Calling all CVT's ... Chime in

[Frey7190]

My CVT I think is acting up (i think).. I dont know if its the clutch or the belts, or even if thats how it drives.. Basically from a stop, either it takes of slowly or it will shot off like a speeding bullet. There is no "middle ground". Also while driving every once in a while it feels like the car jurks you ( I know thats not the engine). Could it be the clutch? maybe it needs more tranny fluid? Rebuild? -- I just had the fluid flushed about 10k ago.


Ive never had a CVT car, until this one.. Previously I had my 4spd explorer (auto) and 5 spd Lexus rx330 so I dont know if this is how CVT's function.

[back2chitown]

I'd check the fluid but from the symptoms you mentioned it sounds like the transmission may be toast. One of my transmission hoses sprung a pin sized hole according to the dealer. Audi ended up replacing my trans. The weird thing is that there wasn't any puddle of fluid in my garage, parking lot @ work. First they claim they found the leak and replaced the hose. I drove it and it was totally jerky on the freeway when I would punch it to down shift. They ended up replacing the transmission. There's a post for this exact problem omewhere- search CVT. Good luck.

[TCHUN003]

Does your PRNDS light flash when you try to put it in gear? My cvt had the same symptoms with the jerky shifts around 60k and I also couldn't put my car into reverse at times, but my dealer replaced the TCM and that fixed my problems.