Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 129

Symbol Display
Transm. overheat brake to hold
Transm. overheat park safely
Transm. cooling let engine run
A For fastest cooling: run the engine at idling speed with the gear lever in the N or P position, until the message clears.
The table shows three steps with an increased
degree of seriousness should the transmission
become too hot. In parallel with the display text
the driver is also advised that the car's elec-
tronics are temporarily changing the driving
characteristics. Follow the instructions on the
information display where appropriate.
NOTE
The table's examples are no indication that
the car is defective but instead show that a
safety function has been activated inten-
tionally to prevent damage to one of the
car's components.
Driving characteristics
Difficulty in maintaining even speed at con-
stant engine speed.
Significant pulling in the car's traction.
No drive due to overheated gearbox.
WARNING
If a warning symbol combined with the text
Transm. overheat park safely
then the heat in the gearbox may become
so high that the power transmission
between engine and gearbox is temporarily
halted in order to prevent the clutch from
malfunctioning - the car then loses drive and
is stationary until gearbox temperature has
cooled to an acceptable level.
For more possible display messages with their
respective proposals for solutions concerning
automatic transmission, see page 202.
A display text clears automatically after the
action has been carried out or after one press
on the indicator stalk OK button.
03 Your driving environment
Action
Transmission overheated. Keep the car
stationary using the foot brake.
Transmission overheated. Park the car
immediately in a safe manner.
Transmission overheated. For fastest cool-
ing: Run the engine at idling speed with the
gear lever in the N or P position until the
message clears.
is ignored
Gearboxes
A
A
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