Steering Wheel Paddles - Volvo XC 90 Owner's Manual

Move the gear selector to the side toward D at
any time to resume automatic gear shifting.
Safety function
To help avoid excessive rpm that might cause
engine damage, the transmission control module
has a down-shift protection feature that in some
situations may prevent a down-shift or kickdown.
During kickdown, the transmission may shift
down one or more gears, depending on the
engine's rpm and will shift up again when max.
rpm is reached for a specific gear.
Related information
•
Steering wheel paddles* (p. 363)
•
Shiftlock (p. 360)
•
Gear shift indicator (p. 361)

Steering wheel paddles*

In addition to the manual gearshift function using
the gear selector, the paddles make it possible
to manually shift gears from the steering wheel.
Activating the paddles
In order to shift gears with the paddles, they have
to first be activated. To do so:
–
Pull either paddle toward the steering wheel
and release it; the D in the instrument panel
will change to M and the number of the gear
currently being used will be displayed.
Manually shifting gears
In shift mode M, the paddles are automatically
activated.
Shifting
To shift one gear:
STARTING AND DRIVING
–
Pull either paddle toward the steering wheel
and release it.
"–": Shift down one gear.
"+": Shift up one gear.
A gear shift will take place each time a paddle is
pulled if the engine speed (rpm) is within the per-
missible range for the selected gear.
The gear number shown in the instrument panel
will change after each gear shift.
Deactivating the paddles
Manually
–
Pull both paddles toward the steering wheel
and hold them until the number of the cur-
rent gear is no longer displayed in the instru-
ment panel.
* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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