Q: Ok, so I was driving my car somewhere it's a 2001 Honda Accord. It was driving ok then it started to not accelerate.

asked by on February 17, 2018

My car will go in park but when I switch to reverse or drive car does nothing but sits there as I'm giving it gas. Every gear seems to be as if it's neutral. I put transmission fluid in the car because it was bone dry. But then all of it leaked out by the time I drove 2 mile. It leaked out black but it was red when I put it in. Now I'm stuck because the car does nothing but crank & won't drive. What seems to be the problem?

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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