Volvo S 90, Owner'S Manual

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STARTING AND DRIVING
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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction. 395
Drive – D
D
is the normal driving position and gear shifting
is fully automatic. The vehicle must be stationary
when the gear selector is moved from
R
to
D
.
Manual shifting – M (shown on the
instrument panel)
Manual shifting can be selected at any time and
engine braking will occur when the accelerator
pedal is released.
To select, move the gear selector from
D
to the
side toward "
±
". The current gear (1 - 8) will be
shown in the instrument panel.
•
Press the gear selector forward toward "
+
"
(plus) and release it to shift up one gear.
•
Pull the gear selector rearward toward "
–
"
(minus) and release it to shift down one gear.
Manual shift indicator in the instrument panel
8
.
For smooth shifting and engine performance, the
transmission will shift down automatically if the
vehicle's speed becomes too low for the selected
gear.
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. 395)
•
Shiftlock (p. 393)
•
Gear shift indicator (p. 394)
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.
> A number in the instrument panel will indi-
cate the current gear being used.
Instrument panel when the paddles are activated
8 Generic illustration.