Volvo V60 Twin Engine, Owner'S Manual

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General information about heaters
The car is equipped with electrically-driven and
fuel-driven heater. The engine needs to be kept
warm in order to reduce the environmental
impact when it is started. These heaters are
used in order to achieve the correct operating
temperature for the engine or to generate suffi-
cient heat in the passenger compartment.
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Electrically-driven heater (p. 146)
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Fuel-driven heater (p. 146)
Electrically-driven heater
The car is equipped with electrically-driven and
fuel-driven heater (p. 146).
The electrically-driven heater cannot be con-
trolled manually but is activated automatically
when required.
NOTE
If the electrically-driven heater is activated
then the charging time for the hybrid battery
will be extended. The time required for heat-
ing the car is mainly determined by the out-
side temperature.
Related information
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General information about preconditioning
(p. 138)
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General information about heaters (p. 146)
Fuel-driven heater
The car is equipped with electrically-driven
(p. 146) and fuel-driven heater.
In colder weather, the car's fuel-driven heater can
be activated during warming-up. The heater starts
automatically when extra heat is required and is
switched off automatically when not required.
NOTE
When the fuel-driven auxiliary heater is active,
exhaust fumes may be given off from the
right-hand wheel housing, which is perfectly
normal.
If you do not want the car's fuel-driven heater to
start during preconditioning, activate
Indoor
parking
, see Preconditioning - parking inside
(p. 139). However, this may prolong the warming-
up time.
The fuel-driven heater cannot be started during
driving or preconditioning if the outside tempera-
ture exceeds 15 °C. At -5 °C or lower the maxi-
mum running time of the heater is 50 minutes
during preconditioning.
If the fuel level in the tank is too low then the
fuel-driven heater is prevented from starting, with
inadequate heating as a result.