Cvt hitting rev limiter

[Mikey215]

Hey guys I'm new on here and need help. I purchased a new crz with a cvt last April, and I seem to be getting an intermittent problem. When I give my car full throttle my car keeps reving and starts bouncing off the rev limiter, I took it to the dealer and they said it drives normal. Any idea what may cause this? Here is a link to a video I took of what's going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkX...e_gdata_player

[Mikey215]

Here is a video I posted on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkX...e_gdata_player

[sleighman]

I have 23k on my CVT without any issue. In sports mode it will take it to red line and hold it there as it build up speed. I can use the paddle shifters to change gears (Ratio's) and bring the RPM's down.

I am not quite sure what your discribing.

A video would help.

[kronzonly]

Might be the traction control that you are describing. Try turning it off.

[SCH]

Might be just a lead foot.

[Tbot]

There is no issue... When you have the CVT in nuetral or in park the car will not go further then 6300 RPM's. Once it does it will flutter at the rev limiter... When in Drive and in sport mode the vehicle will automatically shift at 6200 RPM's, right at the rev limiter. The vehicle will not allow you go pass the rev limiter unless you get a Hondata and mess with some stuff most likely.

I say what you are experiencing is normal. I did this with my 2011 CVT and I could tell you it does the same with my 2012 6mt.

[sirjonsnow]

So what is it that you want, to be able to push it beyond safe limits and blow the engine?

[Mikey215]

So you are saying its normal for a cvt transmission to keep reving and bouncing off the rev limiter? I use to have a Sentra SER with a cvt and the car never hit the rev limiter. If this is normal then I really regret getting a cvt.

[CRZ-Silver]

I do not have that problem in my CVT CR-Z. I would say you should take it in for service.
I did however noticed in my car that in Sport mode if I push the gas pedal to the floor fast it revs close to the limiter and sometimes bounces back to around 3000-4000 rpms and I loose almost all power for a second or two, but after it just goes back up close to the limit and keeps accelerating.
I do not know if what I experience is normal either but it does not happens all the times I accelerate hard.
The feeling that I get is almost like the traction control cutting the power completely, the car jerks and then resumes accelerating. I tried with and without traction control ON (at different speeds) and I could replicate with both, so I do not think its the traction control.
Maybe a feature of the CVT to protect itself. I have a Nissan Altima 2.5SL with CVT and that does not have traction control but if I push the gas pedal too fast and the car looses traction it will hold the revs at some point for a few seconds before it resumes accelerating. I always thought that was normal too.

[Tbot]

Something wrong is probably wrong with your timing because it should automatically shift at the rev limiter when driving rather then doing that.

@Silver: The car usually initially has no power in CVT until usually around 3500 - 4000 RPM's. With your issue exactly with the loss of power, is it just that it shifts and that loss is the belt slipping to the next gear... I don't know... If you able to understand your Z and get around it without a problem then, you have no problem if you are all gravy with that ^.^