I recently purchased an 05 RL the previous owner stated that the car has been sitting for well over a year and his wife had been driving it for a year before that so he didn’t know how well she maintained it. I’ve done the major tune up,breaks and tires, thermostat, radiator, control arms, tire rods, motor mounts, and after all that I was driving yesterday and the all of a sudden the car felt as if it was in neutral. When I turn the car off and on it will drive for a while and do the same and it does it in drive and reverse. I have to turn the car off and on again just to move a very short distance. I was reading a different thread for a TL and it was saying to change the transmission oil and filter does anyone think this will work for me and does the RL have an external transmission filter?

Thank you.do you know if it’s hard to access the filter?

Ok thank you

​​​​​​so I took it to a transmission shop today to get it flushed and to put the new fluid in and they said that I need a new transmission and putting new fluid and filter would be a waste of money

So you think it’s done too because I was
just going to have it towed some place else for the flush and new fluid I don’t want to keep driving on it if it’s not all the way gone

I can’t smell it from the inside. But I drove it another short distance and now the check emissions light came on

Another two things I’ve found out was my son accidentally put 87 in the tank and gave someone a jump I doubt either of these things would cause this reaction.

Thank you

So I finally got the car towed to a different shop and had them drain and add new Acura transmission fluid I drove the car everything seemed fine for a full half hour and than it started to act up it didn’t completely stop moving like last time but I knew to stop as soon as it started slipping. At this point I guess it’s safe to assume I should get a new tranny. Any advice would be appreciated.

Ok