Gear Selector Inhibitor - Volvo S60 Owner's Manual

Starting and driving
Automatic gearbox (option) (Contd)
W – Winter
Use the button to engage or disengage the
winter program .
The winter program makes it easier to drive at
low speeds in slippery road conditions. When
the program is engaged, the driving wheels
utilise less power than normal and all upshifting
occurs at a lower engine rpm.
The symbol is displayed in the combined
instrument panel.
The program cannot be engaged if
you have selected one of the manual positions –
it can only be selected in position .
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Gear selector inhibitor

You can always move the gear lever freely
forward or backward between
positions are locked with a latch that you can
control with the inhibitor button on the gear lever.
Press the inhibitor button to move the gear lever
forward or backward between
between and .
Kick-down
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When you press the accelerator all the way
and . Other down – beyond the position normally regarded
as full acceleration – a lower gear is automati-
cally engaged. This is called "kick-down"
downshifting. When you reach the maximum
speed for the gear or release the accelerator
and and
pedal from the "kick-down" position, there is an
automatic upshift.
Use "kick-down" when you want maximum
acceleration, such as when overtaking.
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