New owner from Texas. What can I expect?

[Nicki Mirage]

I got under the car it looks like just a drain plug like the oil pan. Can u just pull the plug, drain and then add new fluid? And there is no filter?

[alex16]

Yes I believe so, a cvt owner might be able to help you there :P


Also if I had a cvt I would advise against doing a grill block for mpg, the transmission cooler is built into the radiator if I am correct and Texas does get very hot! The winter might be different but Texas doesn't get much of a winter.

[Nicki Mirage]

Yeah I'm for sure not going to block it I get on the highway and do 85-90 every morning and night to and from work. I hope this isn't bad for the "break in" period.. Nothing I can do about it though, if you don't do at least 80 you will get run over in Texas. Austins speed limit is 85

[M-88]

The CVT is going to be the limiting factor for these. Wonder what the options are to swap to manual when the CVT goes at 50K miles and a $7000 repair is out of the question.

Nissan (Jatco) CVTs are awful for reliability.

[Nicki Mirage]

Mine came with a 10 year 100k power train warranty. Would it not cover that?

[M-88]

The mirage is a pretty low powered car. I imagine it would make the warranty period easily.

[Nicki Mirage]

Yeah I will most likely hit my 100,000 mile warranty in 5 years. I would be looking to trade in at around 180k. I'm sure from what I'm hearing it will make it till then. I'm going to flush my CVT every 30k

[grsupercity]

Flush it when the owners manual says to.

[91cavgt]

Mine came with a 10 year 100k power train warranty. Would it not cover that?

Yes, it would be covered. Keep this in mind when people bring up the poor reliability of the Nissan CVT, which is VERY similar but not identical to the CVT used in our cars.

1. The Nissan cars that use the similar CVT are about 500 pounds heavier than our cars. The extra weight puts more stress on the transmission.

2. The Nissan cars that use the similar CVT put out 35 hp more than our cars. The extra power puts more stress on the CVT.

3. The Nissan cars come with 185/65/15 tires stock while our Mirage comes with 165/65/14 tires stock. This equals a 9% height difference which changes the final drive ratio. So, the taller tires put more stress on the CVT transmission too.



So you see, there are more things at work which could cause a decreased life span on the CVT transmission in a heavier, more powerful, and steeper geared car. So, you can not assume that the Mirage will have the same problems due to these differences.

[debburyl]

Yes, that covers your transmission . No worry,s