Volvo XC70 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 112)

03 Your driving environment

Transmission

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Geartronic–manual shifting

Geartronic allows you to manually shift among

your vehicle's six forward speeds. Geartronic

can be selected at any time.

•

To access the manual shifting position

from Drive (D), move the gear selector to

the right (to the area marked M in the illus-

tration.

NOTE

On models equipped with Sport mode, the

transmission will not switch to manual shift-

ing mode until the gear selector is moved

forward or rearward. The selected gear will

then be shown in the information display

(see page 73).

•

To return to the D position from the manual

shifting position, move the gear selector to

the left.

While driving

•

If you select the manual shifting position

while driving, the gear that was being used

in the Drive position will also initially be

selected in the manual shifting position.

•

Move the gear selector forward (toward

"+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward

(toward "–") to shift to a lower gear.

•

If you hold the gear selector toward "–", the

transmission will downshift one gear at a

time and will utilize the braking power of

the engine. If the current speed is too high

for using a lower gear, the downshift will

not occur until the speed has decreased

enough to allow the lower gear to be used.

•

If you slow to a very low speed, the trans-

mission will automatically shift down.

Shiftlock – Neutral (N)

If the gear selector is in the N position and the

vehicle has been stationary for at least 3 sec-

onds (irrespective of whether the engine is run-

ning) then the gear selector is locked.

To be able to move the gear selector from N to

another gear position, the brake pedal must be

depressed and the ignition must be in posi-

tion II, see page 79.

Geartronic–starting on slippery surfaces

Selecting 3rd gear in Geartronic’s manual shift-

ing mode can help provide better traction when

starting off on slippery surfaces. To do so:

1. Depress the brake pedal and move the

gear selector to the right from the D posi-

tion to the manual shifting position. The

text in the instrument panel display will

change from

D to 1.

2. Press the gear selector forward and

release it (this selects 2nd gear). Press the

selector forward again and release it to

select 3rd gear.

3. Release the brake pedal and press gently

on the accelerator pedal.

Shiftlock override

If the vehicle cannot be driven, for example

because of a dead battery, the gear selector

must be moved from the P position before the

vehicle can be moved

Lift away the rubber mat on the floor of the

storage compartment behind the center

console to expose the small opening for

overriding the shiftlock system.

If the battery is dead, the electric parking brake cannot be applied or released. Connect an auxiliary battery if the battery voltage is too low, see page 109.

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