My 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid died yesterday and the dealership said that the transmission is ruined and needs to be replaced. It has 102,000 miles and has a Constant Variable Transmission. At 84,000 miles I had the transmission fluid drained and refilled at a local reputable mechanic (not the dealer…

I only found out the wrong fluid was put in after my car died and the dealership looked at the fluid and saw that it was not the right color. They speculated that the wrong fluid had been put in, and I confirmed this when I looked back at the work order from the mechanic who changed the fluid. As …

There was another poster who had something very simular happen to a civic Hybrid about two weeks ago. That poster had over 200K on his CVT when someone put in the wrong fluid and destroyed the trans. So yes in all likley hood, assuming you have been good at changing out the fluid, you had alot of li…

A regular automatic transmission and a CVT automatic transmission are completely different in how they work mechanically. Therefore the fluids required is completely different too. A regular auto transmission is basically a hydralic pump with some gears and “bands”. A CVT uses concentric “cones” …

The transmission lasted 20k maybe because some of the correct fluid remained in it, or because you got lucky, or both. But 3.5 qts of the wrong fluid will absolutely kill a CVT. Therr’s no doubt your mechanic killed it. Modern CVT’s should last just as long as regular autos. You may have got…

The wrong fluid is the wrong fluid. Period. If your mechanic filled your transmission with brake fluid and it broke, would he question whether the fluid was at fault? If he filled it with washer fluid would anyone question whether the fluid contributed to transmission failure? Cars are engineered w…

The wrong fluid sent this transmission to an early grave. However there is no real way of telling what amount of life was left. Not sure if you are “owed” a transmission.

Thought I would make a comment on the situation. I can see it actually happening totally by accident. I went and grabbed a latest version of Honda transmission fluid off of the stockroom shelf. It does actually say that it is for All Honda Transmissions in a round about double speak way. No where on…

Just realized that all this time I have been listening to the show and reading these questions. I never bothered to take the time to register and comment. Guess I am getting kind of old. Will have to get on this computer and read and answer more I guess. The computer age is here to stay. Hey lets u…

It’s been going on for a long time…When a manufacturer makes a less than perfect product, like an engine or transmission, and that product starts to fail in significant numbers after millions have been made, blaming the failure on using the wrong lubricant is one way to limit the liability of these …

ATF fluid used in CVT Transmission

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Caddyman June 30, 2012, 8:03pm 11

Many Honda CVT transmissions have failed before 120,000 miles with the correct CVT fluid in them…At this mileage, hoping for a new transmission paid for by someone else is wishful thinking in my opinion…Maybe you can get the shop that installed the “wrong” fluid to pay for some percentage of the repair…

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