CVT Transmission Swap

[Jimbob4]

Hello, everyone. I was wondering about the warranty coverage that Nissan has for the CVT transmissions. In the case of the Altima Coupe, if a CVT were to kick the bucket, would a person be able to tell the warranty department that they would rather have the Altima Coupe's manual transmission put in rather than another CVT? I would think that they would go for that, since the manual transmission is a lot cheaper than the CVT (as far as I know). However, other things associated with an automatic to manual swap would have to be done, so would this make it cost more to put in a manual rather than a CVT? I am thinking about this since if my CVT ever happened to go out, I would like to put in a 6MT in its place. Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.

[DAAN.]

In Canada, the warranty has been virtually doubled for the CVT equipped vehicles.

The same warranty has been extended in the States, as well.
The cost is high when a transmission is converted than when installed in the factory. Still, it doesn't hurt to ask them if the situation occurs.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

In Canada, the warranty has been virtually doubled for the CVT equipped vehicles.

The same warranty has been extended in the States, as well.
The cost is high when a transmission is converted than when installed in the factory. Still, it doesn't hurt to ask them if the situation occurs.

agreed but bro great question overall. Call nissan USA or Canada wherever you are. And ask them oh then let us know

[Jimbob4]

Alright then, I am getting on that. How much more does the CVT cost as compared to the 6MT, anyways? Does anyone know? And does anyone have an idea of how much an automatic to manual conversion costs on any car? This would give me an idea of how much more or less it would cost. Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.

[stillbreathin]

I highly doubt nissan would do a transmission swap, what you must understand is, it's alot more than just the transmission, I know with my car, they had to had pedals, replace the whole center consol, add hydrolic lines, change all the mounts under the car to support the difference in weight, and much more. I think in the end it would end up costing Nissan way more time/money to do the swap than just give you a factory made CVT transmission. BUT MORE POWER TO YOU IF THEY DO, GOOD LUCK.

Oustide of that, if you op to go for a shop to do a switch which is possable, being that I have now offically had it done and another member named Mr. Coupe is currently about to have the same work completed. The bad thing about doing this is, you know that awesome nissan warrenty? Well, you mine as well s*** on it, because the min. it changes, it is gone.

Good luck, once again for what ever route you go down. Oh yea, once more thing, if nissan does do it, your warrenty will remain, so once again hopefulyy they will.

[nig1]

it ain't logical for a dealership to swap CVT for MT.

[adidas2go]

Nope, It would cost much more to swap a 6 speed into your car. Nissan would never go for it. Good luck on the chase though

[Jimbob4]

Well, I obviously already knew that there was more involved than just switching out the transmission. I was just wondering if it would be cost-effective for Nissan to do so, considering how much other work would need to be done. Does anyone know how much it would cost at a shop, then? I am not really considering a transmission shop unless the CVT happens to go out, which hopefully it will not. I have had no problems so far, but then again I only have about 5,500 miles so far. Also, how many miles do you guys have on your CVT transmissions? Thanks to everyone who has responded so far.

[kanejuice]

hmm..i wonder if they have another spare car...sigh i would like a transmission swap 8[ ...btw whats the shop name in Ga?

[DJ_B_Easy]

In Canada, the warranty has been virtually doubled for the CVT equipped vehicles.

The same warranty has been extended in the States, as well.
The cost is high when a transmission is converted than when installed in the factory. Still, it doesn't hurt to ask them if the situation occurs.

For real? What did it change to?

I was not aware of this...

[windex]

When my transmission died at 30k miles, I asked the dealership and that was a very quick laugh and a loud 'NO!'... I currently have 51K on this transmission...

[stillbreathin]

pricing for a transmission swap, here's what you need to buy/shop buy, transmission 6spd, ECU, wiring harness x2 (one inside car/one ni engine bay), shifter pedals, a brand new center consol with new 6spd shifter, hydrolic lines for the shifting itself, the mounts that hold the s*** to the car, and I think I'm leaving a few things out.

It cost me 3,800 for my transmission swap BUT my shop just so happen to have a doner car for them to rip parts out of for me, there is one other guy who is doing the swap I just had completed named Mr. Coupe and I think he said the price for his car went from only suppose to cost like 3k to 11k. IMO, if you can't find a shop with a doner car, or maybe a totaled coupe froma junk yard it would be cheaper to just trade for a 6spd A/C.

[TA2 TA]

Don't mean to dig this old post up but I'm curious what the end result was. Also, stillbreathin can you pm me, I have a couple questions for you if you don't mind. Thanks

[Ranga14]

I completed one myself and believe me, you don't want to go through this hell!

[still_breathin]

The end result with my car is it runs like a charm. Here I am four years later with zero problems. I am currently sitting at 43,801 miles.

[seldomseen]

Nissan would not install a manual gearbox into a car that came off the assembly line with a CVT.

[Ranga14]

The end result with my car is it runs like a charm. Here I am four years later with zero problems. I am currently sitting at 43,801 miles.

That's funny, I'm right below you at 41k!

And my swap is holding up strong so far, although I've only put like 4-5k miles on it since.

[ammarnasab]

hi guys

Sorry to bring this up again, but this place seems to be the only place that has some useful information about the swap.

My long sad story short:
- I got me a US specs Murano 2012 0 mileage water damage.
- Done a major work on electronics and the care is back to life
- Some idiot while changing the CVT gear oil placed normal ATF.
- I drove the car for about 1500 miles, the gear burned
- Hand it over to one workshop, they changed the chain and crowns it with 2 month guarantee, but the gear didn't hold that long, after 500 miles the clutches burned due to low oil pressure as he forgot to fix the oil pump pressure switch sprint
- I handed the car to Dexol, the auto trans specialists, the again rebuilt the CVT, and gave me the car underivable claiming it’s an electric error
- I fixed whatever errors were there, knowing that they have messed with the wiring of the gear harness
Now the situation is: they say its electrical issue, and I say it’s mechanical… so I don’t want the CVT anymore.

i already lost $$$ on this so, the question is:
Can anyone help me with the technical information?
Do I need an adapter for the gear housing? Or the Altima great fits directly to the Murano engine?
Do I need to maintain the valve body of connected to the harness and computer so the “super intelligent” car thinks that it’s running on CVT?
Do I need to do a major work for gear mounting?
Can anyone give some photos of the process or at least the final outcome?!
Am planning to record it on video and post it here

Thanks guys…

[ammarnasab]

still breathing, are you still breathing?

could you help me please, i need some info about the conersion

[seldomseen]

Why did you post your question in the "Altima Coupe" forum? Re-post your question in the Murano forum.

[Ranga14]

wow, to be honest, you should either take it to Nissan and have them give you a full quote on what is needed. Then see if any other place can do it, the new CVT I mean. Yeah, you should just buy a brand new one it sounds like. Either that or total the car and get a new one. Believe me, you don't want to go through the process. I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to swap in a manual gearbox into a car that never had one to begin with.

[altima21]

hey guys i did a swap on my sedan 3.5se altima but i have a couple questions, my car wont start after it was taken to the shop, i didnt change the no harnesses and the ecu but my brother has a 03 altima and he didnt change no harnesses either so im wondering if i have to do it in other for it to work thanks

[altima21]

wow, to be honest, you should either take it to Nissan and have them give you a full quote on what is needed. Then see if any other place can do it, the new CVT I mean. Yeah, you should just buy a brand new one it sounds like. Either that or total the car and get a new one. Believe me, you don't want to go through the process. I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to swap in a manual gearbox into a car that never had one to begin with.

Hey there, i just did a swap on my 3.5se and i got a couple issues and wuestions amd i need your help, do i need to change the ecu amd the harnesses?? Is there no way around thst?? Becuase me car doesnt turn on unless it were "jumpered" which is a cable with open ends and it is connected from starter to battery.. I just want to know how you guys did it to turn on all the time, thanks

[Ranga14]

wow, to be honest, you should either take it to Nissan and have them give you a full quote on what is needed. Then see if any other place can do it, the new CVT I mean. Yeah, you should just buy a brand new one it sounds like. Either that or total the car and get a new one. Believe me, you don't want to go through the process. I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to swap in a manual gearbox into a car that never had one to begin with.

Hey there, i just did a swap on my 3.5se and i got a couple issues and wuestions amd i need your help, do i need to change the ecu amd the harnesses?? Is there no way around thst?? Becuase me car doesnt turn on unless it were "jumpered" which is a cable with open ends and it is connected from starter to battery.. I just want to know how you guys did it to turn on all the time, thanks

Yes. You'll need the dash harness (very hard to get) and main body harness as well as an MT ECU. There's also an engine harness I replaced but after it was done, we realized that it might not have been needed.

My swap updates have more: http://forums.carmod.net/index.php?/top ... ge-thread/

[altima21]

Yes. You'll need the dash harness (very hard to get) and main body harness as well as an MT ECU. There's also an engine harness I replaced but after it was done, we realized that it might not have been needed.

My swap updates have more: http://forums.carmod.net/index.php?/top ... ge-thread/

ok, so i changed the engine harness from automatic to manual, and i also changed the ecu from automatic to manual, but the ecu i got from a salvage yard , but when i connected it to the car , the car still thinks its automatic, it keeps promting me to push the brake instead of clutch, did your car do this b4 you reprogrammed your keys to it? i havent done that yet because i wanted to make sure b4 i spend $178 for reprogram at nissan , thanks