Volvo S90 2019 Owner's Manual page 438

STARTING AND DRIVING
Manual gearbox
With a manual gearbox, the driver selects a
suitable gear manually, according to speed
and power requirements at the time.
Changing gear
Overview of gear lever and shift patterns.
Neutral position (N)
The manual gearbox has six gears; the shifting
pattern is shown on the gear lever.
Depress the clutch pedal fully during each
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gear change.
Take your foot off the clutch pedal
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between gear changes.
Reverse gear inhibitor
The reverse gear inhibitor hinders the possibil-
ity of mistakenly attempting to engage reverse
gear during normal forward travel.
436
Follow the shifting pattern on the gear
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lever and start from neutral position before
moving it to the R position.
Engage reverse gear only when the car is
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stationary.
During parking
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when park-
ing on a slope - leaving the car in gear is
not sufficient to hold the car in all situa-
tions.
Related information
Gearbox (p. 435)
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Automatic gearbox (p. 436)
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Gear shift indicator (p. 444)
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Automatic gearbox
Gears are selected automatically so that you
can drive as energy-efficiently as possible.
The gearbox also has a manual gearshift
mode.
The gearbox is available in two different ver-
sions. It is possible to determine which gear-
box the car has from the gear lever. The differ-
ent gear levers have different functions.
Overview of large gear lever and shift pattern in the
driver display.