Volvo XC90 Owner's Manual page 122

Gear selector inhibitor
The gear selector can always be moved free-
ly between N and D. Other positions are
locked with a catch that is released with the
inhibitor button on the gear selector.
With one press on the inhibitor button you
can move the lever forwards or backwards
between the gear positions, N, R and P.
Manual positions
To move from the automatic driving
position D to a manual position, move the
gear selector to position M. To go from
position M to the automatic driving
position D, move the selector to position D.
On the 5-speed automatic gearbox, gears 3,
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4 and 5 have the Lock-up function (locked
gears), which provides better engine braking
and lower fuel consumption.
While driving
The manual gearshift mode can be selected
at any time while driving. The engaged gear
is locked until you choose another gear.
If the gear selector is moved to – (minus) the
car changes down a gear and engine brakes
at the same time as the accelerator pedal is
released. If the gear selector is moved to
+ (plus) the car changes up a gear.
Third gear is the highest gear that can be
used when starting.
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2nd and 6th gear also have lock-up on the 6-
speed automatic gearbox.
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Automatic gearbox
W – Winter
The W button is used to ac-
tivate and deactivate the
winter program W. Display
of the W symbol in the
combined instrument panel
indicates that the winter
program is active.
The winter programme starts the gearbox in
3rd gear to make it easier to pull off on slip-
pery roads. When the programme is en-
gaged, lower gears are activated only by
kick-down.
The W program can be selected regardless
of the position of the gear selector, but is
only operational when the selector is in
position D.
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