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10 year old Mercedes SUV probably needs a new transmission. Has 105,000 miles on it. Can put a replacement transmission is for about $3,500. May run for another 2-3 years. Or get a new car. Problem is there aren't any new cars. Went to two dealerships today. Drove a new Ford Edge that has a MSRP of $42k and then went to the Nissan place but they didn't really have any cars. Will probably go to a couple of more tomorrow. I'm wavering back and forth between putting the new tranny in or getting a new car. I don't know how long I can limp along with it as is. I also hate to pay nearly full sticker for a new car. A used car makes sense but there really aren't many of those and the prices are nearly equal to new. It's a screwy time for sure.
Has anyone else been looking at this lately?

10 year old Mercedes SUV probably needs a new transmission. Has 105,000 miles on it. Can put a replacement transmission is for about $3,500. May run for another 2-3 years. Or get a new car. Problem is there aren't any new cars. Went to two dealerships today. Drove a new Ford Edge that has a MSRP of $42k and then went to the Nissan place but they didn't really have any cars. Will probably go to a couple of more tomorrow. I'm wavering back and forth between putting the new tranny in or getting a new car. I don't know how long I can limp along with it as is. I also hate to pay nearly full sticker for a new car. A used car makes sense but there really aren't many of those and the prices are nearly equal to new. It's a screwy time for sure. Has anyone else been looking at this lately?

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A couple years ago? I'd say get a new truck/car, because at the the point that SUV is at you could replace the trans and have something else go wrong the next month. Now you're locked in sorta speak since you just did all that work+money for the trans and keep fixing more and more shit. I was in a similar situation except with me it was a timing chain. Drove it to the dealer for a trade-in with the engine screaming.

Now? Everything is overpriced as shit and dealers can pick and choose their customers. A lot of the rebates are gone. I wouldn't bank on keeping a Merc SUV around but maybe pick up a ~5 year-old reliable something from the top 3 (Nissan isn't one of them).

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Nissan still having problems with their CVTs?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

With as shit as their engines are you'll be lucky for the vehicle to make it to the point of needing transmission work.

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No idea I've had Nissans but never a CVT. Just by the design and $$$ for special transmission fluid I avoided them. Nissans have been second rate overall for awhile now. Ford/Toyota/Honda are my top three.

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As far as I know, most Nissan used CVT transmissions since the early 2000s.

Everyone that I knew that had one had at least one early transmission failure.