CVT Transmission Reliability with > 125,000 miles

Scotty Kilmer is one of the worst people to listen to in the automotive world. He has old ways of thinking and does not know what cars are reliable and not reliable.

You shouldn't worry about the CVT in the Civic. Replace the fluid on time and you should get over 200k miles. They have some of the best CVTs. Don't go with a Nissan CVT. Subaru CVTs aren't that reliable either.

Toyota also makes a reliable CVT, and their e-CVT (in their hybrids, has nothing in common with a traditional CVT) is likely the most reliable transmission of all time.

Nissan and Subaru have the same CVT - but Subaru re-engineered it before Nissan did to make it more reliable. However Lectrofuel is correct - neither is great even through they are better than before. Honda's is better but they tend to last from 150,000 to 200,000, not over 200,000. The only CVT that lasts over 200,000 is Toyota because their design is different. They use a first gear, then the CVT takes over to reduce the strain and heat gernerated by the only CVT designs of others. That strain means they last not as long - that goes for Honda, Subaru, and Nissan. However Honda is second best on the CVT design compared to Toyota.