Volvo S 60, Owner'S Manual

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STARTING AND DRIVING
* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction. 278
Parking position - P
Select P position when starting the engine or
when the car is parked.
In order to be able to move the gear selector
from the
P position, the brake pedal must be
depressed and key position must be II , see Key
positions - functions at different levels (p. 79).
The gearbox is mechanically blocked when the P
position is engaged. Also apply the parking brake
(p. 297) when the car is parked.
NOTE
The gear selector must be in P position to
allow the car to be locked and alarmed.
IMPORTANT
The car must be stationary when position P is
selected.
WARNING
Always apply the parking brake when parking
on a slope - the automatic transmission's P
position is not sufficient to hold the car in all
situation.
Reverse position - R
The car must be stationary when R position is
selected.
Neutral position - N
No gear is engaged and the engine can be
started. Apply the parking brake if the car is sta-
tionary with the gear selector in
N position.
In order to be able to move the gear selector
from
N to another gear position, the brake pedal
must be depressed and key position must be II ,
see Key positions - functions at different levels
(p. 79).
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 posi-
tion
D to the end position at " +S- ". The
combined instrument panel's symbol
" +S- " changes colour from WHITE to ORANGE
and the digits
1
,
2
,
3
etc. are shown in a box, cor-
responding to the gear selected at the time.
•
Move the lever forwards towards " + " (plus) to
change up a gear and release the lever,
which returns to its rest position between +
and – .
or
•
Pull the lever back towards " – " (minus) to
change down a gear and release it.
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– " position. The com-
bined instrument panel then changes indica-
tion from
S
to show which of the gears
1
,
2
,
3 etc. is engaged.
Paddles
*
As a supplement to manual gear changing with
the gear selector there are also controls located
on the steering wheel, so-called "paddles".