Nissan Altima CVT Transmission Replacement

[chaostat]

Heyoooo, 2012 Altima 4 cyl, need a CVT tranny R&R. Any local people have a shop that does the work? Specifically any forum members?

I am on the fence about rep[lacing it as the value of the car is only around $3k-$4k, but cannot in good conscious sell it knowing that

 

[Granite3]

Boo CVT…. I avoid those like the plague. Good luck with repair.

 

[chaostat]

Boo CVT…. I avoid those like the plague. Good luck with repair.

Never ever again will i buy one. Got this used with less than 20K miles, changed the fluid frequently and that made it last longer than most other altimas ~145k miles

 

[Dieselt]

You can do the replacement yourself but you have to take it to the dealer for programming 1-2 hrs labor depending of the year software

 

[Dieselt]

But it’s going to fail again at some point

 

[Dieselt]

Never ever again will i buy one. Got this used with less than 20K miles, changed the fluid frequently and that made it last longer than most other altimas ~145k miles

If you got 145k out of a Nissan cvt you should play the lotto

 

[Granite3]

Uncle owns several used car lots, will not touch that range of Altima's that have the CVT's.

 

[Dieselt]

All altimas 07 till present have that crap
If you get a Nissan get a rear will drive

 

[roundhouse]

Hate to tell you this but it’s not worth repairing .

But the good news is that it will probably sell for $1,800-2000 with a bad trans

Saw my neighbor sell a 2008 Ford Edge with a blown head gasket for $2000 in one day on fb markwrplace .

 

[coolformula]

Sorry to hear that. I have avoided CVTs for this reason they seem to go out more and cost more to repair with not a lot of pros (some get a little better gas mpg some don’t).

I just hate that almost everyone it seems want to use these. Seems Toyota has held off on using this of the big 3(Toyota, Nissan, Honda).

I would rather have reliability over MPG. The government however “encourages” MPG and not reliability.