Volvo V70 XC70 III owners manual page 108

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03 Your driving environment Transmission Geartronic–manual shifting • If you hold the gear selector toward "–", the 2. Press the gear selector forward and Geartronic allows you to manually shift among transmission will downshift one gear at a release it (this selects 2nd gear). Press the your vehicle's six forward speeds. Geartronic time and will utilize the braking power of selector forward again and release it to can be selected at any time. the engine. If the current speed is too high select 3rd gear. • To access the manual shifting position for using a lower gear, the downshift will 3. Release the brake pedal and press gently from Drive (D), move the gear selector to not occur until the speed has decreased on the accelerator pedal. 03 the right (to the area marked M in the illus- enough to allow the lower gear to be used. tration or to S on models equipped with • If you slow to a very low speed, the trans- Shiftlock override Sport mode). mission will automatically shift down. Shiftlock – Neutral (N) NOTE If the gear selector is in the N position and the On models equipped with Sport mode, the vehicle has been stationary for at least 3 sec- transmission will not switch to manual shift- onds (irrespective of whether the engine is run- ing mode until the gear selector is moved ning) then the gear selector is locked. forward or rearward. The selected gear will To be able to move the gear selector from N to then be shown in the information display another gear position, the brake pedal must be (see page 71). depressed and the ignition must be in posi- tion II, see page 77. • To return to the D position from the manual Geartronic–starting on slippery surfaces shifting position or Sport mode, move the Selecting 3rd gear in Geartronic’s manual shift- gear selector to the left. ing mode can help provide better traction when If the vehicle cannot be driven, for example While driving starting off on slippery surfaces. To do so: because of a dead battery, the gear selector • If you select the manual shifting position must be moved from the P position before the 1. Depress the brake pedal and move the 3 while driving, the gear that was being used gear selector to the right from the D posi- vehicle can be moved . in the Drive position will also initially be tion to the manual shifting position. The Lift away the rubber mat on the floor of the selected in the manual shifting position. storage compartment behind the center • Move the gear selector forward (toward text in the instrument panel display will console to expose the small opening for "+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward change from D to 1. overriding the shiftlock system. (toward "–") to shift to a lower gear. 3 If the battery is dead, the electric parking brake cannot be applied or released. Connect an auxiliary battery if the battery voltage is too low, see page 105. 108

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