2010 Volvo V70 Owner's Manual - Page 108

03 Your driving environment Transmission Geartronic-manual shifting Geartronic allows you to manually shift among your vehicle's six forward speeds. Geartronic can be selected at any time. • If you hold the gear selector toward "-", the transmission will downshift one gear at a time and will utilize the braking power of the engine. If the current speed is too high for using a lower gear, the downshift will not occur until the speed has decreased enough to allow the lower gear to be used. 2. Press the gear selector forward and release it (this selects 2nd gear). Press the selector forward again and release it to select 3rd gear. 3. Release the brake pedal and press gently on the accelerator pedal. • To access the manual shifting position 03 from Drive (D), move the gear selector to the right (to the area marked M in the illustration or to S on models equipped with Sport mode). • If you slow to a very low speed, the transmission will automatically shift down. Shiftlock override Shiftlock - Neutral (N) NOTE On models equipped with Sport mode, the transmission will not switch to manual shifting mode until the gear selector is moved forward or rearward. The selected gear will then be shown in the information display (see page 71). If the gear selector is in the N position and the vehicle has been stationary for at least 3 seconds (irrespective of whether the engine is running) then the gear selector is locked. To be able to move the gear selector from N to another gear position, the brake pedal must be depressed and the ignition must be in position II, see page 77. • To return to the D position from the manual shifting position or Sport mode, move the gear selector to the left. Geartronic-starting on slippery surfaces Selecting 3rd gear in Geartronic's manual shifting mode can help provide better traction when starting off on slippery surfaces. To do so: 1. Depress the brake pedal and move the gear selector to the right from the D position to the manual shifting position. The text in the instrument panel display will change from D to 1. If the vehicle cannot be driven, for example because of a dead battery, the gear selector must be moved from the P position before the vehicle can be moved3. Lift away the rubber mat on the floor of the storage compartment behind the center console to expose the small opening for overriding the shiftlock system. While driving • If you select the manual shifting position while driving, the gear that was being used in the Drive position will also initially be selected in the manual shifting position. • Move the gear selector forward (toward "+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward (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