Hopefully others with CVTs will chime in (my Kizashi is a manual trans) but I recall discussions on here stating that the original CVT fluid is green in color. ATF for traditional geared automatics is red as you stated. If you want to be absolutely certain and if a sample is still available, you ca...

2011 Kizashi 157,xxx miles. Had the CVT oil changed on Dec 5, 2017. About three weeks ago (April, 2018) on the way home to Virginia from Florida, the transmission went out in Georgia. We had it replaced with a used transmission with a warranty. Anyway, when we drove back down to Georgia to get the c...

2011 Kizashi transmission failure. On the way home to Virginia from our Florida vacation the transmission went out on our 2011 Kizashi. I was wondering if a 2012 or 2013 transmission is compatible with our 2011. Ours is all wheel drive as are the two potential transmissions. Any help would be greatl...