I feel your pain. I have a 2014 Nissan Murano with the front end construction that's almost the same. Whoever designed this thing should have been made to change about 10 of these. Who designs a vehicle to have the parts so embedded that you have to take half the front end of the vehicle off to replace it is crazy. I was able to do it without taking the front bumper off but it was a real pain in the Ars! Whoever assembled my Murano put the lower Radiator clamps with the tops pointed up. So I had to remove the battery, the PCM, the TCM and the whole battery tray assembly just to get to those clamps. When I put it back in I put the hose clamps down so I wouldn't have to do that again. Any ways glad you got it done I truly feel your pain! My CVT cost me right $4,200.00 to have someone do it for me. I had to change my CVT at 105K miles because I was an "idiot" and never did the REQUIRED 30K mile CVT services. It's a must service you can not skip or the metal belt shavings will tear up the transmission. I have over 155K, miles on it now. I kept the care because I have a bad back and knees and my wife too, plus it's the most comfortable over the road car I've ever driven. Also it has the older style head rests and when I put the seat up straight to support my back the headrests don't try and push my chin into my chest. I love my Murano for traveling, plenty of room in the back for cargo and it's really comfortable. You still have a nice car and it still looks good on the paint etc. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Yep I always stated whoever designs half these cars sure be forced to work on them as punishment. A BMW master technician and wonder what the engineers designing the car were thinking? The worst was VW I hated those as usually required engine removal, then don’t get me started with cam wear and bad main rear seals on low mileage of those. Now the Nissan are not as bad as some state. They actually pretty reliable if you change the CVT transmission fluid with the OEM Nissan fluid and filter every 30k. Yes the belt wear in and leave excessive shavings if not change every 30k and seen a few that grenade itself. As the metal spacers pops out and metal belt fall to pieces destroying and even putting a hole in the transmission housing. I rebuilt a few over the years. If you do required 30k maintenance they can last over 285k miles. I know someone still have the original CVT transmission and still going strong. The Nissan actually nice on the road and pretty comfortable ride. I going to use the Nissan as my daily especially during winter months and keep the BMW as a weekend driver.
@@thetechgenie7374 Yeah I agree 100% with all of that. My only problem with my 2014 Murano CVT is it doesn't like the cold. It likes to have a high rev, not shifting belt movement, until it warms up, then it works normally. Any ideas on that problem?
@@thetechgenie7374 I was thinking maybe the tolerances were to tight on the pulley that moves inside on those pins. Possibly a programming issue, if it's designed to compensate for temperature. I know the Ford 4R100 has that issue, and they put in a bypass valve just for that. Anyways thanks for the reply bud. Hey any chance you have a Tek 24XX series calibration with the TM plug in series modules?
@@keithnoneyaThey do have to be programmed using dealer software and bidirectional scanner, but typically they also have adaptive learning mode as well for the first 150 miles to 1k miles after programmed or initialize after fluid changed. Typically when it comes to not shifting correctly or at all unless high idle and when cold but completely normal when warm is leaning towards a valve body issue due to lack of pressure some where, typically a stuck solenoid maybe not opening or closing correctly as fluid gets thicker when cold and flow less smoothly.
