Volvo V60 Owner's Manual page 125

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Depress the clutch pedal - the engine
starts.
or
•
Depress the accelerator pedal - the engine
starts.
If the car is on a downhill slope:
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Release the foot brake and let the car roll
faster than normal walking pace - the
engine starts.
After which it is only necessary to engage a
gear and continue the journey.
Gear indicator
An essential detail in connection with environ-
mental driving is to drive in the right gear and
change gear in time.
The driver is assisted by an indicator which
notifies the driver when it is most advanta-
geous to engage the next higher or lower gear
- GSI (Gear Shift Indicator).
Indication is made with an up or down arrow in
the combined instrument panel's lower dis-
play.
Deactivating the Eco Start/Stop DRIVe
function
In certain situations, it may
advisable to temporarily dis-
engage the automatic
Start/Stop function - this is
carried out with a push of this
button (1).
Disengaged Start/Stop func-
tion is indicated by the infor-
mation display's symbol (2)
going out and the message
Eco DRIVe Off
played for about 5 seconds -
while the button's lamp goes
out at the same time.
The Start/Stop function is disengaged until it is
reactivated with the button or until the next
time the engine is started with the key.
03 Your driving environment
Eco DRIVe or Eco Start/Stop DRIVe*
Limitations
The engine does not auto-stop
Even if the Eco Start/Stop DRIVe function is
activated, the engine does not auto-stop if:
•
the driver has opened the seatbelt's
buckle.
•
the car has not stopped - however, the
Start/Stop function does accept slow roll-
ing, the equivalent to normal walking pace.
•
the capacity of the battery is below the
minimum permissible level.
•
the engine does not have normal operating
temperature.
•
outside temperature is below 0 or above
30 °C.
•
the environment in the passenger com-
partment differs from the preset values -
indicated by the ventilation fan running at
a high speed.
being dis-
•
the car has been reversed and reverse gear
is disengaged.
•
battery temperature is below 0 °C or above
55 °C.
The engine auto-starts without driver
intervention
An auto-stopped engine may restart in some
cases without the driver having decided that
the journey should continue.
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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