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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?
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 drive a 2012 Nissan rogue with a cvt and aside from the cvt drone and high revving engine noise due to the cvt, it actually works quite nice. No problem (for me at least) whatsoever. Friend of mine just purchased a 2013 Maxima with a cvt and it feels great.
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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 will echo the previous comments about CVT; I bought my '10 Nissan Maxima (used) last year and love my CVT. It's very smooth and the "rev" is not that different from a regular automatic, unless you're trying to go from 0-60 very quickly.
I'm not a car-engine expert so I can't comment on specific technical aspects of a CVT, but have always heard that CVT tends to be more reliable and less prone to breakdowns because there are less moving parts.
Do you know if the new Accord licensed its CVT tech from another company? For example, Nissan used to license its Hybrid engines from Toyota.
CVT has no gears. That's in itself is a huge reliability improvement.
Nissan, eg, has years long track in CVTs, starting with Murano.
"people" steer away from CVTs not because of reliability issues but because they are called drone transmission. They are lame to drive.
One thing I noticed about Honda, it is very reluctant to jump onto innovations. They sit and watch how it develops, let others fix bugs, and then may jump onto a well paved track. Same with CVTs. Those are pretty much de-bugged by now.
A good friend of mine had a leased Maxima for 3yrs and he is now on a new lease on an Altima.
He didn't know both cars had CVT until I mentioned it couple of months ago.
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 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.
I was thinking the same, all the 99-2004 Odyssey owners with transmission problems...............
I was thinking the same, all the 99-2004 Odyssey owners with transmission problems...............
Not to mention the transmissions in the early edition Acura TL's. There were so many tranny failures in that car that there was a class action lawsuit if i'm not mistaken. The v6 accords were notorious for tranny failure as well.
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