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Let me introduce myself. I'm Troy Heagy, and I drive a Honda Insight that gets 70mpg (actually, I have 84 life average). Reason I'm here:

I was looking at a Civic HX with Continuously Variable Transmission, and I'm wondering how the CVT holds up over the long haul? My father advised me to stay away from the belt/pulley CVT because "they are nothing but trouble." Frankly, I don't believe that, so I decided to do some research.

For those who have had their CVT Hondas (any model) for 100,000+ miles... how did the CVT hold up?



Troy :-)

P.S. What other models of Honda have had CVT?

 
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sorry to say.. but i dont think anyone on here got to 100,000+ miles yet.. most of us.. these are our first cars..
well this is my 2nd car

 
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Well it is a honda and my guess is that it was to last a VERY long time. I mean honda wouldent sell junk would they? They would never do anything like that to us! I mean comon and i right or am i wrong? Ok im wrong but im guessing its very good just like Most of hondas stuff.

 
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I have a friend with a 97 civic hx with the cvt and he has 137,000 miles on his and he has never had a problem.

 
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According to this forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cvtcontinuouslyvariabletransm

The Honda CVT works okay at 115hp, but boost your engine to 130hp and the belt will snap after only a few miles.

So apparently it's an issue of belt strength vs. power.

 
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The Civic HX Automatic is the only one with CVT. I have a HX, but it's 5-speed.

 
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So, what of MPGs are you getting?

Troy