Anyone have experience or knows if the CVT transmissions hold out on these?

I dont know too much about these earlier CVT models. Dont know if they are $$$ to replace if they break down either.

Thanks for the input.

 

IMO the CVT is a great idea, but honda craped out on it, the tranny for the hx is crap. I have seen a lot of people have it crap out on them, and they did not beat on it or have any bolt on's.

the get a new cvt will be hell and not worth it, stay away from it, if you going to go with a hx go manual IMO.

 

I've only heard of bad things about the CVT. I've never had one myself though.

 

If they are properly maintained, then they are good. However it is common for people & repair shops to put regular auto tranny fluid in instead of the special Honda CVT tranny fluid. This will shorten the life of the CVT. There's also a $300 start clutch that causes the car to shudder when starting to accelerate when it wears out. You have to remove the transmission and take it apart to replace this. ($500 just in labor from Honda)
The transmissions are expensive to replace, seen them from $800 to $1600 (new). If you buy a used one you risk the same problems happening again.

I can tell you from personal experience, converting from CVT to manual is not as easy as a regular auto to manual swap.