Q: Car is not moving at Drive Mode while accelerating, was able to reverse

asked by on December 23, 2016

I had to stop at a signal and suddenly the car wouldn't move forward, but i was able to reverse the car. I tried different drive levels with no luck. Prior i used to get thud noise while accelerating.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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