=> Any advice on what to do about a Toyota that craps out this early? Anybody else have problems with their Corolla CVT transmission? Any resolutions?
It has 80,000 miles and the warranty was over at 75,000 miles. I feel so f'ed with the auto loan and a car that doesn't work. The reason I bought the car is because Toyota's are known to last well beyond 200,000 miles. Others use other techniques to achieve the same ends. Some have torque converters like traditional fixed-ratio automatics. Like all automatics, you have a gear selector, and the usual P, R, N, D, L are offered. I just can't understand how a Toyota can crap out like that. Technically, a CVT is an automatic transmission.
I entered my vin at /recall and received the message, " There are no open Safety Recalls or Service Campaigns for this vehicle."įrom my Google/Youtube search it looks like there might be others with CVT transmission problems, but I really haven't seen others who have had their tranny malfunction like mine has. Took to another shop and they said $7,500. My 2016 Corolla I just got/financed last year (used) had the transmission go out and the dealer says it's $8,000 to fix. Not like this "sealed-for-life-don't-touch-it-or-it'll-explode-in-your-face" nonsense of the AL4.Very frustrated. I drove around California in 1998 in a mid-70s Mercedes sedan ( of this ilk) with 1000s of miles on the clock, and the 3-speed auto gearbox on that was original and totally serviceable. By the end of the month, those figures will probably shift to 8-9 and 30 times respectively. If my Citroen C5 AL4 auto-gearbox goes, and it's starting to go after only 60k, then the cost to replace it (unless I go secondhand and DIY, whereby I could still inherit the same problem) will be at least 5-6 times the resale value of the car, or 25 times the scrap value.
#Toyota cvt transmission problems plus
With 7.5Bn plus consumers on Planet Earth all wanting to keep up with the car-owning Joneses, we're going to have to recycle or re-adapt old technology more than we do - and I doubt even that's frugal enough in the end.
Not only that, manufacturers should find a way of branching out so they're not reliant on rapacious consumerism to keep themselves going. We pay enough for these cars and have to put up with often false or exaggerated claims, and with ever diminishing resources they should encourage us to hold onto them for longer.
#Toyota cvt transmission problems full
My next car just might well be a Kia with a full 7 year warranty. Re Auto Gearbox failure, just my personal view:Īll Auto boxes should be covered for at least 100,000 miles by the manufacturer,Īssuming normal use and correct maintenance, this is what we as "customers" should expect as a minimum. It is now nine years old, and has just passed its MOT with only two bulbs needing to be replaced. Apart from servicing and having the timing belt changed, no other repairs were required and the car sailed through its MOT every year. My sister bought a new Hyundai Getz in 2005 - she sold it to a friend in 2012 and bought a new i20. A similar warranty is available on some used cars (under 12 months old and under 30,000 miles) sold through the Network Q scheme Opel dropped the Lifetime warranty in October 2011, after approx 14 months of operation. The warranty is limited to the current value of the car at the time of a claim.” After that, the owner is paid on a graduated scale for the fair value of parts according to the number of kilometers driven. Parts are completely covered in the first two years under the manufacturer’s warranty or up to 50,000 km. Customers have reported erratic shifting. Specifically, model years 2019-2021 have been scrutinized, leading to increasing dissatisfaction among owners and a class-action lawsuit in the United States. Quote from Opel: “The lifetime warranty covers all labour costs. Toyota RAV4, a popular compact SUV, has recently been in the spotlight due to reported transmission problems. Opel ran into trouble with the Lifetime warranty in Germany - criticism centred on the fact that the warranty wasn't for the lifetime of the car, the way the warranty was advertised, and that after the manufacturers warranty (2 years for Opel, 3 for Vauxhall), parts were paid for under a graduated scale and repairs were dependent on the current value of the car. It operates differently to the norm, and doesn't offer full protection in terms of parts costs. The Lifetime warranty is/was only available on cars bought in either the UK or Germany - so isn't a pan-European warranty. The Vauxhall/Opel 'Lifetime'/100,000 mile warranty is longer in terms of time (introduced from 1st August 2010) - but it is only for the first registered owner.
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