If you get yours installed at the dealership, they’re gonna offer you a 12 month, 12,000-mile parts and labor warranty. Nissan is taking the liberty of dropping the prices on that product in an attempt to avoid a lawsuit, as many, many owners are now realizing the frequency and recidivism of these transmissions and are trying to find a solution. Approximately $1,600 for the actual mechanical componentry, down from approximately 2,800 just a year or two ago. If you’ve been looking at getting a replacement in your Nissan to get that CVT replaced, if you went to the dealership, they told you that the price of the transmission isn’t that expensive. However, if you’re an owner of one of these vehicles, you’re having a bad situation, maybe your transmission has failed, you need to watch this video because this pertains to you directly. Now, first and foremost, we encourage you to find a replacement vehicle and I stand by my words, because these vehicles are subject to a class action lawsuit, and we want you in the most reliable vehicle on the road. And today, we’re going to talk a little bit more about Nissan CVT or constantly variable transmission failures, how we can prevent them, how we can help you, and what to do if you’re stuck driving one of these vehicles.
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