Volvo XC90 Owner's Manual page 111

Starting and driving
Automatic gearbox
Gear selector manual positions
Manual positions
To move from automatic D to the manual
gears, press the gear selector to the left. To
move from MAN back to D, press the gear
selector to the right to D.
On the 4-speed automatic gearbox gears 3
1
and 4 have the Lock-up function (locked
gears), which provides better engine braking
and lower fuel consumption.
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Manual gear positions can be selected at
anytime during your trip. The engaged gear is
locked until you select another gear. The car
will only shift if you slow to a very low speed.
If you move the gear selector to minus (–), the
car downshifts automatically one gear at a
time while engine braking. If you move the
gear selector to plus (+), the car upshifts one
gear at a time.
Third gear is the highest gear that can be
used when starting.
1. 5th gear also has lock-up on the
5-speed automatic gearbox.
2nd and 6th gear also have lock-up
on the 6-speed automatic gearbox.
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W – Winter
The W button by the gear
selector engages and disen-
gages the winter
programme W. The symbol
W is shown in the combined
instrument panel when the
winter programme is activated.
The winter programme starts the gearbox in
3rd gear in order to make it easier to pull off
on slippery roads. When the winter
programme is engaged, lower gears are
activated only by kick-down.
The W programme can only be selected in
position D.