Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 130

03 Your driving environment
Gearboxes
Parking position - P
Select P position when starting the engine or
when the car is parked.
•
In order to be able to move the gear
selector from P position, the brake pedal
must first be depressed firmly.
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The gearbox is mechanically blocked when
the P position is engaged. Apply the parking
brake as well, as a precaution - see
page 145.
NOTE
The gear selector must be in P position to
allow the car to be locked and alarmed.
IMPORTANT
The car must be stationary when position
P is selected.
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when
parking on a slope - the automatic trans-
mission's P position is not sufficient to
hold the car in all situation.
Reverse position - R
The car must be stationary when R position is
selected.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
Neutral position - N
No gear is engaged and the engine can be
started. Apply the parking brake if the car is
stationary with the gear selector in N position.
Drive position - D
D is the normal driving position. Shifting up
and down takes place automatically based on
the level of acceleration and speed. The car
must be stationary when the gear selector is
moved to D position from R position.
Geartronic – Manual gear positions
(+S-)
The driver can also change gear manually
using the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The
car engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal
is released.
The manual gear position is reached
by moving the lever to the side from
position D to the end position at
"+S-". The combined instrument
panel's symbol "+S-" changes colour from
WHITE to ORANGE and the digits
are displayed in a box, corresponding to the
gear that has just been selected.
•
Move the lever forward towards "+" (plus)
to change up a gear and release it - the
lever returns to its neutral position
between "+" and "–".
or
•
Pull the lever back towards "–" (minus) to
change down a gear and release it.
The manual gearshift mode "+S–" can be
selected at any time while driving.
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.
To return to automatic driving mode:
•
Move the lever to the side to the end
position at D.
NOTE
If the gearbox has a Sport programme
then the gearbox will only become manual
after the gear selector has been moved
forwards or backwards in its "+S–" posi-
tion. The combined instrument panel then
changes indication from
1
of the gears
Paddles*
1 , 2 , 3 etc.
As a supplement to manual gear changing
with the gear selector there are also controls
located on the steering wheel, so-called
"paddles".
To be able to change gear with the steering
wheel paddles they must first be activated.
This is by means of pulling one of the paddles
S
to show which
2 3
, , etc. is engaged.