CVT broken in 2 months w00t

[95331140]

CVT's in the R50 Mini Coopers all do the 'delayed response'/shudder on take off. From the info i've gathered at work on our information boards, this issue or 'operation' is pretty much just the band gear coming into tension and loading up once torque is applied.

The Honda postie bikes (which run CVT's) are nothing short of indestructible. Just a shame that car manufacturers (as far as i've seen) cant seem to be getting the CVT perfect, just yet.

Ok, regarding the shudder issue. Got it fixed! Honda service did a double flush on the CVT oil and also performed a CVT memory reset. All good now. Thank god it wasnt the start-clutch. That would not have been a cheap fix. The best part is, they didnt charge me for this as I had the oil flushed only 6000km's ago! Hoooray.

But I did have to cough up some cash, as I had to replace a rear left bearing assembly. That cost $350...ahhwell...Jazz is back to normal now.

[Syd0rxl]

sorry guys, this may sound stupid, but how do you know if the CVT is screwing up? i just bought mine 2 months ago, its a vti auto with 7 speed mode.... so far so good

[omgzilla]

Ok, regarding the shudder issue. Got it fixed! Honda service did a double flush on the CVT oil and also performed a CVT memory reset.

Great! Good to see they did it at no charge.

I think we may have been thinking about a different sort of 'shudder'.

[shadou]

sorry guys, this may sound stupid, but how do you know if the CVT is screwing up? i just bought mine 2 months ago, its a vti auto with 7 speed mode.... so far so good

shudders, shudders and more shudders.

[95331140]

Just some further details regarding the shudder fix for my car:

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I had one of the Honda tech's come with me for a drive so I could demonstrate the issue. He said, the first step would be to do a double flush. His reasoning for this is, when they perform the first flush, not all the oil drains from the transmission, so there will be dirty oil still present. The double flush obviously ensures all old/dirty oil is drained.

The tech also performed a CVT memory reset. They then performed a test drive and said its all good.

The dealer I went to was Trivett Honda in Parramatta. Note, the service department is a separate building from the Honda showroom. The service department is approx 2-3km's from the showroom.

[bennjamin]

do the cars with shudders , use teh manual mode alot ?
I drive my gf's jazz all over the place in D and never a hitch.
But i guess constant abuse of the manual mode might make it begin to slip

[95331140]

do the cars with shudders , use teh manual mode alot ?
I drive my gf's jazz all over the place in D and never a hitch.
But i guess constant abuse of the manual mode might make it begin to slip

I use manual mode like once a week. And even then, its only for 5-10min stretches. So thats not the cause..

[panda[cRx]]

do the cars with shudders , use teh manual mode alot ?
I drive my gf's jazz all over the place in D and never a hitch.
But i guess constant abuse of the manual mode might make it begin to slip

it's nothing to do with the manual mode. gli's have cvt problems too

(not to mention hrv's and the ek civics which had cvt's too - neither had a 'manual mode')

[avexdevil]

where do u feel this 'shuddering'? the whole car??

does my jazz cvt gli have this 'manual mode' also? wanna try :P (even tho i only haf auto license :P).

[shadou]

... did you read panda's post above? Your Jazz GLI has no 'manual mode' which is just a 'sporty' feel, by letting the driver manually change gears via 2 paddle shifters on the wheel. It's pretty gay the design

[yakuza]

Damn it. Honda are going to charge me $180 to flush and replace the CVT oil.
I wonder if they will refund me if that doesnt fix the issue?
My car isnt under warranty anymore...so I aint forking out thousands to replace the box. Might be time to sell it off to some sucker!!

That's interesting, Formula Honda charge me just $120 flush and replace the CVT oil, also included computer reset... after that, our Jazz runs perfectly.

By the way, did u shop around in your city? I found out Nordic Honda in Adelaide always charge 20% to 25% more than Formula Honda, also their staff always with shxt manner.
Good Luck!

[lammyg]

I bought a brand new 2007 Jazz VTiS and it's only done 2000kms and the CVT farked up already. Took it back to Honda dealer and they said it's gonna take at least 1 week (up to 3 weeks they said). WTF?!?! They have to order the whole CVT brand new from Japan. Sounds fishy don't you think? The service guy said he'll give me a rental car for free while my car getting fixed plus no charge for the repair and stuff. Btw they also flush and upgrade the cvt oil and still no improvement. My question is do you guys have this kinda CVT problem? It's pissed me off big time, i just got my bodykits installed and this problem came up. Maybe im gonna trashed the rental car for revenge. hehehe

How much did the cvt cost you?