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Nissan X-Trail: Fresh oil fixes CVT

As a retired motor industry employee I follow the issues and quirks about different models. But I'm irked when I read your comments about constantly variable transmissions. My 2008 Nissan X-Trail Ti has done 110,000km trouble-free. It is fitted with such a transmission and I have absolutely no problems. On recommendation I had the CVT oil changed at 50,000km and 100,000km — not cheap as I used genuine Nissan CVT oil, and it seemed to rejuvenate the trans. It is a lot quieter and does not flare when it has to work a bit. I would recommend that the oil change be considered. It is worth the cost.

Good advice but some CVTs are beyond such a fix, as the problems seem to be in the core programming.

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