R50/53 CVT Identification
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CVT Identification
I bought my 2006 R50 here in Israel about a year ago and, had I known then what I know now about CVTs, I'd probably looked for a newer model.
But I just found this about the class action suit: "The case is specifically about the CVT automatic transmissions, which in the early days of MINI, accounted for less than 50% of US sales and even less in the European market."
Now I'm wondering, How can I tell if I definitely have a CVT?
Thanks.
But I just found this about the class action suit: "The case is specifically about the CVT automatic transmissions, which in the early days of MINI, accounted for less than 50% of US sales and even less in the European market."
Now I'm wondering, How can I tell if I definitely have a CVT?
Thanks.
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I bought my 2006 R50 here in Israel about a year ago and, had I known then what I know now about CVTs, I'd probably looked for a newer model.
But I just found this about the class action suit: "The case is specifically about the CVT automatic transmissions, which in the early days of MINI, accounted for less than 50% of US sales and even less in the European market."
Now I'm wondering, How can I tell if I definitely have a CVT?
Thanks.
But I just found this about the class action suit: "The case is specifically about the CVT automatic transmissions, which in the early days of MINI, accounted for less than 50% of US sales and even less in the European market."
Now I'm wondering, How can I tell if I definitely have a CVT?
Thanks.
If you have an auto gen1 cooper r50...(not sure about the MINI ONE)...YOU HAVE A CVT.
CLASS ACTION cover cars sold by miniusa...sold in the us...pretty sure exported cars are excluded....so 99% sure you are out of luck.
CLASS ACTION cover cars sold by miniusa...sold in the us...pretty sure exported cars are excluded....so 99% sure you are out of luck.
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Is there any info on the actual failure rate?
I'm not losing sleep over it but it is in the back of my mind every time I perceive/imagine a change in engine noise or acceleration.
In the meantime, I don't regret my purchase for a minute.
I'm not losing sleep over it but it is in the back of my mind every time I perceive/imagine a change in engine noise or acceleration.
In the meantime, I don't regret my purchase for a minute.
It seems folks who do regular fluid changes and drive "gently" with minimal bumper to bumper stop and go do best....a few reports of folks going over 100,000 miles..including a moderator here...but when I bought my S, ordered in July 2004 (for a 2005 model year...wait times were once 6+ months) my local dealer was aware of the cvt issue then...and "gently" suggested folks wanting a auto get the (then) newly available auto s that started in 2005......so the fact they kept selling a product with an issue...then did not Extented the warrenty like Nissan did on their CVT trannys made folks mad....
Hard numbers...who knows...many of the cars are just parted out...spending $6500 on a car worth less than that running is a no go for most...even when newer..some did it...just to sell the car to limit losses with a used tranny from a wreck making it "good enough" to trade sell.
Hard numbers...who knows...many of the cars are just parted out...spending $6500 on a car worth less than that running is a no go for most...even when newer..some did it...just to sell the car to limit losses with a used tranny from a wreck making it "good enough" to trade sell.
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