[hrvlxie100]

I just made 10,000 miles with my car, no service light on the dash, no letter from Honda or a call from the dealership. When should I have the CVT serviced on my 2020 LX AWD?

What did you end up doing? I've got the same car, 23K miles.

 

[hrvlxie100]

I scheduled my CVT software update appointment online (Nardy Honda, St. James, NY) It's
for 8/23! I'm not driving much now (laid off from job) and don't have any
long trips planned between now and then.
I was concerned about the CVT tranny when I bought my HRV in March 2016
but I figured it had been used in the Civic for a few years so I figured it was ok.
Not very confident of taking a long trip in my HRV now :-( but I do like the vehicle
a lot, features, fuel economy, ride is fine.
No car is perfect but a tranny replacement on a Honda is troubling. I expected 150,000-200,000
miles of trouble free service (35,000 miles now) I keep up with maintenance on all my cars.
5000 mile oil changes (synthetic) tranny, rear differential fluid at 30,000 miles. Antifreeze 50,000 miles.
Brake fluid flush every 5 years or sooner. Cabin filter, Air filter every 25,000 miles etc...
I've had no issues with the HRV, rides well. Only problem I had was rear rotors rusting up, uneven
pad wear on rear brakes within 25,000 miles. I showed pictures to service manager on one visit for
service and he didn't have any comment (car was out of warranty) I replaced rotors and pads with
PowerStop parts from RockAuto, seem to be ok

So, follow up after software update on 8/23/21.
1. HRV seems slightly more sluggish starting off,
barely noticeable difference.
2. Rubber band effect seems less although I never
thought it was that bad.
3. Even though it's a CVT I've always noticed a "shift"
at around 40 mph. The "shift" seems softer now
4. Fuel economy is down a bit, maybe 3 mpg, but I've only
driven about 100 miles since update, mostly local. I did
have a highway drive yesterday, about 70 miles total and it
seems the mpg is improving.
Final note, all these observations are very subtle and may just
be my imagination lol
Update took a little over an hour, service department was their
normally busy early morning but they are pretty good.
I will continue to do transmission/rear diff fluid changes every
30,000 miles, Honda fluid is not that expensive and it's easy
enough to do.
Let me know what you guys/gals think.

10/18/21 follow up to my follow up
trans software upgrade done at 35,874 miles. I now have 37,300
and have taken one 500 mile round trip. Fuel economy is back to
normal. I guess it took some driving for the computers to relearn all
parameters. Trans is working well.

You mentioned the maintenance that you do on your HRV, thank you. Do you do the trans fluid changes yourself?

 

[hrvlxie100]

I changed the CVT fluid about a 2 years ago myself fluid looked okay - im not worried too much about things, i just read that people say the reprogramming makes CVT run better, and if Honda says the pressure is too high etc. this should help to lessen the failures people have documented on this forum.

My 2017 with just over 30,000 miles, sees a lot of city stop and go traffic - but any transmission work on any car is def major work.

Honda said the pressure is too high? Could it be they overfill the transmission at production?

 

[hrvlxie100]

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, there is no evidence that Honda redesigned the CVT for 2021 HRV's.

It won't be known for several years if the 2021 HRV CVT's are more reliable than the earlier CVT's.
It is very likely that the 2021 HRV's CVT's are using the latest CVT software mentioned in this TSB/Recall.

It also wont be known for several years if the Honda CVT software update for the 2016-2020 HRV CVT's helps with reliability.

It's 2023, any updates on that?

 

[hrvlxie100]

If you don't have the owners manual (with the phone number inside) you can download a PDF from the Honda Owners site.

MyGarage

owners.honda.com

Don't forget that the COMPLETE owners manual is 600+ pages long. If you have a small one (200 pages) that's only the Quick Start guide...

The manual I have is 400+ pages.

 

[hrvlxie100]

I think they mentioned something along the lines of 'reprogramming due to higher fluid pressures' - so yes it could be the same factory parts, just reprogramming the whens and hows and how muches happening within the CVT while operating.

I'm wondering if the trannies were possibly overfilled at manufacture. Hence the excessive pressure.

 

[hrvlxie100]

I know this is an old thread but I have a 2019 with around 68,xxx miles on it. Twice now in the last 2 weeks my car has been "stuck" at 40 mph for a few seconds (after a stop) and even pressing pedal down hard it wouldn't move past 40 mph. Then a few seconds later and it starts accelerate where at it is supposed to where the pedal position is. I am guessing this is a bad sign?? I got the oil changed today and my service advisor said my HRV is not a part of the warranty extension or update. How do I verify and what can I do?

68K miles, have you done tranny oil changes?

 

[hrvlxie100]

This is an actual physical book? Where did you get it? What market and year models does it cover? Do you have a picture? I’ve searched for a workshop manual for two years and all that I can find is the PDF format.

I ordered a 2020 HRV LX owner's manual on Ebay