Kick-Down; Safety Function; Mechanical Gear Selector Inhibitor - Volvo XC70 Owner's Manual

Geartronic* – manual gear positions (M)
The driver can also change gear manually
using the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The
car engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal
is released.
Manual gearshift mode is obtained by moving
the lever from position D to the right-hand
end position at M . The information display
shifts the indication from D to one of the fig-
ures 1-6 , depending which gear is engaged
just then, see page 60.
Move the lever forwards towards + (plus) to
change up a gear and release the lever, which
returns to its rest position at M .
Pull the lever back towards – (minus) to
change down a gear and release the lever.
The manual gearshift mode M can be
selected at any time while driving.
To return to automatic driving mode; move
the lever to the left-hand end position at D .
Geartronic automatically shifts down if the
driver allows the speed to decrease lower
than a level suitable for the selected gear, in
order to avoid jerking and stalling.
NOTE
If the gearbox has a Sport programme then
the gearbox will only become manual after
the lever has been moved forwards or back-
wards in its M position. The information dis-
play then shifts the indication from
show which of the gears 1 – 6 is engaged.

Kick-down

When the accelerator pedal is pressed all the
way to the floor (beyond the position normally
regarded as full acceleration) a lower gear is
immediately engaged. This is known as kick-
down.
If the accelerator is released from the kick-
down position, the gearbox automatically
changes up.
Kick-down is used when maximum accelera-
tion is needed, such as for overtaking.

Safety function

To prevent overrevving the engine, the gear-
box control program has a protective down-
shift inhibitor which prevents the kick-down
function.
Geartronic does not permit downshifting/
kick-down which would result in an engine
speed high enough to damage the engine.
Nothing happens if the driver still tries to shift
down in this way at high engine speed – the
original gear remains engaged.
When kick-down is activated the car can
change one or more gears at a time depend-
ing on engine speed. The car changes up
when the engine reaches its maximum speed
in order to prevent damage to the engine.
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03 Your driving environment

Mechanical gear selector inhibitor

The gear selector can be moved forward and
back freely between N and D. Other posi-
tions are locked with a latch that is released
with the inhibitor button on the gear selector.
With the inhibitor button depressed the lever
can be moved forwards or backwards
between P, R, N and D.
Gearboxes
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