I've been a member here since 2015 after I bought my Fit. I personally haven't seen a CVT user complain of a CVT failure. I've got 83K on mine and I've seen posts from other members that have over 100K at this point. I've replaced the CVT fluid around 60K per the Maintenance Minder. We'll see how long this CVT lasts

EDIT: I do recall one guy who had something go on with this CVT, but later in the thread it was found that it was a salvaged model and one of the coolant lines were bent or something during a crash. Can't really fault the CVT in that case.

My last two cars were sold with over 165K on the clock. From a 93 Celica to a 2004 4Runner (New). Sold the 4runner to a coworker and bought a 2013 Odyssey (used) with 34k miles. They were perfectly fine, just wanted something newer/bigger.

 

What problems are experienced by the MT owners?

 

No problem yet on my 2017, but only at 38k miles (6-speed.)

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I understand the cvt is cool and a lot easier to drive I have a cvt 14 accord cvt tsx and a cvt Acura TL but the best car was cb7 accord h22 5 speed best of both worlds sadly 😢 a had to give up my cb7 but the Fit gk5 make me happy the mt6 makes the car fun and it reminds me of my cb7 the I had for 18 years so I guess to me I have more fun with mt6

 

Forgot to say 2017 gk5 60k miles this week mt6 no problem with transmission

 

Have a 2018 Fit EX 6MT, only 11,348 miles with no problems. Being a senior citizen, I have had many cars, and with only one exception, they all have been manual. I like the car to shift when I want it to.

May not be related, but I had a 91 Honda Civic CRX HF with manual that I put over 360,000 miles on with NO transmission problems or really, no other problems. Best car ever that averaged close to 50 mpg.

 

Why don't you look yourself. It's not too hard to find the threads - I found three clutch/MT posts in 20 seconds by just scrolling back.

 

The five speed on my 1988 Prelude 4WS was a dream. Smooth as butter. Just wish first gear had been a bit taller. A bit slow off the block. Loved downshifting coming to an exit off the Beltway and taking the cloverleaf and all without touching the brake. I am glad a ran across this forum, especially the thread on pros and cons of CVT vs 6 spd. MT. My first instinct is the MT, but I wonder about highway engine noise with the higher revs of the MT in sixth gear. Ah, my '88 Prelude had a great 5th gear for highway speeds. Poor girl got totaled last year while parked on the street. I had a foreboding that leaving it on the street would not end well. Over 30 years and 165K miles and on the original clutch.

 

Love the 6 speed

 

manual tranny will last forever.
CVT are known to fail. Honda transmissions are always weak (auto) and have been failing since I can remember.

 

I've only had my 2018 Sport w/CVT for about 6 weeks, so I can't speak to reliability. That said, I absolutely love it. I'm consistently getting in the mid 40s for fuel economy, and when cruising at 75mph, the engine is a nice and settled 2500 RPM. It takes very little throttle input for it to give me more revs. If I want more response, I just keep it in sport mode. At the same 75mph, in sport the engine is turning around 4000 RPM. This is very close to what I hear 6MT drivers saying they have at the same speed. That said, it's nice to have the choice. Then when I want more control, the paddle shifters are always ready to go. In sport mode, they hold whatever gear I select. In drive, if I want to pass someone, but don't want to floor the throttle just to get more revs, I just blip the downshift paddle and I jump up about 1500 RPM. Then a few seconds later the CVT will jump right back into drive mode on it's own. Ultimately, the reason I like the CVT so much is that it responds the way I want/expect it to. Having driven many automatic transmission cars, that is a first for me.

 

Both the MT and the CVT of the Fit have been highly reliable. Perhaps the lighter car weight and the lower engine power as compared to the larger Hondas are a factor in this car's durability. Anyway, in comparing the CVT and the MT I would give the nod to the CVT as being better based on fewer posts about it on this site in spite of the fact that there are 20 times as many CVTs on the road. That's just off the top of my head without doing any formal survey. In fairness, for the MTs I include problems with clutches, cables and any other associated hardware as counting against the MT.

Again though, I would emphasize that both the CVT and MT have been very reliable on this car.

 

2019 cvt fit sport. 61000 miles and no problems. I Change the fluid around every 30000. I had a cvt crz and put 150000 miles on it before getting rid of it. Not 1 problem with the Trans.

 

Well I had my fit since we 2017 and 87k miles no problem with it so far [img]blob:https://www.fitfreak.net/e81412e5-e9a1-4651-9f64-5df19bd601d1[/img]

 

I've got about 62000 on our '15 manual, no problems, guess it's due for gearbox fluid change, according to Honda. Have never had manual transmission trouble in any car I've ever owned, not expecting any here