Any new problems with CVT?

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Postby CPLTECH » Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:34 pm

The Saturday paper (11/8/2014) states that the 2015 PF will have an "updated CVT". Not sure just what that involves, time will tell, but sounds like the older CVT was a boo-boo.


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Postby smj999smj » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:57 pm

Maybe, maybe not. Subaru "updated" their CVT in their new Outback, which basically means they updated the software to make it feel like it "shifts" more like a conventional automatic; it performs better, but doesn't mean the old unit was bad. That said, it was reported in Motor Trend a while back that Nissan and Jatco were getting together to improve their CVT.


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