Nissan has long been associated with Jatco-built CVTs, and those transmissions drew plenty of reliability complaints and even legal action in the 2010s. And even today, some owners say those ghosts ...

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I kind of forgot Nissan even still makes the Maxima; all of the attention lately has been paid to the Altima. This 2012 Nissan Maxima's $40,000 sticker makes me laugh but for a ...

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Nissan reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over alleged issues with its continuously variable transmission (CVT). The case involved 2015–2018 Murano and 2016–2018 Maxima models. Consumers ...

So what's changed? Perhaps even more than our readiness to accept CVTs is the tuning of the 2016 Maxima's transmission. It's responsive in Normal and Sport modes (the latter of which ramps up steering ...

Nissan has a pretty full lineup of vehicles, including sporty coupes, pickup trucks, and a sedan or SUV in just about every size or configuration you can imagine. And many of those vehicles use CVTs ...

Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa tells us that the CVT is 'probably not ideal' in certain applications. Nissan has had its fair share of issues surrounding its continuously variable transmission—also known as ...

Trying its best to be a four-door sports car, the 2017 Nissan Maxima almost makes it. The V6 engine puts out 300 ponies, it looks amazing, but it suffers with a continuously variable transmission.