Does anyone have any experience or opinion with these CVT's?
I have not been able to find much online in regards to reliability - I guess that is a good sign.
This is from the wiki.
The K112 transmission, introduced in October 2005, is a modified version of the K111 that is built to work with higher displacement 2.4L engines.
Applications:
- Toyota Alphard – 2.4L (2008–2017)
- Toyota Blade – 2.4L (2006–2011)
- Toyota Estima – 2.4L (2006–2017)
- Toyota Mark X Zio – 2.4L (2007–2011)
- Toyota RAV4 – 2.0/2.4/2.5L (2005–2011)
- Toyota Vanguard – 2.4L (2007–2011)
- Toyota Opa
Yeah, these K11X (JDM/Euro market) weak - about the same as Jatco, they also have a lot similarity to Jatco designs.
The good ones so far are the later K31X even though they’re also prone to certain issues.
falires often occur before 100,000 km (60k miles) but usually you can get 200,000km (120k miles). At most 250,000km assuming you service very frequently and know how to drive a CVT in favorable conditions.
There is a lot of technical info about them online - but it does require using auto generated captions to translate into English.
(The 2nd video claims 105k-125k before first breakdown to be typical
“improper use can cause issues to pop up much earlier”
“Driving with a bad valve body will stretch the belt”)
Thanks Dan, much appreciated answer sir.
I will steer clear!