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48 messages, Last post on Nov 10, 2008 at 7:52 AM
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I'm losing track, just how many of you have had CVT failures. Can you list by model year and mileage? when CVT was replaced? mine - 2003 15,000 mi: CVT noises and occasional surging - no replacement yet
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Replying to: vix4 (Feb 01, 2006 4:37 pm) ------------- ~ 39K miles ~ 92K miles |
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| I bought my 2001 GX in Sept 05 with 42,000 miles. I drove it for 3 months(5,000 miles)without any problems with the car at all! At 48,000 miles I figured I better have it serviced at the dealer. Within 3 days driving the car after having it serviced, it went from the first freeway CVT surge(bouncing from 3,000 to 4,000 RPM) to completely undriveable. Deon | |
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A co-worker at my office had his cvt (hybryd , not gx) fail at 52,000 , out of warranty, and THE DEALER opened it up and fixed it , cost $1200. So the dealers who proclaim that the cvt has some special" Voodoo technology ", and cannot be repaired by a mere mortal mechanic , is BS. John. |
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I'm thinking about buying a '01 gx with 93,000. It already has a broken motor mount (seems a mystery to me how it got broken!?). What is the likelihood of needing a new cvt? (Sounds high from the discussions here.) And what is the COST or a new cvt? Is it possible to simply replace the cvt with a standard transmission? (Running the mechanics for the clutch, shifter, etc...?)
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Replying to: mlancecolvin (Apr 30, 2007 5:00 am) Murphy |
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Replying to: bank1avp (Apr 30, 2007 8:14 pm)  Thanks for the insight. Any idea what it costs to have one of those CVT's replaced? (guesstimate). And since they are replacing the transmission anyway, wouldn't it be only slightly more complicated to put in a manual transmission and just bypass another potential problem altogether? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Lance
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Replying to: mlancecolvin (May 02, 2007 4:29 am) List price at the honda dealer for a complete factory rebuilt with exchange of core is $4500 + 3-4 hours of labor. About $ 5000 . And guaranteed 3 yr/ 36000 miles. My 01 lost it's first cvt at 2500 miles in 2002, second at 62,000 in 2005 and 3rd at 88,000 in 2007 , all factory fresh complete honda oem units. All covered under warranty. The one replaced at 62,000 started having trouble at 68,000, but was not bad enough to replace until 88,000.All of the replacement units were with honda's internal upgrades. I'm not a hot rod and change fluid more often than required. The tires on the car outlasted 3 transmissions ! . As to swapping with a manual,or a 4 speed auto, I would do that on mine , but it will prob. not pass emissions testing due to modifications. Don't think it would actually change the emissions output.
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Replying to: lakewood90712 (May 02, 2007 5:14 am) |
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Considering the purchase of a low mileage 1999 GX. Probably safe as to CVT issues?
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