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#31
Senior Member
I had a 2008 2.5SL Altima with 217k on the clock with the original CVT. From what I've read, my experience was pretty rare. Car still drove pretty well, but it was just a matter of time before the CVT would drop. Sold it with full disclosure that I felt the CVT was on it's last gasp of life and would need replacing at some point in the near future.
No transmission shop would touch it. $4k to replace it with a Nissan CVT.
No transmission shop would touch it. $4k to replace it with a Nissan CVT.
#32
Beer Gut Extraordinaire
The day Ford goes with a CVT is the day I switch brands.
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#34
#36
Member
Ive wondered why no one implemented something similar to "an internal transfer case" or gear reduction system, similar to like a crawl box on a rock crawler. So say you have for simplicity... a 3 spd
1st gear 2:1
2nd gear 1:1
3rd gear 0.5:1
Now we I switch on the tow haul mode, and it multiples my values by 2. So when I'm towing, my gears are essentially
1st gear 4:1
2nd gear 2:1
3rd gear 1:1
Ive broken it down to be extremely simple, but I feel like with modern technology it could be done.
#38
Senior Member