Avoid 03 04 CVT (VTI) Transmissions = Junk
 

i have a 2004 saturn ion quad coupe that was giving to me as a gift i was told that it has a bad tranny. i love the looks of the car so i want to keep it I've looked all over for a replacement tranny for it but could not find one so i thought i'd just buy a junker and use the tranny out of it now i'm told the they will not inter change something about cvt and vti could someone please help me out here

Do you know what trans you have? My 04 coupe has the AF23 trans.

Tooter1 it's a cvt automatic is all i know

I think someone on here has a write-up on the CVT swap to other trans.

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market will help find you a CVT one.

You can't find a CVT replacement because. like yours, they are all dead.
Seriously.
DEAD.


I would not waste your money on a used replacement CVT timebomb unless you have an infinite amount of money and patience.


If you plan to keep and use the vehicle, do your forum research and swap in the regular non CVT A/T. It's been done numerous times for exactly this reason.

I don't know about GM or Nissan, but I do know that the CVT's that Mopar uses are not fixable. They just take them out and replace them with a new one. No rebuilds. Nissan seems to have better luck with theirs than Mopar or GM, so maybe they have figured it out?

maybe they have it more partially figured out.


I love to pay 30K to be a test hamster

A CVT trans is garbage. My sister had hers rebuilt (not going into why) and it was almost 2500.
You can manual swap to the f23, which is basically bullet proof (I have one I could sell cheap)
Or swap to the 4t45e. You would need the tcm and there is some slight rewiring. I also have one of those I could sell cheap.

maybe there are good ones out there but the rest of the car is good so no sale Mine has 143000 on the CVT trans with no signs of any problem and I don't think I am alone but the heavier vehicles with the same trans did not last well according to GM

That's the highest mileage on a CVT I've heard of.
Keep doin what you're doin to it and sell the secrets.