If a clip has been muted on the timeline there will be a red X on its speaker icon.
Click on it to UNmute.
Did you apply an audio effect to the muted clips/s?
You say "when I play the clip in clip preview all the audio is there." Do you mean when you play it in the BIN (top-left)?
Have never seen an instance where playing the sequence (on the timeline) switches modes midstream.