V50 w646.book - ESD - Volvo

06 Starting and driving
Automatic gearbox
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Manual positions
To move from the automatic driving
position D to a manual position, move the
gear selector to position M. To go from
position M to the automatic driving
position D, move the selector to position D.
While driving
The manual gearshift mode can be selected
at any time while driving. The engaged gear
is locked until you choose another gear.
If the gear selector is moved to – (minus) the
car changes down a gear and engine brakes
at the same time as the accelerator pedal is
released. If the gear selector is moved to
+ (plus) the car changes up a gear.
The selected gear is indicated on the combined
instrument panel, see page 41.
NOTE
Geartronic contains two safety functions:
• Geartronic does not permit downshifting/
kick-down which would result in an engine
speed high enough to damage the engine.
Nothing happens if the driver tries to shift
down in this way. The original gear remains
engaged.
• Geartronic automatically shifts down if the
driver allows the speed to decrease lower
than a level suitable for the selected gear,
in order to avoid jerking and stalling.
W – Winter
The W button is used to activate
and deactivate the
winter programme W. Display
of the W symbol in the
combined instrument panel
indicates that the winter
programme is active.
The winter programme starts the gearbox in
a higher gear to facilitate starting off on slippery
surfaces. The lower gears are only activated
with kick-down when the winter programme
is engaged.
The W programme can be selected regardless
of the position of the gear selector, but is
only operational when the selector is in
position D.
To prevent overrevving, the gearbox control
program has a protective downshift inhibitor.
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