Cvt failure at 223000kms / 138k miles (courier car, 2nd CVT failure in the fleet)

[Fummins]

She's toast Attachment 11413 Attachment 11414

I'll bet the same problem as the other car:

Thread: CVT Failure (at 304,000 km / 189k miles, delivery vehicle)


I'll be tearing it apart once it's out. No engine lights on at all.

[cookiemonster]

Was it driven hard?

If my CVT goes to 223,000km, I'll be happy. At my current rate of driving, my car's CVT should then last 60 more years!

[inuvik]

Fummins: Since you’ve had a couple of these apart and are now doing filter changes along with fluid changes is it possible to change the upper cartridge filter without draining the pan? I understand there’s no way to avoid that with the pan filter but was curious if it was possible with the upper one.

[MyPink2003Mirage]

Hi, I am trying to find more info on the 2013 90.000km Mirage CVT transmission but I am not able to view your attachments. Any chance you can send these directly to my email? Have just started to notice the warning indicator comes on the dashboard and it sometime seem to slip when going uphill. But mainly when the engine gets very hot. We are located in Sydney Australia where the temperatures can reach 40 degrees! So any information that may relate to this would be appreciated. Tx

[AtomicPunk]

Thanks for all your expertise and data. 2 same failures around the same mileage in your fleet is looking like a trend, which is sad. How much is a rebuild or re-man cvt costing you? Anyone on the forum have higher mileage cvt without failure? Maybe we could deduce driving conditions might factor in? Although, from what I've read, you are very proactive with maintenance. Really wanted the automatic, but leaning toward the 5 speed with this new info...

[Top_Fuel]

...Really wanted the automatic, but leaning toward the 5 speed with this new info...

The good news is that there will probably be a healthy supply of Mirage CVTs in salvage yards in the future. Let's face it...if you look at a Mirage cross-eyed, it's almost totaled. This CVT unit is also used in multiple vehicles.

As long as you aren't relying on Mitsubishi for a replacement (around $4K the last time I looked)...or AAMCO...you'll probably be fine if/when you do need a replacement.

[Wallythacker]

The good news is that there will probably be a healthy supply of Mirage CVTs in salvage yards in the future. Let's face it...if you look at a Mirage cross-eyed, it's almost totaled. This CVT unit is also used in multiple vehicles.

As long as you aren't relying on Mitsubishi for a replacement (around $4K the last time I looked)...or AAMCO...you'll probably be fine if/when you do need a replacement.

And as we've seen today, sadly, a Mirage just kissed on the rear end is a candidate for the bone yard. Bet that CVT would work great for many thousands of kms.

[Daox]

Any noticeable smoking gun?

[Daox]

The first CVT went at 304,000 km / 189k miles. This one is significantly earlier.

[Daox]

What did you end up doing with the first car with failed CVT? Did you throw in a used one?