2012-2019 Volvo V40 4 Door DRIVER SUPPORT -> Distance Warning* User Manual
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DRIVER SUPPORT -> Distance Warning* for Your Volvo V40 4 Door Second Generation (2012-2019)

DRIVER SUPPORT  
Cruise control* - deactivate  
Distance Warning*  
The Distance Warning function (Distance Alert)  
warns the driver if the time interval to the vehicle  
ahead becomes too short.  
How it is deactivated is described here.  
Distance Warning is active at speeds above  
30 km/h (20 mph) and only reacts to vehicles  
driving in front of the car, in the same direction.  
No distance information is provided for oncoming,  
slow or stationary vehicles.  
The steering wheel buttons and display in cars with  
speed limiter7.  
The cruise control is switched off with the steer-  
ing wheel button (1) or by switching off the  
engine - the stored speed is deleted from the  
The steering wheel buttons and display in cars without  
speed limiter7.  
memory and cannot be resumed with the  
ton.  
but-  
Related information  
Cruise control* (p. 192)  
Orange-coloured warning lamp8.  
Cruise control* - managing speed (p. 193)  
An orange-coloured warning lamp in the wind-  
screen illuminates with a constant glow if the dis-  
tance to the vehicle in front is shorter than the  
set time interval.  
Cruise control* temporary deactivation and  
standby mode (p. 195)  
Cruise control* - resume set speed (p. 196)  
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A Volvo dealer has updated information about what applies in each respective market.  
NOTE: The illustration is schematic - details may vary depending on car model.  
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* Option/accessory. 197  
DRIVER SUPPORT  
once there, search for the Distance Alert func-  
tion.  
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NOTE  
NOTE  
Distance warning is deactivated during the  
time the adaptive cruise control is active.  
The higher the speed the longer the calcula-  
ted distance in metres for a given time inter-  
val.  
Set time interval  
The set time interval is also used by the func-  
tion adaptive cruise control (p. 202).  
WARNING  
Distance warning only reacts if the distance  
to the vehicle ahead is shorter than the preset  
value - the speed of the driver's vehicle is not  
affected.  
Only use the time intervals permitted by local  
traffic regulations.  
Related information  
Operation  
Distance Warning* - limitations (p. 199)  
Distance Warning* - symbols and messages  
(p. 200)  
Controls and symbol for time interval.  
Time interval - Increase/decrease.  
Time interval - On.  
Different time intervals to the  
vehicle in front can be selected  
and shown in the combined  
instrument panel as 1-5 hori-  
zontal lines - the more lines the  
longer the time interval. One  
line corresponds to  
Press the button in the centre console to switch  
the function on or off. The function is switched on  
if one lamp is illuminated in the button.  
approximately 1 second to the vehicle in front,  
5 lines approximately 3 seconds.  
Some combinations of the selected equipment  
leave no vacant space for a button in the centre  
console - in which case, the function is operated  
in the car's menu system MY CAR (p. 113) -  
The same symbol is also shown when adaptive  
cruise control (p. 201) is activated.  
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* Option/accessory.  

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