I just received a letter from Nissan saying they were extending the powertrain warranty on my NAH CVT transmission from 5 year/60,000 miles to 10 year/100,000 miles. This is part of a Customer Satisfaction Progam. It says that a small percentage of customers have expressed concern about the cost to repair the CVT so they decided to extend the warranty.

I seem to recall that the maintenance schedule has a 60,000 mile fluid change for the transmission so it would probably be a good idea to do this to keep the warranty valid.

One point that seems strange is that they refer to the transmission as a CVT but it's actually a eCVT. The non-hybrid Altima has a CVT.

 

Actually looked up the maintenance schedule and discoverd that the eCVT fluid nevers requires changing except for conditions listed below - just inspection every 30,000 miles.

Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV)
Transaxle Fluid

Inspect for leaks and fluid level with the
filler plug removed at specified intervals.
If towing a trailer, using a camper or
car–top carrier, or driving on rough or
muddy roads, replace the HEV transaxle

fluid every 30,000 miles or 24 months.

It's the coolant for the eCVT that requires changing at 60,000 miles and then every 30,000 miles after.

 

I received the same message and thought the same thing. eCVT is not the same as CVT, but if they are willing to honor it, so be it.

 

Yeah, I got one too. I think they're responding to concerns about their own CVT design (available on several non-hybrid models), which is a totally different animal from the planetary-gear arrangement in the eCVT for the NAH. But if they want to extend our warranty too, fine by me.

Given the (mechanical) simplicity of the eCVT, I wouldn't be surprised to find that it was *more* reliable than most automatics.