Volvo V70XC Cross country 1998 Owner's Manual page 101

1998 Volvo SV70
The gear lever must first be moved to neutral in order to engage reverse gear.
CAUTION: Be careful that you do not inadvertently engage reverse while moving forward.
Automatic transmission -
shift gate positions
The gear selector can be moved freely between N and D. Selections of other positions are obtained by depressing the selector knob prior to moving the selector.
Slightly depressing the selector knob allows selection of positions R, N, D, 3 and L. Fully depressing the selector knob allows selection of position P. This is also necessary when initially bringing the selector out of
position P. Fully depressing the selector knob permits shifting freely between all positions.
pg. 71 Automatic transmission
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