Originally Posted by clinebarger
Outside of some certain Jatco models used in Nissans.......I haven't seen any CVT failures.
While I don't like them, There is no need to mindlessly bash them!
I have a 2005 Ford Freestyle in my driveway that has 308k on it's original CFT30 CVT Transmission. (And 3.0 Duratec). I purchased it from the original owner for $350. It's actually in good shape, and he just wanted a new car. He used it for Uber and performed regular maintenance on the car. Oil changes at 5k and CVT Fluid changed every 60k. I changed the CVT Fluid every 30k in my ownership, with Castrol Transmax CVT. This transmission is a typical and normal CVT, with known issues and pattern failures, but this one has lived a long uneventful life.
I will however bash it for one thing. It is the most mind numbing, boring, uneventful and uninteresting thing I've ever owned/driven daily. It's just a work beater to me, but it nearly puts you to sleep on the drive home from work. No tactile interaction, just a fine example of what cars have become today. A simple boring appliance.
Some days I drive the Marauder just to wake myself up a bit and actually enjoy the drive home. The four cammer howling against a proper automatic transmission just feels better.