Volvo XC 70 Owner's Manual page 132

03 Your driving environment
Transmission
Geartronic: starting on slippery
surfaces
Selecting 3rd gear in Geartronic's manual
shifting mode can help provide better traction
when starting off on slippery surfaces. To do
so:
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1. Depress the brake pedal and move the
gear selector to the side from D toward
+S–.
2. Press the gear selector forward and
release it (this selects 2nd gear). Press
the selector forward again and release it
to select 3rd gear. The optional steering
wheel paddles can also be used; see the
previous section "Geartronic: steering
wheel paddles."
3. Release the brake pedal and press gently
on the accelerator pedal.
4 If the battery is dead, the electric parking brake cannot be applied or released. Connect an auxiliary battery if the battery voltage is too low, see page 125.
Standard on certain models.
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Shiftlock override
If the vehicle cannot be driven, for example
because of a dead battery, the gear selector
must be moved from the P position before
the vehicle can be moved 4 .
Lift away the rubber mat on the floor of
the storage compartment behind the cen-
ter console to expose the small opening
for overriding the shiftlock system.
Insert the key blade into the opening.
Press the key blade down as far as possi-
ble and keep it held down.
Move the gear selector from the P posi-
tion. For information on the key blade,
see page 64.
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All Wheel Drive: AWD
Your Volvo can be equipped with permanent
All Wheel Drive, which means that power is
distributed automatically between the front
and rear wheels. Under normal driving condi-
tions, most of the engine's power is directed
to the front wheels. However, if there is any
tendency for the front wheels to spin, an elec-
tronically controlled coupling distributes
power to the wheels that have the best trac-
tion.