saturn vue cvt

[crawford]

can some one give some information on repairing a saturn vue 2.2 engine with a cvt this will be my project car. what are there weak points and were to get long lasting parts, Just looking a design it looks simple so why such a failure rate. It looks like many more cvt’s in other cars what have they found Saturn missed.

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[road2perfection]

[quote=”crawford” post=58946]can some one give some information on repairing a saturn vue 2.2 engine with a cvt this will be my project car. what are there weak points and were to get long lasting parts, Just looking a design it looks simple so why such a failure rate. It looks like many more cvt’s in other cars what have they found Saturn missed.[/quote]

Early cvt’s were unreliable, only brand that was good with them was nissan, bigger applications have been using them for decades, trains, and larger equipment.
Best is to swap to a traditional transmission or manual, with that you require a ECU.
Saturn is very very rare in my country, but investigate if a manual/trad auto with ecu is cheaper than replacement.

[crawford]

I did say it was a project car and working to make factory set up. I really like a challenge which I believe it is after seeing poor reply on how many say have failed. 😛 :whistle:

[Coty Miller]

You said you wanted long lasting parts, he said the CVT, and I agree 😉

What makes you want to choose a saturn vue as a project car? It’s obvious you’re going to be sinking money into it so why not getting something with larger aftermarket support. A cheap example would be an old focus like what I own. There is almost as much aftermarket for a focus as for a mustang, anything I want to do, race headers, race exhausts, stealth exhausts, clutch kits, thousands of great suspension options from low riders, extreme handling packages, lift kits, body kits, race heads, great cam options, heavy duty motor mounts. ect. Since ford made an SVT version of the focus they really got the ball rolling as far as great aftermarket support is concerned…

Now, I probably wouldn’t use my focus as a project car, not because I don’t like it but because if I’m going to sink thousands into something, I want a car that will gain value for the money I put into it… A focus wouldn’t really gain money because no one considers a focus a sports car or a luxury car because it is an economy class car that just so happens to have a peppy engine and handle allot better than most…

Perhaps I am missing what you mean by calling it your “project car”…

[crawford]

Well I have a 03 Saturn L200 wagon 2.2 4 speed automatic and a 03 vue with a 3.0 5 speed AWD automatic both are great cars. The wagon gets 29.8 mpg around town and the vue gets 23.4. I was into restoring a 57 chevy belair and a 63 chevy SS convertible turn out great. Before I became disable I was a machinist and trouble shooter guess it’s in my blood , when I hear it won’t work I need to know why and what it needs to done to fix it. I bid on one on e bay for cheep I guess I need a real challenge. :silly: 🙂

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