re: 2012 Nissan Altima, change CVT transmission fluid?

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It's a Nissan CVT. It's going to fail regardless of how it's maintained.

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Truth. Drove a 2009 Altima for 160K miles. It was on transmission number 3 when I sold it, and it was ready for number 4.

I drove that thing like it was made of glass. No racing. No winding out the gears. Obviously no towing. It still chewed through 3 CVTs before I sold it.

One of the (many) problems is that the Nissan CVT apparently cannot be rebuilt. At least not at any local shop. The only thing my transmission guy would offer (short of new replacement) was to pull one from a wrecked car and install it without a warranty. Otherwise, I did find a place in Dallas that specializes in Nissan CVTs. They were around $3,500, but you had to bring the car to them. Pretty sure they were rebuilding onsite.