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Originally Posted by focusyn
CVT's are still emerging technology for the most part. A few vehicles have them, but none have been around long enough for anyone to tell the longevity of them.
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I'd agree they haven't been used much in the US but they've been around in Europe for decades. My aunt had several Daf cars that had CVT back in the 60s and 70s. Little well engineered dutch econo car. Don't think she had any issues with it back then. Volvo bought them in the 70s and for a while sold Dafs under the Volvo name. Now Ford owns that technology and know-how. If anyone can screw it up it'll be Ford though - lets hope the Ford bean counters didn't mess with the Volvo engineers too much.
I personally think CVTs are a great idea and Volvo has always designed and built sturdy stuff. CVTs are so simple a kid can understand the technology - I consider myself pretty mechanically inclined but have no clue how a regular auto transmission works.
Haven't heard any issues with the Freestyle CVT apart from the guy who posted here - hopefully that's not typical. My long term plan is to replace our ageing Windstar with a Freestyle - I'll check back here before I take the plunge though.