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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / February 2007Nissan
I have been floundering looking for a new car. Toyota is struggling with a six speed automatic transmission that seems to be troublesome Honda is a shithorse to drive. Too stiff, hard over bumps. Volkswagen seems to cling to electrics issues, and dealership hostility. Now, Nissan seems to only offer manual trannies OR suspiciously vulnerable CVT trannies. American cars are out for now. What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? On 1/28/07 5:16 PM, in article S8avh.23404$yC5.12163@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net, "HLS@nospam.nix" > I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? "suspiciously vulnerable CVT"? This is the first I've heard of any vulnerabilities. Care to elaborate? > "suspiciously vulnerable CVT"? This is the first I've heard of any > vulnerabilities. Care to elaborate? Many of the early designs from other manufacturers were, because of their complexity and construction, prone to problems and very expensive to repair or replace. From this comes my suspicion of vulnerability, and I am please to find out that Nissan seems to have tamed the technology. I am very disappointed with VW's ratings, as I know they are a company which could make improvements overnight IF they would do so. The Toyota six speed is disquieting since they apparently had a bulletproof unit, and switched it out to something of questionable repute. I know cars cant last forever, but I really want the best I can get for my buck. Thanks all > I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? AFAIK, the CVT has proven to be reliable. On Jan 28, 6:16 pm, <H...@nospam.nix> wrote: > I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? Look at the Murano, Nissan's 1st vehicle with a CVT. Great success, very reliable. What's it been, 4 years now? Also, looking at the bigger picture, Nissan was the 1st car company to mass produce a CVT mated to a very powerful and torquey V6. Powerful motors are a transmission's worst enemy. Nissan CVT? No worries. CD I'm assuming you're talking Entry-level Nissan?? Nissan waited and sweated the engineering for years before plunging in, you can be sure. DAF (in the 60's) and Subaru (in the 80's) have already plunged into these waters long ago. Driving a CVT is, well, different. I drove a Subaru Justy (probably called something else in everywhere but in Canada) for a while. You get slower takeoff, but a smooth application of power. AFAIK with Nissan's smallest offering (forgotten the name at the moment - not in the market for one) they offer a CVT and a normal manual shift, and on up-market versions an Automatic, so you can choose. At least that's what "Driving Television" a Canadian show I saw said a few weeks ago. With the Nissan, you supposedly get better mileage than the Auto, and almost good if not equal to the manual. I wouldn't tow trailers or anything, but to get around town, I'm sure the CVT will be fine. New cars have warranties, anyway. John ('92 NX2000 - owned since new) >I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? > I'm assuming you're talking Entry-level Nissan?? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I wouldn't tow trailers or anything, but to get around town, I'm sure the > CVT will be fine. New cars have warranties, anyway. I went to the NissanUSA website, and looked at Maxima and Altima. Maybe I was not diligent enough, but I believe your only choices are the CVY or the six speed manual. Wife will not tolerate a manual, I am afraid. I have been hearing some complaints about CVTs from other manufacturers, but -honestly- you mostly hear the complaints rather than the accolades. See www.carsurvey.org. Sparky > I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? The 2 words that can best describe the Nissan X-Tronic CVT transmission is "Bullet Proof" In my 18 years as a technician with Nissan I can say that I have not seen a more reliable transmission than the CVT Believe me , I had my doubts. But since 2003 , which is when the CVT debut I have only seen 2 failures of the CVT and both were not due to a mechanical failure(internally oiled part). I'd buy one in a heart beat > I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? >I have been floundering looking for a new car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What do you all feel about Nissan, and the CVT tranny they offer?? I have 119K on my Murano and the CVT is still as sweet as the first day I drove it home. Recently had the dealer check to see if the tranny fluid needed changed, (they do a computer test of some type)... and was told it was fine and no service was needed. Willy > >I have been floundering looking for a new car. > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Willy Very much appreciate the comments and experiences of everyone. Now, to drive on Thanks |
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