CVT: How Long Are They Good For?

[why?]

Who knows? They are still a very new technology being tested.

That being said, my mother's Murano CVT lasted 245,000 before it broke. And remanufactured CVT's at least for Nissan are not that expensive. That's longer than several automatic transmissions my parent's have owned.

Nissan created the first CVT in an actual powerful vehicle in 2003. So still very new technology. Volvo created the first CVT in a passanger auto in the 80's but only attached it to a 60 hp engine. Plus Volvo used rubber bands and had them work the opposite Nissan's metal CVT's work today.