Do you have a link to what you read ? I read where they have made changes over the years but can't find out exactly what was done

 

I don't have the link but this is the meat and potatoes paragraph of the article.


Nissan developed a thinner pulley axle and a new aluminum belt that's meticulously machined and stronger than the outgoing version, reducing flex. That, coupled with a more compact oil pump, means less pressure between the pulleys and belt, making for a more stout setup. All in, the gear ratio range is an impressive 7.0 for engines displacing anything above two liters, and when equipped with Nissan's Adaptive Shift Control, engineers can program more than 1,000 different shift patterns to span the spectrum from city driving to sport. One engineer told us that the new CVT will continue to incorporate the faux ratios of previous vehicles, but at launch, this gear boxis likely to sport eight and, "if the market demands it, we could even do 10." No, we have no idea why you'd want that, but when it comes to the average car buyer, sometimes it's all about the specs.

 

I would be curious to drive one of the newer model 7th gens. You all can look it up on any OEM Nissan parts supplier to verify I am correct. 31020-1XE0D is original tranny and was superceded to 31020-1XE2A. 1XE0D was used 08/09 to 08/10 and 1XE2A was used 08/10 to 05/11. Mine still had the parts barcode sticker attached to tranny and it is 1XE2A but build date is 06/10 per mfg label. That doesnt match up at all. Also indicates that new tranny was put into the 05/11 models and after.

Either way...seesms like above post might be for new model years coming out. The Max...all 7th gen Maximas have the Jatco JF010E. Doubt they would have redesigned tranny that much within a model run because that all sounds to be major upgrades.

 

When is the above article dated ? Thanks

 

When I searched for used transmission for a 2011 maxima I got this popup


http://www.autopartsfair.com/nissan-...-catalog.html?

http://www.autopartsfair.com/nissan-...068f&seq_num=3


http://www.autopartsfair.com/nissan-...4b4f&seq_num=4

 

Curious indeed. Wonder how many revisions there were to the 7th gen transmissions...

That would be a good question for a Nissan technician....anybody?

 

I have a 2012 that was literally doing great with city driving and on my way back from a 6 hour trip now keeps going into limp mode at stoplights. Is this a sign of a toasted CVT as well or just in need of a fluid flush/fill.

One thing I did today after driving it to lunch was open up the hood and check the level on the dipstick. I noticed that it was above the top notch, so I think I am looking at a case of it being overfilled and then as I read elsewhere, it is foaming up.

This just seems incredibly crazy because it was fine for two weeks with city/highway driving to work, but a trip at extended highway speed and it going into limp when I stop. I can get up to freeway speed, but stopping and it goes into limp mode.

 

Maybe it overheated

 

So how hard did you drive the car ?

How often ( if ever) did you shift the CVT manually ?

 

My 7th generation maxima was a loaded, sport package, every option and paid for when the trans started whinning. I Changed the Trans oil and 2 filters then, I traded it on a gs350 awd, which runs circles around the maxima in every metric except mpg.
After an 300zx, an altima, a 2001 manual maxima and the 2011, I no longer recommend Nissan.
Get rid of it soon as you can, resale is another sore spot.

 

I have an 07 with 110k miles with not problems so far. I bought it from my mechanic it was his personal car. He took very good care of it not sure if he ever changed the transmission fluid. I want to keep this car for another 4-5 years but now reading all these comments I'm not sure. I planned on upgrading the speakers, subwoofer, putting a Flowmaster and deleting mufflers, tinting windows, and now I don't know if I should just keep it stock and pray it doesn't break on me. I'm a college student and bought it for $3,500 at 104k miles and don't want to spend $1,000+ on a junkyard or new tranny. I don't drive it very hard knowing how delicate these cvt's are. Would you suggest I sell it?

 

I have searched high and low and I have yet to find this for $7.31. I know this thread is 5 years old, but teh best price I can find for the filter is $35 (Nissan part #31726-1XEOA). If someone has a place to get these for $10 I would like to know where.

https://www.courtesyparts.com/oem-pa...ter-317261xe0a

Thanks.

 

Price on the filter went up through the roof. The price you see is the current correct price. I remember I got my first one for like $12 out of the door. Second one was 3x as much.