Volvo S80 Owner's Manual page 102

Reverse gear inhibitor - six-speed
The reverse gear inhibitor hinders the possibil-
ity of mistakenly attempting to engage reverse
gear during normal forward travel.
Only engage reverse gear when the car is sta-
tionary.
Automatic gearbox, Geartronic
The information display shows the position of
the gear selector using the following indica-
tions: P , R , N , D , S , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
page 63.
Gear positions
Parking position (P)
Select P when starting the engine or when the
car is parked. The brake pedal must be
depressed to disengage the gear selector from
the P position.
The gearbox is mechanically blocked when the
P position is engaged. Activate the electric
parking brake by pressing the button, see
page 107.
03 Your driving environment
IMPORTANT
The car must be stationary when position
P is selected.
Reverse (R)
The car must be stationary when position R is
selected.
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 position N.
Drive (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
or 6 , see
be stationary when the gear selector is moved
to position D from position R.
Geartronic – manual gear positions (M)
The driver can also change gear manually
using the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The
car engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal
is released.
Manual gearshift mode is obtained by moving
the lever from position D to the right-hand end
position at M. The information display shifts the
indication from
depending on which gear is engaged just then,
see page 63.
Gearboxes
D to one of the figures " 1 - 6 ",
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