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I have a CVT equipped Nissan Pathfinder. My model has had some issues though I appear not to have them, they had a problem with the lock up clutch for the torque converter shuddering on engagement. I find it generally smooth and suits the car well as I just drive it in traffic and on the freeway, long term durability is something I can't confirm yet though, mine is at 90,000km without any issue.
I think the torque converter lockup is poorly programmed but that is another story, the only real failure of smoothness. If you have not driven one it will feel very odd when you test drive, like a slipping clutch although I think not long after mine they programmed in a series of discrete ratio steps under power in most of them to settle peoples perception of them being droney. So long as they get the revs right and it does not drone (the Pathfinder does not) then I think programming discrete steps on a gearbox with infinite variability kind of defeats the point.
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