Comment on Are cars with AWD worth it compared to FWD.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months agoAll CVTs work the same way and have the same weakness (steel belt tends to break causing catastrophic damage).
Comment on Are cars with AWD worth it compared to FWD.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 months agoAll CVTs work the same way and have the same weakness (steel belt tends to break causing catastrophic damage).
punkfungus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Not quite true on the second part. It’s primarily Jatco CVTs that are reliability nightmares, and are what is used by Nissan. Subaru make their own CVTs which are widely regarded to be much more reliable.
Pretty much the entire poor reputation of CVTs derives from those shitty Jatcos but the tech itself wasn’t the problem, it was the execution.