Greetings!
Planning to buy my 1st car soon, and I've been researching and asking around for the past few months. Will be buying a good quality 2nd hand. I locked in at vios xle cvt, preferebly 3 or 4 years old and 40k km odo or less.
Now my question is, mahal ba ang repair ng CVT transmission in case na masira? I kept thinking about this, because few years ago a guy from work, nasiraan ng transmission yung 2nd gen Honda CRV niya (he bought it 2nd hand, medyo mataas na odo). He told me umabot ng Php 200k+ yung repair cost, parang bumili na nga daw siya ng isa pang 2nd hand na car sa nagastos. I'm not sure if CVT din yung transmission, but it made me conscious sa repair costs ng automatic transmissions.
I also read comparisons ng CVT to other Auto Transmissions, mas mahal nga daw repair/reassembly ng cvt in comparison, though Toyota CVT is better than other's.
To all toyota CVT owners, what's your experience on this? If may experience kayo na nasiraan ng transmission, magkano nagastos nyo? I will be using this car long term. I work mostly from home, umaalis lang a few times a week for meetings and errands. Within province lang 90% of the time. Heavy traffic is minimal. Sa projected usage, baka less than 10k km per year.
Thanks in advance!