Quote Originally Posted by _Cathy_ View Post
Oh no!!! It means I really have to sell my car on the 10th year I usually keep my cars for 15 yrs (when problems from old age e hindi na maiiwasan)
That really depends on y your ownership experience. For anecdotal personal experience, as long you will be "aware" of changes to shifting behavior of your CVT and have fluids changed, if and when resets/software updates do not address the behavioral "change", then you should be good.

Owner 2008 Honda City i-Dsi CVT. We sold it early 2022, so owned it for about (almost) 14 years. It had CVTF changed a total of 4 times if memory serves me right, 4th year, 7th year, 10th year and 13th year through the course of its life. It has had CVT Resets done about 3 times outside of the CVTF change at Honda Casa because battery was removed causing odd shifting behavior or "skipping" of (virtual) gear. almost 90k kms in the Odo at the time we sold it, Honda also checked it and CVT was overall fine, we never really used the "manual mode" except for checking of skipping gears, and I can't remember if it was a "clutch pack" or "flywheel" that needed replacement to remove "Shudder" when you are in Drive and at full stop. The car will shake if you keep it in drive with the brakes applied. So you really have to shift to Neutral. Buyer was informed about this as well as the "quirk" of CVT when it comes to lag time before it really "gets going". hehe!

2014 Nissan Sylphy 1.6CVT is my current daily. Only 40k kms right now, have had CVTF changed at around 28k kms in the odo as I observed odd behavior after using it to go up Mt Samat even after a "cool down". I used both Sport and Low Modes (as needed) when going up and downhill/ramps based on my experience using the Honda City. Nissan Casa recommended I don't need to change yet but I still had it done along with firmware update/reset (if there is no new version). Still have no issue with the car now when it comes to the CVT at least. Also observed the same issue when the battery was unplugged, had to request CVT Reset to make the CVT run "normally".

So, it is one of the things I would advice. If you are going to change the battery of your CVT vehicle, make sure you are able to keep the computer box "energized" or have casa reset/update your firmware. You may not immediately observe something going wrong, but over time, when you manage to actually notice, something might have started to break already.... maybe. I err on the side of caution when it comes to CVTs, or computer boxes in general.

Honda has the specific service charge for it, 600php I think. Nissan NE didn't use to have that service item, but later on had it around 2017/2018 I think. No idea about Toyota but I would expect them to have it if you really want to have it done.

To add, brother owns a 2009 1.6 Altis G 4AT, not CVT. That still runs, but valve cover gasket has failed twice already causing a dead cylinder/spark plug. Still in "Regular use" today as a service vehicle but short distance only. I think around 90k kms. I think that had the ATF Changed once... maybe? But your CVT for 10th gen Altis really most likely need a change because even the longest interval is usually 40k kms for CVTF change. Lifetime is until it ends it life, so from a "technicality" if it isn't changed and the CVT "dies", then the fluid did last the lifetime of the CVT. hehe! Not sure why Toyota didn't still schedule a change for it. That is really bizarre for me.