actually, CVT it getting worn more on snow&ice unless owner is gentle on them when driving on icy roads
the story I’ve read from one russian repair shop is that they see a lot of CVT damage caused by owners repeatedly hitting ice when in energetic acceleration mode, which makes for sudden power loss as wheels spin up and then jolt in wheel finally grabbing the road after ice patch, making scars as chain clips past rollers, they tell it is always an upsurge in CVT failures coming to their shop as winter hits in their area, having deep scrapes in in rollers upon disassembly
I used to be quite excited about CVT technology initially, as it delivered on better MPG and smoother operation, but with all the long-term ill effects we learn now, I’m going to run from it as a plague in any new vehicles I would buy
in my case, they ordered remanufactured one from Nissan, it was in the shop the very next day, which tells me it fails so often they keep enough supply of remans
I agree. Dealers want to replace things, not rebuild them. They would need a much larger shop to rebuild transmissions, alternators, A/C compressors, engines, and anything else you can buy rebuilt. That’s why we read so much here about dealer’s recommending replacement of expensive systems.