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I know there are some hesitations on the eCVT. I’ve been attempting to find if those fears are validated.

I have seen third generations Ford eCVT failures due to a bad bearing (read TSB/CMAX forum links below). This effected Fusions and CMAXs. The third generation was the first eCVT developed by in house by Ford. Their first two generations were made by Aisin.

If you care to see the progression of the technology please watch the video. Professor John Kelly is also looking to get a newer version of the eCVT, from the short pattern there is a new generation every 4 years meaning Ford would be on their 4th or 5th generation. Can anyone confirm this?


based off the video below of the eCVT and the TSB showing Ford has fixed the bearing issue I believe fears to be unwarranted.


bonus Hybrid Inverter

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How widespread is the eCVT failure?

A 2014 CMAX SEL with 70K is at the top of my list, but I'm reading all the issues with the CVT and thinking "no way!" Is this 10% of transmissions, or is it ALL of them? What is the chance to make it to 200K without the issue? I'm mechanically inclined, but it appears that getting the motor/cvt o...
fordcmaxhybridforum.com

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Rob XLT-CG said:
I know there ar some hesitations on the eCVT. I’ve been attempting to find if those fears are validated.

I have seen third generations Ford eCVT failures due to a bad bearing (read TSB/CMAX forum links below). This effected Fusions and CMAXs. The third generation was the first eCVT developed by in house by Ford. Their first two generations were made by Aisin.

If you care to see the progression of the technology please watch the video. Professor John Kelly is also looking to get a newer version of the eCVT, from the short pattern there is a new generation every 4 years meaning Ford on their 5th generation. Can anyone confirm this?


based off the video below of the eCVT, the TSB that Ford has fixed the bearing issue I believe fears to be unwarranted


bonus Hybrid Inverter

forums posts on the eCVT failures

How widespread is the eCVT failure?

A 2014 CMAX SEL with 70K is at the top of my list, but I'm reading all the issues with the CVT and thinking "no way!" Is this 10% of transmissions, or is it ALL of them? What is the chance to make it to 200K without the issue? I'm mechanically inclined, but it appears that getting the motor/cvt o...
fordcmaxhybridforum.com

TSB
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There are a awful lot of chips and IGBT's on those boards and that's not counting the chips on the control boards. That may account for the Hybrid production delays.
 
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I personally would prefer to not deal with the warranty at all if possible. And the CMAX owners had theirs fail around 90-120k miles. Some got covered and some got a $4-7k bill.

Sad that those transmissions didn’t even make it to the first service. According the Ford Maverick the first fluid change for the eCVT is 150k miles, unless under “special operating conditions” (see page 442 of owners manual) than it is 30k intervals. Seems like Ford should stagger this like they do the oil changes too. If the car recommends oil changes more frequently I would also consider transmission fluid changes more frequently. For example instead of 10k intervals for oil it says 5k, cut the 150k to 75k for trans fluid.
 

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I agree. Since when did we as consumers go from buying well engineered and reliable products to buying warranties and extended warranties. Manufacturers just throw out a product with engineering screw ups or part defects and the consumer has to deal with all the inconveniences' while the manufacturer makes repairs out of the slush fund (we all paid into) they refer to as warranties.
 
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