Volvo XC 70 Owner's Manual page 276

08 Starting and driving
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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 N position.
Drive position - 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 be stationary when the gear selector is
moved to D position from R position.
Geartronic – Manual gear positions
(+S-)
The driver can also change gear manually
using the Geartronic automatic gearbox. The
car engine-brakes when the accelerator pedal
is released.
The manual gear position is reached
by moving the lever to the side from
position D to the end position at
"+S-". The combined instrument
panel's symbol "+S-" changes colour from
WHITE to ORANGE and the digits
are displayed in a box, corresponding to the
gear that has just been selected.
•
Move the lever forwards towards "+"
(plus) to change up a gear and release the
lever, which returns to its rest position
between + and –.
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or
•
Pull the lever back towards "–" (minus) to
change down a gear and release it.
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
The manual gearshift mode "+S–" can be
selected at any time while driving.
Geartronic automatically shifts down if the
driver allows the speed to decrease lower
than a level suitable for the selected gear, in
order to avoid jerking and stalling.
To return to automatic driving mode:
•
Move the lever to the side to the end
position at D.
NOTE
If the gearbox has a Sport programme
then the gearbox will only become manual
after the gear selector has been moved
forwards or backwards in its "+S–" posi-
tion. The combined instrument panel then
changes indication from
1
of the gears
Paddles*
As a supplement to manual gear changing
with the gear selector there are also controls
1 2 3
, , etc.
located on the steering wheel, so-called
"paddles".
To be able to change gear with the steering
wheel paddles they must first be activated.
This is by means of pulling one of the paddles
toward the steering wheel - the combined
instrument panel then changes indication
from "D" to a figure, which indicates the cur-
rent gear.
S
to show which
2 3
, , etc. is engaged.
To then change gear one step:
•
Pull one of the paddles backwards -
towards the steering wheel - and release.
Both steering wheel "paddles".
"-": Selects the next lower gear.
"+": Selects the next higher gear.
A gear change occurs at each pull of the pad-
dle provided that the engine speed does not
leave the permitted range.
After each gear change the combined instru-
ment panel changes figure to show the cur-
rent gear.