How much would it cost to replace the entire CVT?

[bob]

I'm playing around with the idea of tuning my 2019 civic, and wanted to prepare for a worst case scenario. How much would it cost to replace if my CVT blew up? Assuming my warranty gets voided b/c of the tune

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[gtman]

I don't know the exact costs of a CVT but I can tell you if tuned conservatively, unabused and maintained properly, tuning with a CVT has proved pretty damn reliable.

 

[bob]

I don't know the exact costs of a CVT but I can tell you if tuned conservatively, unabused and maintained properly, tuning with a CVT has proved pretty damn reliable.

I'm a pretty paranoid person, so just want to know for my own peace of mind haha

 

[gtman]

If you're that paranoid, you may not want to tune. No sense driving and worrying about blowing your engine or transmission every time you give it gas.

 

[charleswrivers]

Assuming a 10th gen is at your local salvage yard... about one-fiddy with the core. Skip any with front end damage or a side impact on a front axle. It’d be a fair amount of work. Bring an electric impact wrench and a friend.

If you buy it new... while I’ve seen MTs available online... I haven’t seen CVTs as an assembly or even just a belt assuming you’d want to buy just the belt on a snap or the CVT as a whole. I’d guess $2-3k for a new one. While CVTs are fairly simple in operation and splitting the dry side to do a belt shouldn’t be overly complicated, it isn’t something most shops I’d expect know how to do. By the time you go wild with the labor to do all that... and the possibility of additional internal damage from a belt snap for the aforementioned impossible to get belt, I’d just roll the dice on a junker with rear-end damage.

If you’re paying for labor for the install, I’d spitball a grand. Maybe a decent amount more. I doubt much less.

 

[David16touring]

Sometime late last year my CVT broke after months of really beating on it with a flex fuel kit. Now mind you I work at an Acura dealership so I got a price break on both parts and labor. When my original CVT broke my car had ~70k miles on it. I work in parts so I personally called and searched for a trans with the lowest mileage. I was able to source one from LKQ with about 31k miles on it and it cost me $720 after getting my core charge refund. Labor was another $700 so I ended up paying about $1,400 for the replacement when it was all said and done.

 

[GermanCivic]

@David16touring
That's a great price. I wonder what the normal price would be for a new CVT plus labor cost...

 

[Sport_Hatch_17_412]

Sometime late last year my CVT broke after months of really beating on it with a flex fuel kit. Now mind you I work at an Acura dealership so I got a price break on both parts and labor. When my original CVT broke my car had ~70k miles on it. I work in parts so I personally called and searched for a trans with the lowest mileage. I was able to source one from LKQ with about 31k miles on it and it cost me $720 after getting my core charge refund. Labor was another $700 so I ended up paying about $1,400 for the replacement when it was all said and done.

I am about to change the cvt out in 2 weeks. After you swapped, did it go smoothly? Are you still pushing it

 

[David16touring]

I am about to change the cvt out in 2 weeks. After you swapped, did it go smoothly? Are you still pushing it

unfortunately I do not have the car anymore, though after the cvt change it was doing great

 

[Ducota]

I'm a pretty paranoid person, so just want to know for my own peace of mind haha

I get it I have a TSP short block fund just in case

 

[GermanCivic]

I am about to change the cvt out in 2 weeks.

Good luck. Please let us know then, how it went, how much it was and how much labour / hours were needed.

 

[Sport_Hatch_17_412]

Good luck. Please let us know then, how it went, how much it was and how much labour / hours were needed.

Will do. Transmission cost $580 for used CVT from another HATCHBACK with 60,000 miles. Labor from my mechanic is $1,200. Mileage on my current cvt is 168,000 miles and I have full bolt ons with a custom tune from phearable.

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