All - looking for advice here. Bought a new 2013 JX35 in 11/2012. It was a great vehicle up until 2.5 years ago, 105K miles, the transmission failed. It was then I discovered I basically bought a mechanically flawed vehicle that Nissan/Infiniti were getting sued for - the woefully flawed CVT trans. …

fwiw . . . My mom’s 2014 Civic has a CVT The severe service schedule calls for services every 25K Guess what . . . I service the fluid every 25K And I use genuine Honda fluid An ounce of prevention . . .

Not all transmissions are created equally. Possibly Honda is a better build.

Nissan’s design flaw is exposed minutes 35 to 41 as far as I know, Subaru uses splines, so not subject to this problem not sure about Honda

Thank you all for your guidance and advice. I have a bit more info to share, to close off this conversation. The “new” transmission that was installed at 105K miles was indeed a remanufactured part from Infiniti. I have spoken to the dealer who did the work this morning, and they have reiterated the…

[image] deanstiles_179622: The car is still driveable, it’s only starting to show signs of failure by stalling out or not moving Since that represents a potential safety issue, I think that you are wise to cut your losses and get rid of it. All-too-many people conceal serious problems wit…

The “new” unit installed at 105K was indeed a reman from infiniti.

[image] thegreendrag0n: Nissan’s design flaw is exposed minutes 35 to 41 Great video, now I understand Nissan’s CVT problem. Previous threads had folks speculating that it was caused by slippage between the belt and the variable pulleys. This shows it to be an under-designed system that mov…

[image] thegreendrag0n: as far as I know, Subaru uses splines, so not subject to this problem not sure about Honda Like you, I’m not sure about Honda, but this helps to show how the design of Subaru’s CVT is very different from that of Nissan’s units: [image] [image]

I don’t mean to rub salt in an open wound, but the fact is your first CVT lasted beyond the stated warranty period and you were still given substantial assistance in replacing it. Your second replacement CVT lasted beyond the stated warranty period. It seems Nissan has done their part to stand behin…

2013 Infiniti JX35 - The dreaded CVT nightmare

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deanstiles_179622 February 21, 2022, 3:12pm 27

You were correct - there was a 12,000 mile warranty on the reman trans they installed. Not much use to me, but it was there.

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