Stuck in Reverse

Greenapple
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:03:50 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

My 2001 S80 Volvo (91,000 miles) has a problem–when I put it in reverse, apply the gas, the car will not move. Sometimes if I shift back to park and then back to reverse, the car moves, but with a clunking sound and it feels as if the car just went over a small rock. At other times it will not move at all. I had a new transmission put in November and a week ago the car would not move out of my garage. A day later when I tried to reverse out of the garage, it did so without any noise or hesitation. The repair shop kept it again for 4 days, ran another bunch of tests and could find nothing. The car drives just fine on the road–still has great acceleration. The problem is driving me nuts–I am afraid to take it out at times as I don’t know when it might not reverse. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with this car?

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