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2013 redesigned Accord came with CVT. Many people are reluctant to buy it because of uncertainty about its reliability. Some would feel save to buy the Accord after five of six more years after it has worked out all the potential problems with this new CVT.
Chances are the newly redesigned 2017 Camry is going to come with a CVT, since the 2014 Corolla comes with it. Will the 2017 Camry have a well-tested CVT, since its younger sibling Corolla would have had it for few years already?
Honda makes such lousy Transmissions.I would be very skeptical of any transmission Honda makes.I am convinced that honda R&D does not give 2 S%!t About their transmission.
Honda has had a few troublesome automatics on some popular vehicles. But there are millions of Hondas on the road with perfectly good transmissions. Have you owned a Honda with bad transmission? My family has three Hondas, two V6 and one 4, mileage ranging from 85,000 to 140,000. Not a single hiccup. One other thing about Hondas - their manuals are consistently excellent.
I think a CVT would only have a few teething problems at worst. CVT tech has been around a long time and they are very simple. I feel they are way superior to automatics for regular, day-to-day use. I drove a CUBE for a while and it worked flawlessly. I know this doesnt have a lot to do with your post, but I would be totally confident buying one that HONDA manufactured.
I think only a couple of companies actually manufacture the CVT so Honda will be probably buying one of those. Nissan uses the Jatco I believe.
I hope that Honda's CVT is very solid. Perhaps they were one of the last to produce one because they were waiting/testing/etc. to make sure it would hold up. Time will tell of course and it is unproven.
I don't know about that. It took Honda a few decades to figure out how to build an automatic transmission.
Wife has a 03 Accord V6 ( 88K ) and I am nervous about the tranny. The service guy at the dealer says that problems will more likely occur with much higher mileage. It still shifts well and gets good mileage. But it sure makes me more skeptical about buying another Accord. The power steering hose has had to be replaced a couple of times ( under warrantee) and other stuff has not lasted like my old Accords.
The problem as it is with CVT's is that nobody rebuilds them. When they brake, they have to replace the whole transmission which costs a lot of money, esp assuming that such replacement might be well after 100k miles and might junk the whole car.
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The problem as it is with CVT's is that nobody rebuilds them. When they brake, they have to replace the whole transmission which costs a lot of money, esp assuming that such replacement might be well after 100k miles and might junk the whole car.
Don't know about that. Google "cvt rebuild" and look at the hits.
Honda makes such lousy Transmissions.I would be very skeptical of any transmission Honda makes.I am convinced that honda R&D does not give 2 S%!t About their transmission.
Yeah transmissions are Honda's weak point--so I wouldn't buy a first generation CVT from them. In fact I wouldn't but a CVT Trans car, but especially a neophyte like Honda with this type of trans.
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