Volvo 2015 S60, Owner'S Manual

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03 Your driving environment
Transmission
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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Geartronic: steering wheel paddles*
In addition to the manual gearshift function
using the gear selector, this option makes it
possible to manually shift gears from the
steering wheel.
Steering-wheel mounted gear shift paddles
"
–
": Shift down to a lower gear.
" + ": Shift up to a higher gear.
In order to shift gears with the paddles, they
have to first be activated. The gear selector
can be in either the D or S position.
Activating the paddles:
•
Pull either paddle toward the steering
wheel and release it; the
D
in the instru-
ment panel will change to the number of
the gear currently being used.
Shifting gears:
•
Pull the paddle toward the steering wheel
and release it.
NOTE
If the gear selector was in D when paddle
shifting was activated (
D
changed to the
number of the gear being used), the trans-
mission will automatically revert to D after
approximately 5 seconds if the paddles
are not used to shift gears.
This will
not occur:
•
during active driving (e.g., on a wind-
ing road, while accelerating, etc)
•
if the gear selector was in S when the
paddles were activated
If the transmission reverts to
D
, the pad-
dles will have to be reactivated (pull either
paddle toward the steering wheel and
release it) before they can be used to shift
gears again.
The paddles can also be manually deacti-
vated by pulling both paddles toward the
steering wheel and holding them until the
gear number shown in the instrument
panel changes to
D
.
Geartronic: Sport mode (S)
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This transmission mode provides sportier
shifting characteristics and enables a more
active driving style by making it possible to
drive at higher rpm in each gear before shift-
ing up. The engine also responds faster when
the accelerator pedal is pressed.
To access Sport mode from Drive (
D ), move
the gear selector to the left. The transmission
will not switch to manual shifting mode until
the gear selector is moved forward or rear-
ward or –.
Sport mode can be selected any time.
NOTE
•
On vehicles equipped with Sport
mode, the transmission symbol in the
main instrument panel will change
from D to S when the gear selector is
moved to the manual shifting mode. If
the gear selector is moved toward "+"
or "-", the number of the gear currently
being used will be displayed, see
page 79).
•
Please be aware that using Sport
mode may result in a slight decrease in
fuel economy. Driving in
D
can help
improve fuel economy.
3 Certain models only