Rooster2

Hi. I was reading your post from a few ago about Subaru transmission problems and I wanted to get your opinion personally. I have a 2000 Subaru Legacy L with an automatic transmission. Here is what it is doing.....

When I first start it, it will engage into drive fine (most of the time). After it is driven and parked while I go into a store, it will not engage into drive unless I put one foot on the brake and rev the engine. I get looks from people when doing this because I think they are worried I'm going to run them down..LOL... Reverse works perfectly.

In your opinion, would draining the fluid and adding synthetic ATF and Trans-X fix this for a bit?? Would I need to use a genuine Subaru external filter or would just one from my local auto store work just as good??

Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I really can't afford a rebuild.