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LordWinslow · Dec 7th, 2003, 05:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by minimao

Just got my mini back from the dealership that they replaced the CVT transmission. Two weeks ago, I heard some weired rotational noise came from my car and the sound was really annoying. The noise was getting louder while the rmp was higher. First, I thought that it was from the engine but after I drove it to the dealership for the inspection and they figure out that the noise was from the CVT transmission. Since my car is under warranty (only 7 month-old), they went ahead to replace the transmission with no charge. Now, they would send back the broken transmission part to the miniusa for further the inspection and research. I am wondering that how many of mini CVT owners have the same problem!?

Mine was doing something simular, but I was dropping gears. Like if I was in Manual mode I would be driving in 6, the engine would get loud and then drop to 5th or even 4th.
If I was in drive or sport drive modes it would get loud, shudder and then buck bad.

Took it too the dealer and they found a hole in the top of the CVT where fluid would be leaked out. It would only leak when running as the presure was there to force the fluid out. So they dropped the transmission and put in a new one for me. No problem since. That was at 17K I am now at 30K. No more problems since. My car is a late '02 build (but a '03 Model).

Winslow

Dec 7th, 2003, 05:34 PM	#10
LordWinslow Back... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Londonderry, NH Local Time: 05:32 PM Posts: 1,414 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by minimao Just got my mini back from the dealership that they replaced the CVT transmission. Two weeks ago, I heard some weired rotational noise came from my car and the sound was really annoying. The noise was getting louder while the rmp was higher. First, I thought that it was from the engine but after I drove it to the dealership for the inspection and they figure out that the noise was from the CVT transmission. Since my car is under warranty (only 7 month-old), they went ahead to replace the transmission with no charge. Now, they would send back the broken transmission part to the miniusa for further the inspection and research. I am wondering that how many of mini CVT owners have the same problem!? Mine was doing something simular, but I was dropping gears. Like if I was in Manual mode I would be driving in 6, the engine would get loud and then drop to 5th or even 4th. If I was in drive or sport drive modes it would get loud, shudder and then buck bad. Took it too the dealer and they found a hole in the top of the CVT where fluid would be leaked out. It would only leak when running as the presure was there to force the fluid out. So they dropped the transmission and put in a new one for me. No problem since. That was at 17K I am now at 30K. No more problems since. My car is a late '02 build (but a '03 Model). Winslow This space for Rent