STARTING AND DRIVING
Symbols in the instrument panel
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Auto-hold brakes
Activating and deactivating the parking
brake (p. 390)
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With the Auto-hold brake function, the driver
can release the brake pedal and the brakes
will remain applied, for example, when the
vehicle has stopped at a traffic light or inter-
section.
When the vehicle stops, the brakes are acti-
vated automatically. The function can use
either the normal brakes or the parking brakes
to keep the vehicle stationary and works on
flat surfaces or hills. If the driver has their seat
belt fastened or if the driver's door is closed,
the brakes will disengage automatically when
the vehicle starts driving.
Symbol Meaning
A flashing symbol indicates that
a fault has been detected. See
the message in the instrument
Parking on a hill (p. 392)
Start battery (p. 573)
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Volvo's service program (p. 556)
panel.
A
B
Fault in the brake system. See
the message in the instrument
panel.
NOTE
When braking to a stop on an uphill or
downhill gradient, depress the brake pedal
with slightly more force than usual before
releasing to ensure that the vehicle cannot
move at all.
A
B
The parking brake is activated if
Information message in the
instrument panel.
the vehicle is switched off
the driver's door is opened
the driver's seat belt is removed
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A
Canadian models.
the vehicle has been stationary for a pro-
longed period of time (5-10 minutes)
B
US models.
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