Transmission troubles

msbutterfly830 said:

61k

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On a 2 year old car? Wowsers! How far is your daily commute?

Yeah when my 23 hits 36k or 3 years it’s getting traded in

psnyder53 said:

2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer ACTIV FWD powered by 1.3L Inline-3 Gas Engine with Continuously Variable Automatic (CVT) transmission.

2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer ACTIV AWD powered by 1.3L Inline-3 Gas Engine with 9-speed A/T transmission.

2 styles ofACTIV

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This is news to me . Lol

Daniel said:

On a 2 year old car? Wowsers! How far is your daily commute?

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I drive for a living commuting from house to house, hospital to hospital seeing ppl, from one county from another! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Kermmydog said:

The CVT is and has been a big problem for years.
Consist variable transmission are good for 60k you'll be replacing it. Consist wear parts inside. There's a belt or chain that has about 60k life. If that.

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I would like to agree with you. And maybe GM is only good for 60k, but I had a Nissan Altima with the CVT and ran it up to 210k miles before selling it to a friend, who is still driving it. The problem with the CVT, is people take them to a non dealership garage and they just throw any old CVT fluid in them. Highly recommend taking any CVT vehicle to it's assigned dealership. Thanks y'all.

martin.rigid66 said:

I would like to agree with you. And maybe GM is only good for 60k, but I had a Nissan Altima with the CVT and ran it up to 210k miles before selling it to a friend, who is still driving it. The problem with the CVT, is people take them to a non dealership garage and they just throw any old CVT fluid in them. Highly recommend taking any CVT vehicle to it's assigned dealership. Thanks y'all.

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I have a friend that works at a Nissan dealership as a repair tech and they replace multiple CVT's every week with an endless backlog of them to do. Said they sold 13 of the newest model year SUVs with CVT's and all 13 had to come back to get them replaced.

Nissan is know to have the worst CVT on the market, so not surprised there.

I am going to buy a TB RS in the next week and made sure I would NOT get a CVT. Having been in the transmission industry for many years. I can tell you the CVT has NEVER been a great idea. Women LOVE them and they are cheaper to build now is why they keep coming. They are flat out disposable. The last few I worked on you could not even get parts for just units. CVT has also had more Class action law suits then even the A604! I would NEVER knowingly buy a car with one. Once it is dead the car is seriously worth NOTHING. Ask any old Saturn Vue owner

Twisted-Z said:

I am going to buy a TB RS in the next week and made sure I would NOT get a CVT. Having been in the transmission industry for many years. I can tell you the CVT has NEVER been a great idea. Women LOVE them and they are cheaper to build now is why they keep coming. They are flat out disposable. The last few I worked on you could not even get parts for just units. CVT has also had more Class action law suits then even the A604! I would NEVER knowingly buy a car with one. Once it is dead the car is seriously worth NOTHING. Ask any old Saturn Vue owner

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That's why I went with the AWD. Only way to get the 9sp transmission.

martin.rigid66 said:

That's why I went with the AWD. Only way to get the 9sp transmission.

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I wish I had known about this before I bought mine. I had never heard of a CVT before my purchase

Tom said:

I wish I had known about this before I bought mine. I had never heard of a CVT before my purchase

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Some manufacturers have found ways to make them last longer, CVTs have been picking up more and more since 2013 and on . More research was being done aswell. Bug fixes and stuff. Some manufacturers found what kills them .
for EXE Toyotas CVTs actually have an official first gear before the CVT kicks in. To prolong belt life and the whole CVT system aswell.
The CVT wears down a lot from take off .
So do regular or more frequent transmission fluid changes to at least prolong the life of it . And slower take offs from start .
I’m general tho, yeah CVTs might save you some MPG but those savings are lost when you have to buy a new CVT once warranty fails . And it will ALWAYS fail as soon as warranty is up lol….

Not to mention Nissan turned theirs into a ten speed. same trans just different programing. I noticed when I drove a CVT 2023 TB Saturday they assign 7 gears on the shifter and at WOT they have it act like it shifts