I am glad you got all those miles, mine craped out at 60,000 miles and the replacement 11.5 months later. I sure hope the third goes to 250,000 miles

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Talked to a Toyota owner who managed to source all original CVT rebuild parts from some supplier in China. Total cost was just a few hundred bucks. The only issue was re-calibrating which was impossible to do without factory tech.

 

I think you’d be better off buying a CVT from a salvage lot. My understanding is that CVTs are difficult to rebuild and Honda dealers won’t even attempt to do so, relying on Honda’s sole remanufacturer instead.

 

I think you’d be better off buying a CVT from a salvage lot. My understanding is that CVTs are difficult to rebuild and Honda dealers won’t even attempt to do so, relying on Honda’s sole remanufacturer instead.

I checked junk yards (car-parts, anyway) and CVT's range from $1500 to $2500 depending on mileage, does anybody know who Honda uses as their re-manufacturer??

 

Don’t know. But I suppose you could ask your dealer’s service department. I wouldn’t expect an answer, though…

 

I did a rebuild of a Jatco CVT in my daughters 2004 Murano about 2 years ago. Getting some parts was not easy to do. I can understand why many rebuilt CVT's don't last, at least that particular brand. I've watched youtube videos and the people doing some of that work do not address some real problem areas when reassembling them. Too much rushing to get them together.

 

My CVT (2015 CR-V EX-L) lasted 129k miles. Just had a brand-new (not a rebuilt) direct from Honda installed and it works WAY better than the original (I bought the car brand-new)... I guess something wasn't right with the transmission from the start but at least it lasted 129k miles probably from how gingerly we drive it. Maybe if I drove it like I see other folks driving these days it would have failed under warranty? Ugh. This is an expensive failure.