Volvo V 40, Owner'S Manual

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08 Starting and driving
08
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
273
Automatic gearbox
Combined instrument panel "Digital" with gear
shift indicator.
With "Analogue" combined
instrument panel, the gear
positions and indicator
arrows are displayed in its
centre.
Related information
•
Manual gearbox (p. 272)
Automatic gearbox - Geartronic*
An automatic gearbox with Geartronic differs
from an Automatic gearbox - Powershift (p.
276), in that it has a hydraulic torque con-
verter that transfers power from engine to
gearbox. It has two different gear modes -
Automatic and Manual.
D : Automatic gear positions. +/– : Manual gear
positions. S : Sport mode*. 10
The combined instrument panel shows the
position of the gear selector using the follow-
ing indications:
P
,
R
,
N
,
D
,
S
*,
1
,
2
,
3
etc.
Gear positions
Automatic gear positions are
indicated on the right of the
combined instrument panel.
(Only one marker is illumi-
nated at a time - the one
showing the current gear
selector position.)
Symbol "
S
" for Sport mode is ORANGE when
the mode is active.
P – Parking position
Select
P
when starting the engine or when
the car is parked.
•
In order to be able to move the gear
selector from
P
-position, the brake pedal
must first be depressed firmly.
The gearbox is mechanically blocked when
the P position is engaged. Apply the parking
brake as well, as a precaution - , see Parking
brake (p. 292).
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 posi-
tion P is selected.
10 The gear lever's gearshift pattern varies depending on engine option.