Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 128

03 Your driving environment
Eco DRIVe*
The driver is assisted by an indicator which
notifies the driver when it is most advanta-
geous to engage the next higher or lower gear
- GSI (Gear Shift Indicator).
Indication is made with an up or down arrow in
the combined instrument panel's lower dis-
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play.
Deactivating the Eco Start/Stop DRIVe
function
In certain situations, it may
advisable to temporarily dis-
engage the automatic
Start/Stop function - this is
carried out with a push of this
button.
Disengaged Start/Stop func-
tion is indicated by the infor-
mation display's symbol (2)
going out and the message
Eco DRIVe Off
played for about 5 seconds -
while the button's lamp goes
out at the same time.
The Start/Stop function is disengaged until it is
reactivated with the button or until the next
time the engine is started with the key.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Limitations
The engine does not auto-stop
Even if the Eco Start/Stop DRIVe function is
activated, the engine does not auto-stop if:
•
the driver has opened the seatbelt's
buckle.
•
the car has not stopped - however, the
Start/Stop function does accept slow roll-
ing, the equivalent to normal walking pace.
•
the capacity of the battery is below the
minimum permissible level.
•
the engine does not have normal operating
temperature.
•
outside temperature is below 0 or above
30 °C.
•
the environment in the passenger com-
partment differs from the preset values -
indicated by the ventilation fan running at
a high speed.
being dis-
•
the car has been reversed and reverse gear
is disengaged.
•
battery temperature is below 0 °C or above
55 °C.
The engine auto-starts without driver
intervention
An auto-stopped engine may restart in some
cases without the driver having decided that
the journey should continue.
In the following cases the engine auto-starts
even if the driver has not depressed the clutch
pedal in order to engage a gear:
•
Misting forms on the windows.
•
Outside temperature is below 0 or above
30 °C.
•
There is a temporarily high current take-off
or battery capacity has dropped to the low-
est permissible level.
•
The car is rolling faster than the equivalent
normal walking pace.
•
Repeated pumping of the brake pedal.
WARNING
Do not open the bonnet when the engine
has auto-stopped - the engine may sud-
denly auto-start. In order to avoid auto-star-
ting with raised bonnet:
•
First engage a gear and apply the park-
ing brake or take the remote control key
from the ignition switch.
The engine does not auto-start
In the following cases the engine does not
auto-start after having auto-stopped: