Volvo V40 Cross Country Owner's Manual page 279

Symbol Message
Transm. overheat
brake to hold
Transm. overheat park
safely
Transm. cooling let
engine run
A For fastest cooling: run the engine at idling speed with the gear lever in the N or P position, until the message clears.
The table shows three steps with an
increased degree of seriousness should the
transmission become too hot. In parallel with
the text message, the driver is also advised
that the car's electronics are temporarily
changing the driving characteristics. Follow
the instructions in the text message where
appropriate.
NOTE
The examples in the table are no indication
of the car being defective, but show that a
safety function has been activated with a
view to preventing damage to any of the
car's components.
Driving characteristics
Difficulty in maintaining even speed at
constant engine speed.
Significant pulling in the car's traction.
No drive due to overheated gearbox.
WARNING
If a warning symbol combined with the text
Transm. overheat park safely
then the heat in the gearbox may become
so high that the power transmission
between engine and gearbox is temporar-
ily halted in order to prevent the clutch
from malfunctioning - the car then loses
drive and is stationary until gearbox tem-
perature has cooled to an acceptable
level.
For more possible text messages with their
respective proposals for solutions concerning
automatic gearbox, see Messages (p. 103).
A text message extinguishes automatically
after the action has been carried out or after
one press on the indicator stalk OK button.
08 Starting and driving
Action
Transmission overheated. Keep the car stationary using the
A
foot brake.
Transmission overheated. Park the car immediately in a safe
A
manner.
Transmission overheated. For fastest cooling: Run the engine
at idling speed with the gear lever in the N or P position until
the message clears.
Related information
•
Automatic gearbox - Geartronic* (p. 273)
•
Transmission fluid - grade and volume (p.
is ignored
450)
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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